Several residential schemes with sustainable energy solutions, incorporating Combined Heat and Power, connection to an existing District Heating Network or Biomass heating have received acknowledgement for their design with three recent National Awards announcements. The one common element with all these award winners being that Vital Energi were the mastermind behind the design and implementation of the 'turnkey' energy solutions.

Mail on Sunday British Home Awards 2008
The recently announced Mail on Sunday British Home Awards 2008 category for Affordable Housing Development of the Year had joint winners; Tachbrook Triangle a Barratt Homes scheme incorporating 54 apartments and a Primary Care Trust Clinic was connected to the oldest district heating scheme in London, the Pimlico District Heating Undertaking (PDHU). Joint winner in the same category was Consort Road, a scheme developed by Presentation Housing Group, located in Peckham with a central Combined Heat and Power unit to serve 49 houses/apartments and some commercial units. In addition one of the projects commended in the same category, Bourbon Lane, a scheme developed by Octavia Housing and located adjacent to the White City development has a central Combined Heat and Power unit as part of the overall installation to serve 78 apartments.

Housing Design Awards 2008
A Project Winner in The Housing Design Awards 2008, which promotes excellence and sustainability in home design was the Bourbon Lane scheme developed by Octavia Housing. A central Energy Centre containing a Combined Heat and Power unit as part of the overall installation serves the 78 apartments.

British Renewable Energy Awards 2008
The runner-up for the Developer Award at the British Renewable Energy Awards 2008 targeting Innovative development plans for a new renewable energy project, was the Woodbrook scheme at Brokerstown in Northern Ireland being developed by the Carvill Group. The initial scheme to serve 358 dwellings, has a central Energy Centre containing 4 x 600kW biomass boilers and an extensive district heating network of 12,000m of pipework.

Vital Energi are a major player implementing CHP and Biomass District Heating solutions in the residential and commercial sectors. The current work under construction includes over 2,000 dwellings being served with Combined Heat and Power as the lead heat supply and in excess of 1,200 dwelling with biomass (chip/pellets) as the lead heat supply. Vital Energi are working with several of the Top 10 house builders as well as Public Sector organisations. We continue to work with many Local Authority and Housing Associations on existing district heating schemes and recently completed the 2MWe Trigeneration scheme at the Natural History Museum in Kensington and Chelsea.