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ParkPower - green energy in urban spaces

greenspace scotland is working with a wide range of partners across the public and private sector on a Scotland-wide programme to explore the contribution that urban green and blue spaces can make to the Scottish Government’s ambitions to decarbonise the energy system.

The ParkPower programme emerged from a previous research project looking at the development of climate resilient greenspaces. This resulted in feasibility work to understand how heat pump technology can support the heat demands of buildings sited in and around urban greenspaces and ultimately led to the development of Scotland’s first low carbon park, Saughton Park, in Edinburgh.

Further phases have focused on ‘opportunity mapping’ - a strategic, data-driven process to help owners of site portfolios to identify those with the most potential to support green energy services.  We continue to work at a national scale with the aim of supporting a number of Scottish Government policy areas, particularly around Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES).

The Green Heat in Greenspaces (GHiGs) project outputs were released between March and May 2021, with the National Findings report being published on 20 May 2021 - read the media release

If you want to know more about ParkPower or Green Heat in Greenspaces, please get in touch at [email protected]

Introducing ParkPower

Introducing ParkPower

Understanding the green energy potential of urban green and blue space across Scotland Read more

Published: 27th August, 2020

Updated: 14th February, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

Latest ParkPower News

Latest ParkPower News

Latest news from the ParkPower Programme (incorporating GHiGs) Read more

Published: 23rd August, 2020

Updated: 14th February, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

Green Heat in Greenspaces (GHiGs)

Green Heat in Greenspaces (GHiGs)

Background and outputs from the Green Heat In Greenspaces (GHiGs) project for Scotland Read more

Published: 20th August, 2020

Updated: 14th February, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

ParkPower Outputs

ParkPower Outputs

All publications from the ParkPower programme will be published here along with a dashboard to enable users to explore our data outputs. Read more

Published: 3rd March, 2019

Updated: 14th February, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

Exemplar Sites

Exemplar Sites

Selection of relevant reference sites in the UK and worldwide. Read more

Published: 5th February, 2019

Updated: 14th February, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

Useful Links

Useful Links

Links to websites relevant to our research on green energy in greenspaces. Read more

Published: 3rd February, 2019

Updated: 14th February, 2022

Author: Ian Goodman

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