Transport for LondonLondon's buildings to go green
THE Mayor is inviting companies to submit bids to make the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group's buildings more energy efficient.
The first set of buildings to get their energy efficiency upgrade will include up to 100 of the GLA Group's 900 buildings and will include some landmark office buildings such as Transport for London's headquarters.
This is the first step in taking forward the deal developed by the Clinton Climate Initiative for the C40 cities at a summit in May 2007, to cut carbon emissions by making existing buildings more energy efficient.
It will make London the first of the 16 cities signed up to the scheme to begin work.
The companies bidding for the contract will need to provide a range of services, including surveying and auditing the buildings, to assess which are the most appropriate energy efficiency measures for the building, such as energy efficient lighting, insulation and combined cooling heat and power.
Alongside the energy audit, the companies will need to plan, project manage and implement the energy efficiency measures that the building requires, and they will guarantee to meet an energy savings target over an agreed period.
London's commercial and public sector buildings alone produce around 15million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and accounts for 33 per cent of the capital's total emissions.
