Bassetlaw District Council has been granted more than £3 million to help reduce carbon emissions at both Worksop and Retford leisure centres.
The council secured funding from the government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, and is saying this could be the biggest decarbonisation project they've carried out.
The money will be spent on replacing the end-of-life space and pool gas heating system with heat pumps as well as smaller improvements such as solar panels, a draught lobby and LED lighting.
These improvements are projected to reduce carbon emissions, across both sites, by 448tonnes per year. That's a reduction of 60% per building, and over 20% of all carbon emissions from the council's built estate.
Cllr Darrell Pulk, Cabinet Member for Environment and Energy said: “We welcome this funding which will help to decarbonise community resources such as Worksop and Retford Leisure Centres, which are large emitters of carbon.
“The work is vital as we look to make where we live and work the greenest and most sustainable and would be one of the council’s crowning indelible green marks on the district.”
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, which is contributing to the UK's ambition to be 'Net Zero' by 2050, has also funded work at Queen's buildings and Kilton Forest Golf Course Clubhouse in 2023 and 2021 respectively.
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