22nd August 2024 • The HERALD • Page 69 v READ THE HERALD ONLINE: www.herald-publishing.co.uk v Sanders Design SERVICES LTD BUILDING PLANS AND DETAILED DRAWING SERVICE Complete professional service for extensions, conversions, new houses and commercial projects • Computer Aided Design Drawings • Free Initial Visit and Quotation 95 Cedar Road, Hythe, Southampton SO45 3PX Tel: 023 8020 7195 Email: info@sandersdesignservices.co.uk Web: www.sandersdesignservices.co.uk ASK A PROFESSIONAL NATS Swanwick Goes Solar e UK’s leading provider of air traffic services, NATS, has installed over 2,600 solar panels on the roof of its control centre in Swanwick, generating up to 10% of the electricity needed to power the site. It comes as part of NATS’ commitment to becoming a net zero emissions company by 2035 and carbon negative by 2040. is project will provide a signi cant supplement to NATS’ electric usage at the centre, generating the equivalent of around 334 family homes’ electricity use each year*. Construction began in late 2023, working with NATS’ facilities management agents Mitie, to install over 2,600 panels on the roof of the Swanwick centre. e project was completed on 17th July and the solar panels are now successfully generating electricity for the centre. Dave Curtis, Safety and Sustainability Director, NATS, said: “The deployment of this large-scale project is testament to the excellent work across NATS to reduce our environmental impact and I’m extremely proud to have seen it through to fruition. We will continue our efforts to put sustainability at the heart of our decision making as part of the whole aviation industry’s effort to achieve net zero.” NATS Swanwick handles some of the busiest and most complex airspace in Europe, controlling 200,000 square miles of airspace over England and Wales as well as the complex airspace above London. Air tra c controllers there handle over 1.8 million ights a year. NATS was recently awarded rst place in the European Climate Leaders list, a survey of two thousand companies across Europe, for its actions over many years to improve environmental performance. Left to Right: Tim Bullock, Director Supply Chain, Property & FM; Dave Curtis, Safety and Sustainability Director; Kimberley Watts, Project Manager; and Richard Kimber, Senior Electrical Engineer
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