§ Mr. John Huntasked the Secretary of State for Energy, in furtherance of his Department's energy conservation policy, what study has been made of the energy conservation system at West Wickham 22W swimming pool in the London borough of Bromley, under which heat which was previously extracted from the main pool to the atmosphere is now reclaimed and recirculated: and what steps he will take to make use of the benefits of this scheme in other public buildings.
§ Dr. John CunninghamTheoretical calculations indicate that the heat pump system installed at this swimming pool should produce substantial energy savings but as the system has been in use for only a very short time it is too soon yet for any realistic evaluation to be made of the cost effectiveness of the system.
The advantages of heat pumps in this and other areas of application are well understood and a lot of research is being done in this country by both Government and the private sector, as well as internationally under the auspices of the EEC and IEA.