{"id":1635,"date":"2026-04-09T08:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:34","slug":"helping-plymouth-city-council-achieve-their-goal-of-a-net-zero-city-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1635","title":{"rendered":"Helping Plymouth City Council achieve their goal of net zero by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no\"><meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\"><meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Helping Plymouth City Council achieve their goal of a net zero city by 2030<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"Plymouth City Council are working with Vital Energi towards a goal of being net zero by 2030. Read more about the phase 1 of the decarbonisation project.\"><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Helping Plymouth City Council achieve their goal of a net zero city by 2030\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\"><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/helping-plymouth-city-council-achieve-their-goal-of-a-net-zero-city-by-2030\/\"><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helping Plymouth City Council achieve their goal of a net zero city by 2030\"><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Vital Energi has been busy decarbonising six of Plymouth City Council\u2019s key buildings through the installation of advanced renewable energy technologies, and we\u2019re delighted to have been awarded a second phase 2 contract worth \u00a31.1m, where we\u2019ll reduce the carbon footprint of a further four buildings.<\/p>\n<p>For phase 2, we\u2019ll be delivering low carbon heat through the installation of a combination of air source and water source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/heat-pumps\/\">heat pumps<\/a> across the following sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pounds House<\/strong>, which was formerly a privately owned manor located on the edge of the city\u2019s Central Park. The area where the ASHP and WSHP are to be installed was extended as part of former war defences with significant steel riveted reinforcement and heavily reinforced bomb blast proof walls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prince Rock Highways Agency<\/strong> administration centre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frederick Street Centre<\/strong>, which is a community centre serving as a local education hub with a large ground floor open hall, various classrooms, and offices on two floors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poole Farm<\/strong>, which has a rich history as one of Plymouth\u2019s last working farms with a focus on community involvement through health and wellbeing, education and conservation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Operations Manager, Robin Thorne, who is overseeing the project, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really pleased to have been awarded a second contract with Plymouth City Council, supporting them on their transition to a low carbon future through the decarbonisation of 10 of their public sector 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