Ice Energy Heat Pumps Meets The Environment Minister at Rock Village Hall to see the future for the Built-Environment

Ice Energy Managing Director Andrew Sheldon attends the opening of Rock Village Hall by Environment Minister Ian Pearson.

The Village Hall is a beacon of good practice when planning a sustainable building. Click below for the TV report.

British Satellite News Report

Britain's Environment Minister has been visiting a new village hall in Worcestershire that's totally eco friendly. The Rock Cross community hall is built from reclaimed timber and is insulated using recycled paper. It's heated by Ice Energy pumps extracting heat from the ground and uses recycled rainwater to flush toilets.

Think of an old village hall and cold and draughty come to mind. The new Rock Cross village hall turns that idea on it's head. Set in a small village in central England it's been built and designed specifically to be totally eco friendly.

The building uses 2 heat pumps to provide all of its heating and water needs. Why 2 heat pumps? The reason being the hall had a total heating need of over 20KW however only single phase electricity was available which meant the larger 3 phase only heat pumps could not be used.

Construction Partner EG Carter

The main contractor for the project was EG Carter and the adjacent photograph shows John Williams, their Operations Manger, Housing Division meeting Andrew Sheldon.

Ice Energy and EG Carter have since gone on to work on other projects together including 13 new build homes for South Warwickshire Housing Association.