We transform facilities and buildings into intelligent energy consumers

Demonstrable savings shield leisure centres from financial instability

Proven changes to operations puts organisations in control of energy efficiency

Boost leisure management bids with forward thinking proposals proving your insight into energy management

Leave a legacy of lower consumption and a better quality environment for customers

What we do

​Leisure Energy is an award-winning renewable technology company, energy consultancy and principal contractor, who specialise in identifying and delivering energy & sustainability solutions through to full decarbonisation primarily to the public sector.   Since 2014, we have been supporting and providing expertise to help make leisure, sport facilities and swimming pools more economically and environmentally sustainable – we were doing this when it was less cool!

  • We have delivered over 400 Energy Surveys & Feasibility Reports identifying opportunities to become more economically and financially sustainable.
  • We have delivered over 120 Capital Projects reducing carbon emissions by more than 30,000 tonnes of CO2 p.a. or equivalent to taking around 56K cars off the road saving our partners £100,000’s per year.
  • We have written over 70 compliant Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme applications valued at over £100M for the leisure sector.
  • We have delivered as principal designer and contractor 15 decarbonisation capital projects to date, with further in the design and build stage.
  • We have developed a unique, innovative and highly efficient solution (SCoP 4.64 – 4.95) for the leisure sector to make decarbonisation more affordable through our Net Zero Pod packaged plant room.

Energy is the second highest overhead for leisure centres

Leisure centres have a unique energy footprint: demands are high over long hours of operation, especially those facilities with swimming pools, and is the leisure operator’s second highest cost. This, coupled with fluctuating utility prices caused by world and financial events, can result in a high degree of uncertainty and a significant cost pressure on the bottom line.

Of the 5,000 or so leisure centres in the UK, over 3,000 of them are over 20 years old and are likely not to be energy efficient. The Carbon Trust have estimated if leisure centres could reduce their energy consumption by 10% this would result in a saving of £70m that could be used to make our communities ‘more active, more often’.

 

carbon tonnes saving per annum

In Progress

Staffordshire Moorlands: Energy works at Biddulph Valley Leisure Centre are underway. New equipment includes the Net Zero Pod containing 2 x 250kw heat pumps and 246 Photo Voltaic Solar Panels.

 

carbon tonnes to be saved per annum

Completed

Walsall: Energy works at Darlaston Swimming and Leisure Centre in Walsall. New equipment includes two Air Source Heat Pumps, Photo Voltaic Solar Panels, LED Lighting and Plant Room upgrades.

 

kg of CO2 saved per annum

Completed

Derbyshire Dales: Due to funding from the PSDS grant, works are currently in progress at the Ashbourne Leisure Centre which includes Air Source Heat Pumps and 180 Solar Thermal Panels. Reduction of carbon emissions by 123 tonnes (123,000 kg) or 56% – the equivalent to the CO2 emissions for the space of 123,000 footballs.

% of CO2 saved per annum

Completed

Lichfield: Works are currently in progress at the Burntwood Leisure Centre in Lichfield which includes an Air Source Heat Pumps, 182 Solar Photovoltaic Panels and 198 LED lamps. Reduction of carbon by 260 tonnes or 44% – the equivalent to the CO2 emissions from the use of 137 cars.

tonnes of CO2 saved per annum

Completed

Kent: Works were completed in September 2021 at the Stour Leisure Centre in Ashford which includes 3 x 300kW Air Source Heat Pumps, a 165KWe Solar Panel System and 370 LED lamps. Reduction of carbon by 657 tonnes or 45% – the equivalent to the CO2 emissions from the annual heating of 243 homes.

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