A proposal made by Cllr Colin Hodgson that alternative sources of refrigeration and air conditioning be considered to those proposed by Tesco was approved unanimously by the council. The application as worded by Tesco was approved with the above addition as were the other three applications.
This was a direct result of it being pointed out that there are viable alternatives to the conventional method of providing refrigeration, which could disturb householders.
Brendon Ace, director of Cumbelec stated that the refrigeration unit was a heat pump that removed heat from the units in the store. In this case heat was transferred into the air outside with fan driven units on the roof of the building. Alternatively and much more efficiently, the heat could be transferred into the ground under the building in such a way that it could then be recovered in the winter for heating the store.
This technology is very energy efficient, so much so that as little as a quarter of the energy is required for a whole store.
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