Camp Hill ‘PinCH’s top award
Pride in Camp Hill has scooped a regional award for its regeneration project, not least because of some pioneering environmental works.
The partnership beat projects from large cities such as Birmingham and Coventry to claim a FORCE Award for regeneration practice.
The awards, run by the Forum for Constructing Excellence, celebrate the best construction projects in the region.
One thing setting Nuneaton’s Pride in Camp Hill project above the others was the use of new environmental technologies in the development.
New micro combined heat and power systems are going into homes, which operate a gas boiler and produce about 1kw of electricity at the same time. They are able to reduce climate change causing carbon dioxide emissions from the average home by about one a half tonnes a year and could reduce household energy bills by an average of £150 a year.
Insulation levels in the new properties are 40 per cent better than current building regulations; and all homes are being provided with recycling facilities both internally and externally.
In addition photovoltaic (solar) panels are to be used in the next phase of the development on south facing roofs of apartments both within the village centre and outlying areas. It is hoped that power from these will light the internal and external communal areas.
Cllr Chris Saint, Warwickshire County Council’s Portfolio Holder for Economic Development, said: “This FORCE Award is great news for Camp Hill. The project has beaten competition from developments across the West Midlands, including Birmingham, Coventry and Solihull. The transformation of the area is a credit to the Pride in Camp Hill project team and their partnership with local residents.”