Plans for £5.5m eco-school
PLANS have been unveiled for a revolutionary eco-friendly primary school which will be the first of its kind.
Westcliffe Primary School is set to benefit from a £5.5-million new building thanks to a grant from the DCSF Primary Capital Programme.
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FUTURE: Chair of Governors at Westcliffe Primary School, Ian Andrew, and headteacher Kate Buckley look over plans for the new eco school.
Solar panels and a unique ground source pump will be installed at the school making it increasingly energy efficient.
Dave Holt, project architect, said the new classroom could be the first of its kind in North Lincolnshire.
He said: "The school will use a lot of renewable energy including a ground source hot air pump and solar panels.
"Grey water will be used in the toilet system which is recycled and the building will be fitted with superior installation."
Parents and members of the surrounding community were invited to share their views on the new plans at a consultation meeting on Wednesday.
Kate Buckley, headteacher of Westcliffe Primary School, said pupils and parents were very excited to see the new plans in colour.
"It is a really exciting time for everyone at the school and the surrounding community," she said.
"Seeing the plans in colour makes you feel like it is really happening."
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5 Comments
by Grumpy Old Man, Market Rasen
Friday, February 12 2010, 7:19PM
“Oops, it's back again”
by Grumpy Old Man, Market Rasen
Friday, February 12 2010, 7:18PM
“All I did was to ask if someone would be educated at the same time and my post disappears”
by Grumpy Old Man, Market Rasen
Friday, February 12 2010, 7:15PM
“Any chance that someone will be educated at the same time??”
by Grey Water is a, Great Green Saver
Friday, February 12 2010, 6:02PM
“Grey water is being used at other new schools, the car parks and playgrounds are dug out, lined with polythene then infiltration units fill the pit (like big plastic milk crates) they store the rainwater like underground resevoir which is used for flushing the toilets, when covered and tarmaced or concreted over the infiltration can be driven over by 40 ton trucks. I used these for a soakaway some years ago but it confused NLC building control inspectors, they did not seem to understand what they were, they are 100 times better than stone filled soakaways, quick and easy to build but more costly, better long term value.”
by anon, ashby
Friday, February 12 2010, 9:09AM
“good ideas for once not sure about grey water, but its a safe place, not like lakeside next to steel works, red zone, never before as planning permission been granted for this area considered a hazard be cause of fall out from works and also gas hazard.spent hours in gas shelters on works as not safe to leave , yet just a few hundred feet away lakeside , wire mesh fence stops all .nobody tells the shoppers at morrisons to stay inside .”