London Borough of Merton

Year created: 1972 No of staff: 2000

Sources of Funding
Chart?cht=p3&chd=t:0,75,0,25,0,0&chs=120x80&chf=bg,s,eef5fb&chdlp=b

75% - National
25% - Local

Address
Civic Centre, London Road<br/>Morden
Surrey
SM4 5DX
United Kingdom

Phone:
44 208 545 3457
Fax:

Web site: http://www.merton.gov.uk

Primary contact

Climate change strategy and project manager Adrian HEWITT
Adrian.Hewitt@merton.gov.uk

Click to see all contacts

General Info

London Borough of Merton aims to cut municipal CO2 emissions by 15% by 2015. To generate 10% of municipal energy from renewables by 2015. To implement a borough district heat and power scheme using combined heat and power engines fueled by biogas made from anaerobically digesting and pyrolysising domestic and municipal waste.

Areas of expertise: Spatial planning to require the use of renewable energy equipment in new buildings. Decentralised energy generation and distribution systems. Work with international universities on energy projects (Venice, Oxford, MIT, UCL).


Target audience: Local residents, commercial building developers, low-carbon energy industries, politicians and key opinion formers, academic institutes.