This event forms part of the RTPI Online Events 2020 series and is brought to you by RTPI Central Scotland Chapter.
Stirling Council recently commissioned a local heat network to serve Forthside, a key regeneration area near the city centre. Currently serving a number of institutional users it will progressively provide heat to new buildings within a wider master-planned mixed use development, a key component of the Stirling/Clackmannanshire City Region deal.
The presentation will provide an overview of heat networks from a planning perspective, touching on technical aspects, current national policy context, European perspectives and emerging Scottish Government legislation and policy aspirations. The Forthside project will then be examined in more detail - initiation, installation, commissioning and operation.
Speakers:
Richard Callender - Senior Planning Officer, Stirling Council)
Roz Smith - Sustainable Development Project Officer Stirling Council
Guy Milligan - Principal Consultant, Energy Strategy & Planning Ramboll UK
Core CPD Framework:
Infrastructure Planning & Economic Development
By attending this event you will:
- Gain an overview of theory and practice of heat networks and obtain insights to the project management of functioning heat network.
- Gain an overview of the contribution of heat networks to reducing carbon emissions and the holistic approach to energy demand management.
