EARLY this year Electric Corby secured further investment for the town by winning a major EU funded project on energy efficiency that will see the CIC and the EU invest part of the £5m District of the Future project in Corby over the next three years.
Corby is one of three demonstrator locations in the project with Sabadell in Spain and Orleans in France, who are also part of a consortium of eleven partners across Europe working to achieve an ambitious 30 to 40 per cent reduction of greenhouse gases and energy consumption.
The project being led by global telecommunications giant Telefoni
EARLY this year Electric Corby secured further investment for the town by winning a major EU funded project on energy efficiency that will see the CIC and the EU invest part of the £5m District of the Future project in Corby over the next three years.
Corby is one of three demonstrator locations in the project with Sabadell in Spain and Orleans in France, who are also part of a consortium of eleven partners across Europe working to achieve an ambitious 30 to 40 per cent reduction of greenhouse gases and energy consumption.
The project being led by global telecommunications giant Telefonica, who own UK mobile operator O2, is analysing the energy efficiency of different residential, commercial and public buildings to assess the effectiveness of different features in different locations.
This data will be transmitted to a central platform where it will be analysed to help shape the ideal District of the Future.
The Annual General Assembly for the District of the Future project took place in Corby in November when 25 delegates from across Europe visited the town.
Electric Corby hosted the partners at Corby CleanTech Hub and showed them some of the key Corby buildings in the project, including the Zero Energy Bill homes at Priors Hall Park as well as showing off some of the town’s assets from Rockingham
Castle to the Corby Cube., meeting officials and also attending Corby’s excellent Fireworks Display.
Electric Corby will be contributing energy and use analysis of their new ‘Zero Energy Bill’ homes being built at Priors Hall Park as well as from other Corby buildings, including Corby Enterprise Centre, Oakley Vale School with a biomass boiler together with PV and solar thermal panels and Corby Business Academy.
Joe Dickinson, Electric Corby Co-Founder said: “This is fantastic recognition for Electric Corby and the town. It shows how far we have come, being selected as the UK’s representative for this important pan European Project and being seen alongside major
European cities such as Sabadell and Orleans. This project will help our learning for future energy efficient development, be the start of more collaborative European Projects in Corby and most importantly help our promotion of the town.”
If businesses in Corby would like to better understand how they are using energy and importantly how they might reduce their costs, Electric Corby is on hand to help. Just call 01536 560222 or visit www.electriccorby.co.uk