Leicestershire, 01 December - Aerial mapping company Bluesky is helping fund an exciting environmental project in Peterborough, promoting sustainable lifestyles and raising awareness of environmental issues through practical demonstration and community involvement. The Green Backyard project is set to benefit from the donation following a thermal aerial survey completed by Bluesky on behalf of Peterborough City Council. As active supporters of The Green Backyard the city council approached Bluesky to see how they could compensate for the greenhouse gases emitted as a result of the survey and Bluesky were happy to make the donation to the local community project.
Bluesky conducted the thermal survey in April of this year capturing property level heat loss imagery for the city of Peterborough and its urban suburbs. The council will use the digital image map in its geographical information system (GIS), in conjunction with Ordnance Survey mapping and the council's centralised address database (the Local Land and Property Gazetteer / LLPG), to help identify communities to target with awareness campaigns promoting energy efficiency measures. The data will also play an important role on the newly revamped council website where local residents can simply enter their postcode and house number to get a personalised 'score' for their property together with advice on improvements in insulation, energy efficiency and reducing consumption.
'As a city Peterborough is very proactive when it comes to environmental issues. In fact we are campaigning to become the UK's Environment Capital,' commented Jenna Hiley, climate change officer at Peterborough City Council. 'Even though it was important for us to map heat loss across the city we were conscious of the emissions generated by the survey aircraft and we wanted to do something meaningful for the local community.'
'The generous donation made by Bluesky, more than twice the recommended amount per tonne of CO2, will be used by The Green Back Yard project to fund some mature fruit bushes for the site on London Road,' continued Hiley.
Rachel Tidmarsh, Managing Director of Bluesky commented 'Thermal imagery is an important tool helping councils identify households, businesses and even public sector buildings that could benefit from advice, grants or support to reduce energy waste and consumption. Although we already contribute to a carbon offsetting programme we were happy to support this project which is helping change the urban environment in Peterborough.'
Bluesky offer an end to end thermal data solution, including a cost effective airborne survey service measuring building roof heat loss levels across an entire city in just one evening plus a bespoke thermal mapping service creating intelligent energy consumption and fuel poverty maps to support energy strategies and local campaigns. Bluesky are also able to provide an easy to use software package, HELIOS, which helps councils analyse complex data from multiple sources and share results with colleagues, partner organisations and members of the public.
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