Rapeseed Oil CHP helps BEST House Reduce Carbon Emissions

Bedfordshire East Schools Trust (BEST) is celebrating, following the completion of its brand new £2.2M low-carbon, Rapeseed oil-powered, co-location building, at the Samuel Whitbread Community College site in Shefford, Bedfordshire.The project - which has been designed and constructed by the Stamford-based, low-carbon building specialist, LowC Communities Ltd - has achieved an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘A’ and ‘Outstanding’ level under BREEAM’s energy guidelines. Using an architectural design by Hanson Leddington Architects, the 805 square-metre building, named ‘BEST