Decision details

Blaise Primary School has an oil-fired heating system that is at end of life and needs replacing. The Energy Service have been working on a grant funded air-source-heat-pump (ASHP) project to replace this old system. Due to increases in costs seen across the construction industry and the need to upgrade the school’s electrical infrastructure. The project is over budget by £300k. Available Education maintenance funding can be allocated to this key maintenance issue, solve the heating problems, and deliver a low carbon heating solution that makes use of grant funding

To allocate £300k from the Education maintenance grant given to BCC by the Department for Education (DFE) to meet the shortfall required to complete this project.

Cancelling the project – not possible as the school will still have an old oil heating system that needs replacing
Replacing with gas – does not meet the council’s corporate net zero objectives