Wembley police station is the first of 42 London buildings to receive a green makeover in a scheme to make the capital more eco-friendly.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, initiated the scheme to make public buildings more energy efficient and save on fuel bills. Wembley police station will be fitted with solar panels, energy-efficient lighting, newer boilers and solar film on windows to reflect light and reduce the need for air conditioning.
The Greater London Authority Group – including the Metropolitan Police Authority, London Fire Brigade and Transport for London - aims to cut climate change emissions by 25 percent. As well as the 42 buildings receiving the energy-saving measures, a further 58 are currently being assessed.
Johnson said: “With the start of this fantastic eco-makeover at Wembley police station, we are truly seeing London’s boys in blue go green. This marks the start of an innovative programme to slash carbon emissions in the same way across a wide range of public buildings in the Greater London Authority group, which will save a million pounds per year on the city’s fuel bills and help to tackle climate change.”
Wembley police station was built in 1972 and was last refurbished in 2001. The work is expected to be completed in the autumn and will not disrupt the day-to-day operations of the building.
Kit Malthouse, Vice Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said: “We are very pleased to see the start of works on the first of 10 Metropolitan Police projects to be delivered under this programme.
“It is our ambition to make the Metropolitan Police estate across London more sustainable, and Wembley police station will serve as an example of a modern public building that fully meets today's high environmental standards.
“We are proud to be leading the way in this and other exciting ways, such as greening our fleet, and will continue working with Metropolitan Police Property Services to deliver a more energy-efficient police estate for London.”
Energy Services Company Dalkia is responsible for delivering the retrofit programme of energy-saving measures in London’s police stations. The Chief Executive for Dalkia International Northern Europe Zone, Luis Pais Correia, said: “Cities contribute 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and we are delighted to be directly involved with London’s pioneering project, delivering the solution and doing something positive to safeguard future generations.”
Nearly three quarters of London’s emissions come from energy use in buildings. In 2008, London became the first city in the world to launch a groundbreaking programme, the C40 scheme, to cut carbon emissions from London's public-sector buildings.
In the scheme a whole group of buildings are offered up for retrofitting in one go, allowing energy services companies to achieve economies of scale and invest in more expensive, long-term infrastructure.
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