A rooftop solar array at the North London Waste Authority (NLWA)’s Edmonton energy from waste plant is expected to generate 918,488Kwh of renewable energy each year to power the new facilities, the Authority has announced. Energy from the 2,235 panels will be stored in the battery room at EcoPark House.
Construction of the new recycling facilities at Edmonton EcoPark and a visitor and education centre, EcoPark House, are in the final stages prior to completion later this year.
The position of the recycling facility and its ‘saw tooth’ roof, by architects Grimshaw and engineers WSP, have been optimised to incorporate the solar panels so that the facility gains the maximum energy from the sun, and the internal environment has natural light.
Taylor Woodrow managed the installation, testing and commissioning of the solar panels, and were instrumental in combining them with five 150m deep boreholes linked to ground source heat pumps and an underfloor heating system to take EcoPark House completely off-grid, meaning it will rely solely on these renewable sources for electricity, heating, and cooling.