A green force to be reckoned with as Merseyside Police is committed to 2040 net zero targets
Our Low Carbon Skills Fund team hears more about force's 12-year sustainability plan
Thirty police stations and buildings across Merseyside are on the road to net zero thanks to funding under the Low Carbon Skills Fund.
Merseyside Police is committed to meet net zero targets by 2040 and the new government funding worth £488k will mean sustainability measures can be planned.
The Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund will pay for a heat decarbonisation plan which will include strategy and feasibility documents as well as a whole building approach.
The Low Carbon Skills Fund is run by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and delivered by our teams at Salix.
Our Low Carbon Skills Fund team recently visited Merseyside Police to discuss its ambitions to become the most sustainable force in the country.
The team was also able to hear more about the force’s 12-year plan, unveiled by the Police and Crime Commissioner last year.
Salix programme co-ordinator Robert Throssell said: “A lot of people are using these buildings which are busy, and many are accessible to the public, so it’s important that we look at the carbon emissions of the sites.
“The force does not currently operate any buildings which have been fully decarbonised and therefore work is required in all buildings, to varying degrees, if their net zero target is to be achieved by 2040.”
At the state-of-the art headquarters in Rose Hill, Liverpool, we met sustainability manager Sharon Luther, alongside other members of the estates team.
Sharon guided us around the buildings which will undertake feasibility studies including Everton North, a police station near Goodison Park Stadium. This building, as with many like it in the force’s estate, may need installation of new fabric and energy efficiency measures to compliment the low carbon heating technologies.
Programme co-ordinator Robert Throssell discusses the Merseyside Police net zero plans with sustainability manager Sharon Luther
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Robert added: “This is why schemes like the Low Carbon Skills Fund are so helpful because it allows organisations to carry out feasibility studies to examine the viability of such works.”
A heat decarbonisation plan is a document that helps organisations plan low carbon heating systems and energy efficiency measures throughout their estate before capital works begin.
This is why schemes like the Low Carbon Skills Fund are so helpful because it allows organisations to carry out feasibility studies to examine the viability of such works.
Our team was able to view equipment on site with Merseyside
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Our visit was highly valuable to understand how this work aligns with the core principles underpinned within the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Estate Strategy for 2023-35 which focuses on sustainability, social value and affordability.
Merseyside Police aim to complete its heat decarbonisation plan by March 2025.
Thank you to Merseyside Police for hosting our Low Carbon Skills Fund team.
