WHILE Power prices rocket, one Bristol leisure centre is bucking the cost of living crisis. Easton Leisure Centre has announced a 100 per cent reduction in the heating costs of its community swimming pool thanks to its solar panels.
A pilot project set up by Bristol City Council and Everyone Active saw 800 solar thermal tubes installed on the roof in May by city firm Solarsense, with the aim of saving nearly 13 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every year.
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