Next Generation powers cost and carbon savings

Leisure group Next Generation, which now incorporates David Lloyd Leisure, will save £900,000 and cut carbon emissions by 16,060 tonnes annually following a major green energy deal with UK-based cogeneration specialist Ener-g.

Ener-g will install and maintain all Next Generation and David Lloyd’s combined heat and power (CHP) requirements over an initial five-year period. This is part of a 20-year energy efficiency programme designed to reduce the leisure group’s long term energy costs by £18 million. Projected carbon savings to 2028 amount to 321,200 tonnes.

Contracts with individual leisure clubs are to be run on a discount energy purchase basis, where Ener-g provides the CHP system, installation, and maintenance without capital outlay and sells electricity generated at low cost. Typical savings compared to grid prices are more than 30 per cent, with an average club cutting its annual energy bill by £15,000. This enables customers to take advantage of lower energy prices and reduced emissions without needing to wait to find capital, making low carbon projects immediately achievable.