Low carbon electricity and
heat delivered for 17 Total Fitness sites
As a leading provider of health, fitness, rehabilitation and aquatic facilities, Total Fitness operates 17 Health Clubs within the UK, advising over 90,000 members on their health and wellbeing. The Total Fitness health clubs are located throughout the North of England, including Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Teesside, Wirral, Humberside, Merseyside and North Wales.
The challenge
The company’s continual commitment to drive down energy consumption, utility costs and carbon emissions ensures it always remains one of the key drivers of the company’s business strategy. With the aim to build greener clubs, the fitness chain has established energy and environmental action plans that help its clubs achieve higher energy efficiency levels and water reduction targets.
The solution
To meet the requirement for stable low carbon supplies of electricity and heat, Veolia designed and installed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units for each of the 17 health and fitness centres. To match the locations’ base electrical and thermal loadings, the plants are individually sized ranging from 210kWe to 300kWe and the total co-generation capacity across the 17 sites is 3.96MWe.
The CHP units run 16-hours a day and are operated and maintained using Veolia’s Integrated Management System which provides remote monitoring and control on 365-days a year.
Veolia continues to help Total Fitness to investigate further opportunities to harness the heat produced via CHP which could be utilised in all heat treatment rooms e.g. saunas, steam rooms and sanariums.
Value delivered
The carbon savings contribute to Total Fitness’ sustainability goals and improve energy utilisation. Veolia has helped maximise efficiency and supported energy awareness campaigns. Total Fitness’ continuing commitment to the use of CHP has helped the implementation of CHP within the wider health and fitness industry, where a large heat demand is present e.g. pools, halls and large gym areas to heat.
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