Braintree District Council United Kingdom - 135 000 inhabitants
Presentation of the organisation:
The Braintree District is in North East Essex in the East of England. It has a population of 135,000 and an area of 61,124 ha. The District has three market towns, Braintree, Witham and Halstead and sixty rural parishes.
As a District Council it is a second tier Local Government Authority and as such is responsible for Housing, Planning, Development and Building Control, Environmental Health, Home Energy Conservation, Waste and Recycling Collections, Street Scene, Community, Leisure and Economic Development.
The main buildings are the Town Hall and Civic Offices in Braintree and area offices in Witham and Halstead, the Direct Services Depot in Braintree, three Leisure Centres, the Discovery Centre in Great Notley, and over 30 Community Buildings.
Actions implemented in the field of building performance:
Lighting control in main buidings.
Cavity wall insulation in main civic offices.
Combined Heat and Power systems in two leisure centres.
Sustainable construction , ground source heating and cooling, gas condensing boilers in the Discovery Centre.
Number of buildings involved up to now:
Day nursery / Kindergarten
General school
Professional school
Administrative building
1
Swimming pool
Sport hall
Social / Cultural building
Depot
Health centre
Rescue centre
Multi-residential
Individual house
Commercial
Restaurant
Industry/Industrial
Contact:
M. Peter Chisnall
Department:
Environment
Adress:
Millennium Tower, Lakes Industrial Park, Lower Chapel Hill, Braintree, Essex GB-CM7 3RU Braintree