L ow carbon heating network s

In 2015, the London Borough of Waltham Forest, the Greater London Authority and Taylor Wimpey, approached E ON for help to work on a plan to create a district heating network

This would connect multiple new housing developments within the Blackhorse Lane station sites cluster, in Waltham Forest, East London and have built-in capacity for further expansion and expertise, and the pursuit of continuous improvement across all parties we have been able to help deliver cleaner and more sustainable places to live

What did we do?

Provided a full design and build service, connecting heat and hot water to 476 homes, and 650m2 of small commercial units at Blackhorse Lane planning, collaborative efforts and innovative thinking, have ensured that this flagship project has been successful in helping supply the new community with low carbon energy ” Lead Sustainability Officer, London Borough of Waltham Forest

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2 0 2 1 A D E . ” l Over 1,600 residents supplied with heat and hot water l 46% reduction in energy consumption l 942 tonnes of CO₂ saved per year

Proactive, successful collaborations

Blackhorse Lane is an excellent example of what can be achieved when collaboration is fostered across multiple stakeholders and shows our passion for continuous improvement and development of low carbon schemes The project was cited by the Greater London Authority (GLA) as an exemplar project demonstrating the ambition of the London Plan by connecting multiple developments to one district heating network

Due to the sheer scale of stakeholder engagement collaboration across all parties was paramount, to ensure the aims of the GLA and the London Borough of Waltham Forest were addressed, and to balance all economic, legislative, regulatory, and environmental considerations. We used a proactive approach with the formation of the Council led Landowners Hub and regular workshops for ongoing dialogue to provide key insights into the process, lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge to ensure at all stages of the development program that communication was clear, and challenges and risks were mitigated accordingly With the pooling of resources

What we've done since

Expanded networks to three more developments, and through low carbon technologies installed, saved the customer around 46% in energy use

The solution

In the first stage, we provided a full design and build service for Taylor Wimpey, for the energy centre and entire heat network In 2016, the energy centre and all the heat interface units were connected and installed to provide heat and hot water to the 476 residential properties and 650m2 of small commercial units at Blackhorse Lane E ON entered into a 40-year energy service company contract under which we now supply and manage the delivery of decentralised energy to these properties

Since then, we have been able to expand the existing heat network to connect a further three developments, Blackhorse Mills (Legal and General) – a new build project of 479 apartments and a leisure centre, Equipment Works (Telford Homes), which consists of 342 residential units and Blackhorse Point (Barratt) which comprises a further 350 homes

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TO KNOW MORE?

Find out more about district heating at eonenergy.com/district-heating