Purpose

Brief
Description

To install
NOx filtration equipment to the mercury
abated cremators at both Cottingley and Rawdon crematoria thereby
reducing carbon emissions and to install
mercury abated filtration including NOx filtration equipment to the
existing cremators at Lawnswood Crematorium. To install a thermal
heat storage system to the existing heat exchanger to heat
ancillary buildings at Lawnswood.

Impact On
Wards

Adel and Wharfedale,
Allwoodley, Beeston and Holbeck.

Financial and
procurement implications

Capital funding -
£850k.

Partnership
working

Leeds Parks and
Countryside will take the lead role for the implementation of this
specialist equipment.

 

Content

The
Director Communities Housing and Environment gave approval to
inject £737k into capital programme (scheme no
33269/000) and incur expenditure to cover the
proposed works.
The
Director Communities Housing and Environment also gave approval under delegation for the implementation of mercury
abatement filtration at Lawnswood Crematorium including ancillary
development works across the council’s managed crematoria as
detailed within the DCR report.