Bristol Heat Network wins two prestigious awards
Bristol City Leap and Vattenfall Heat UK scooped up two different awards at two different ceremonies for their Bristol Heat Network project on 12 June. The “visionary collaboration” won the ‘Green Heat Project of the Year’ at the UK Green Business Awards 2024 and the ‘Heat Project Award’ at the Decentralised Energy Awards 2024.
The Bristol Heat Network serves enough heat to supply the equivalent of more than 5,000 homes, with further connections in the pipeline.
England’s largest single harbour-based water source heat pump at Castle Park Energy Centre is one of the low carbon sources supplying heat to the Bristol Heat Network.
30 commercial and residential buildings are now connected, including Temple Fire Station, Central Health Clinic, Box Makers Yard apartment building, multiple social housing blocks and Hannah Moore Primary School.
We couldn’t be prouder of what we have achieved as part of the Bristol City Leap partnership. It really is a blueprint for what other UK cities can achieve with a strong ambition for combatting climate change.
These awards are testament to our hard working and passionate team who are working for fossil freedom as part of their daily work.
Dom Barton, Director of Heat Networks, Bristol at Vattenfall Heat UK
The Green Business Awards judges hailed the Bristol Heat Network as a ‘visionary collaboration’, praising both the scale of the emissions savings and the project’s ability to provide a template for other cities to follow. The judges also recognised how the Bristol City Leap and Vattenfall Heat UK’s partnership is playing a central role in Bristol’s net zero plans and is harnessing a pioneering water source heat pump to deliver clean energy to homes, offices, and public buildings across the city.
At the Association of Decentralised Energy Awards, the project was commended for its huge, city-wide approach and for prioritising social value and community engagement. It was also noted by the judges that the scale of ambition makes the project stand out and that it is leading the way in the heat network industry through its process of partnering, financing and expansion.
Find out more about Bristol’s Heat Network and City Leap’s wider decarbonisation projects
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