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Case study: Southampton

Last edited 23 July 2007 at 3:37pm

Southampton's Mike Smith

Mike Smith, Executive director of Southampton Geothermal Heating Company, in the engine room at the CHP plant.

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Southampton is a true pioneer of sustainable energy. Having committed to implementing decentralised energy years before many other local authorities (some of whom are only just picking up the ball), the city now has several pioneering energy schemes:

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The convenient solution - case studies

Last edited 10 July 2007 at 5:25am

Leading the way

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Combined heat and power (CHP)

Last edited 10 July 2007 at 5:07am

Energy isn't just wasted in the places that we finally use it; most of the waste in our electricity system happens before it even reaches our homes and businesses.

Our power stations throw away the same amount of heat as is needed to provide hot water and heating for every building in the UK.

DE in action

How does this happen? Well, generating electricity produces huge amounts of 'waste' heat, which is simply thrown away by our power stations - for example, as steam up the cooling towers.

On average, our large, centralised power stations throw away two thirds of the energy they generate.

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Greenpeace backs decision to stop Southampton Football Club selling off toxic seats

Last edited 16 March 2001 at 9:00am
16 March, 2001
Gas maskGreenpeace today backed the decision to stop Southampton Football Club selling off seats from The Dell when the ground is demolished this summer. The PVC seats contain high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.


Commenting on the decision, Mark Strutt, a toxics campaigner at Greenpeace, said:
"This is the right decision for both football fans and the environment. The seats should be sent to a special waste landfill as the best of several bad options. If the seats were sold and taken home by fans the plastic could erode over time releasing highly toxic cadmium dust into the home environment."

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