Work to help Rhyl school become more energy efficient.

Rhyl High School is undergoing further low carbon energy work to improve efficiency and cut long-term running costs at the site.

Denbighshire County Council’s Energy Team is carrying out further work at the secondary school to help drive down energy use and costs.

The team has managed several projects across Council owned buildings including schools, to help improve building energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and also usage costs over the longer term.

The Council’s Energy team assessed the school building to see what areas of energy use could be improved to increase efficiency.

The 40kw solar PV system on the roof of the school is being increased to a 122kw solar PV system with PV panels being added to the roof to help harness energy from the sun to power the site, taking pressure off the local grid system and improving the reduction of carbon emissions on site.

Each Kilowatt generated and used by the school will save around 22 pence and this capacity helps to reduce substantial carbon emissions.

This work is estimated to save around 42,320kWh, over 10 tonnes of carbon emissions and over £11,749.00 per annum in reduced energy costs, paying back what has been invested in a short space of time.

Martyn Smith, Property Energy and Carbon Manager, said: “We will be increasing the amount of solar panels at the school to help improve energy efficiency at Rhyl High and  also drive down energy bills long-term.”

Cllr Barry Mellor, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, added “We are committed to reducing our buildings carbon emissions and thank the Energy Team for their proactive work and also the support from pupils and staff at Rhyl High for when the work is carried out.”

The work is due to be finished in the Easter holidays.