London Fire Brigade
Fulham Fire Station
Project Location:
Fulham Fire Station, London
Project Manager:
Ian Shaw - Environment & Energy Manager - London Fire Brigade
The Building:
Built in 1896, the station is a grade II listed building with a basement, ground floor and three upper floors.
Fulham Fire Station - Loft
Installation:
Loft:
237 sqm²
Depth:
200 mm thickness (2 layers of 100 mm)
Installer:
Mark Group, Leicester
Funding:
Partially funded by Salix
Other Environmental features at Fulham:
- Thermostatic radiator valves.
- High frequency light sensors.
- Boiler Controller – self learning system that monitors outside temperature to control temperature inside.
- Valve jackets.
- Timers on tea boilers.
Background:
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the third largest fire brigade in the world. They employ around 6,700 staff and have 112 fire stations across the capital. With an energy spend of £3m per annum and total CO2 emissions of 15,000 tonnes the environment and energy saving has become a key priority.
The Brigade has become a renowned energy and environmental pioneer with a strong agenda. It has been set tough targets by the Mayor of London, a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2010 (from 1990 levels) and an overall reduction of 60% by 2025. LFB was the first fire and rescue service in the country to install photovoltaic roofs, wind turbine solar thermal installations at fire stations. They have also installed CHP at ten sites and a pilot site for biomass is to be launched in 2008.
Fulham Fire Station:
Fulham Fire Station was built in 1896. The building now houses 5 appliances (fire engines to you and me!) along with offices, residential and recreational facilities for fire fighters.
In 2007 the station set up their own Environmental Committee and created a wish list of environmental and energy savings features that they would wish to instigate for the station. With very little insulation in the roof, one of the first features was to top up the existing insulation.
The Brigade, was keen to use more natural insulation and suggested Thermafleece, sheep's wool insulation. With funding assistance from the Salix fund, Fulham along with two other stations have so far been insulated with sheep’s wool insulation.
The Future:
With a target of a 60% reduction in CO2 by 2025 from 1990 levels and an annual energy reduction target of 2% it becomes imperative that each station works towards the same agenda. As such each fire station is nominating a green champion to look at all aspects of their environmental footprint right across the board, from energy, to recycling and travel. Targets will be set to reduce energy consumption year on year.
Awards:
Winners of City of London Corporation Sustainable City Award 2007 – Green Procurement and Overall Award
Other Fire Stations using Thermafleece:
Richmond Fire Station, London - Built in 1963. The building has two floors and the ground floor includes a five bay appliance room. Thermafleece was used in an area of 208m2.
Hillingdon Fire Station, London - Built in 1964, the station was originally a Middlesex station and consists of a ground and first floor. Thermafleece was used in an area of 164m2.