2014 Commonwealth Games - CHP Energy Centre & District Heating

The design of the energy centre ensured that it can also meet the city’s future aspirations for further expansion and interconnectivity. Vital Energi worked flexibly with a consortium of clients on this project to ensure that the outcome was the right fit for Glasgow as a sustainable city, and for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Winning the prestigious contract to create a low carbon energy solution for Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village has placed Vital Energi in the proud position of being central to the city’s ambitious plans to become one of Europe’s most sustainable cities and leave a lasting Games legacy for future generations.

The project saw us design, supply and install the community heating system and deliver the long-term operation and maintenance.

One other essential feature of our vCOMS system is that it accurately measures and monitors savings.  This is vital on a contract which has an energy performance contract as the client needs robust, audited data to ensure the KPIs have been achieved.  The vCOMS system ensures we have the accurate data to issue reports and monitor actual performance against the expected design performance.

Overall, the energy conservation measures will save a guaranteed £184,000 per year, achieving project payback in under 6 years and then generating profit savings into the future.   The biggest driver for the University, however, was to lower CO2 emissions; the first phase of works will reduce carbon emissions by 543 tonnes per year which equates to a 6.3% reduction across the buildings included in the scheme.  In addition to energy savings, these works have saved 300kW of our daily electrical peak and this has meant we have been able to build an extra building, without having to upgrade the campus electrical supply.