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Residents of a housing block in Manchester are to benefit from the installation of solar panels.
Whitebeck Court Extra Care Scheme in the Charlestown area of the city has been recently refurbished to provide 91 flats for elderly residents.
The solar panels will be used to generate renewable electricity to power lighting and electrical appliances in the communal areas of the tower block.
Neighbouring tower blocks are already served by an existing district heating scheme, to which the refurbished block will be attached.
Manchester City Council's executive member for the environment, councillor Nigel Murphy, said: "This scheme will demonstrate on a large scale how renewable energy can be a part of our day-to-day lives and reduce our carbon emissions."
He added: "The City Council and Northwards Housing are committed to promoting new low-carbon technologies in Manchester, and I hope many other innovative projects will follow."
Robin Lawler, chief executive of Northwards Housing, explained that solar panels installed on other multi-storey blocks have already helped to save over 42 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
Posted by Mark Stephens
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