A Bolton engineering company is set to overhaul the environmental performance of a Manchester college. Seddon Engineering Services will transform Loreto College's iconic Ball Building. The project, estimated at around £961,730, aims to improve the building's sustainability and efficiency.
Seddon plans to replace all existing gas sources with state-of-the-art air source heat pumps. Additionally, the firm will implement a Building Management System to optimise operational efficiency across the entire facility. The installation of significant electrical upgrades to the local substation is also on the cards, thereby fortifying the building's power infrastructure and catering to the demands of modern amenities and future developments.
The Roman Catholic sixth-form college's famed Ball Building houses its science labs and the history, economics, and theology, philosophy & ethics departments. Karl Barraclough, head of commercial energy services at Seddon Engineering Services, said: "Working on a building as recognizable and culturally important as Loreto College’s Ball Building, is both a huge responsibility and opportunity. "We will demonstrate how new technologies can work at scale, but also how seamless the transition can be within buildings of scale.
"Many schools, colleges and educational facilities will be reckoning with how to move into a Net Zero future and the installation of modern new technologies will be a crucial part of achieving those goals." Tracy Livesey, vice pr.
