Knaresborough Leisure and Wellness Centre
The brand-new Knaresborough Leisure and Wellness Centre is a highly energy-efficient facility, complete with a six-lane 25-meter pool and a leisure pool with dual functionality, serving both recreational purposes and swimming instruction.
Designed by GT3 Architects and constructed by Alliance Leisure, two significant partners in the project have relied on Myrtha technology to implement a sustainable approach to the swimming pools.
Aquatic centers across Europe are encountering a noticeable rise in costs, and energy efficiency is now even more crucial to ensure an economically sustainable future for swimming pools.
Richard Lamburn, head of facilities at Swim England, has said that new technologies will help to reduce operational costs and cut carbon emissions: “We must adopt sustainable solutions with a low cost, low carbon element and using different methods of construction, such as Passivhaus principles and the use of steel tanks, as used by Myrtha.”
The new centre has been designed to a BREEAM excellent standard, with efficient air source heat pumps and roof-mounted solar panels to provide an ongoing source of renewable energy. Achieving the ‘excellent’ standard places the development among the top-performing leisure facilities in the UK when it comes to energy efficiency, said Alliance Leisure. Sean Nolan, Business Development Manager at Alliance Leisure, said: “With the Knaresborough Leisure Centre we have delivered regeneration that will secure the health and wellbeing of communities for decades to come.”
Photo credits: Alliance Leisure
The brand-new Knaresborough Leisure and Wellness Centre is a highly energy-efficient facility, complete with a six-lane 25-meter pool and a leisure pool with dual functionality, serving both recreational purposes and swimming instruction.
Designed by GT3 Architects and constructed by Alliance Leisure, two significant partners in the project have relied on Myrtha technology to implement a sustainable approach to the swimming pools.
Aquatic centers across Europe are encountering a noticeable rise in costs, and energy efficiency is now even more crucial to ensure an economically sustainable future for swimming pools.
Richard Lamburn, head of facilities at Swim England, has said that new technologies will help to reduce operational costs and cut carbon emissions: “We must adopt sustainable solutions with a low cost, low carbon element and using different methods of construction, such as Passivhaus principles and the use of steel tanks, as used by Myrtha.”
The new centre has been designed to a BREEAM excellent standard, with efficient air source heat pumps and roof-mounted solar panels to provide an ongoing source of renewable energy. Achieving the ‘excellent’ standard places the development among the top-performing leisure facilities in the UK when it comes to energy efficiency, said Alliance Leisure. Sean Nolan, Business Development Manager at Alliance Leisure, said: “With the Knaresborough Leisure Centre we have delivered regeneration that will secure the health and wellbeing of communities for decades to come.”
Photo credits: Alliance Leisure