Morecambe Bay Academy

Project overview

When Morecambe Bay Academy’s boiler and plant room suffered a major failure, its equipment was found submerged under 1 metre of floodwater. As the system was responsible for heating the whole building, the school needed to urgently:

• Explore the extent of the damage
• Understand its options for a new longer-term procurement solution

The ultimate aim was to ensure a reliable and efficient heating system was in place for years to come, but in the meantime a temporary heating measure was fitted by the school. The academy needed immediate help to review and address the major problems with its heating system.

Morecambe Bay Academy made the decision to work with Fusion21 who directly appointed Casey. Together we have work to provide upfront support from the start of the contract.

In a short timeframe we helped Morecambe Bay Academy to identify that its heating system needed replacing and a decision was made to install ground source heating, supported by the Department for Education.

Its completion will see Morecambe Bay Academy benefit from:

• A low maintenance and efficient heating system offering optimum control
• Lower running costs than a traditional gas plant
• Reduced carbon footprint of 300,000kg C02 per annum
• A new plant room in keeping with the building aesthetics
• Measurable social value and learning opportunities that benefit its pupils

 

We have been working flexibly with the school to ensure the majority of disruptive works are undertaken during school holidays.

Our site team, at Morecambe Bay Academy, were approached by the schools geography department who asked if they could visit site to find out more about the new ground source heating that was being installed. Over the course of a few months there have been 7 classes with their teachers, approximately 200 hundred students’ so far, who have visited.

During these visits they have asked lots of questions about how we install a ground source heat pump and how it would generate the heating required to power the new heating system Casey are installing into the school with a capacity for 1,500 students. Both Casey staff and our supply chain have interacted with the pupils and created a great relationship with them and their teachers.

The site team have agreed that we will continue to welcome more students and have also provided links and videos to the school which detail the installation process.