CONTROVERSIAL plans are in the pipeline which could see Redditch’s revamped Abbey Stadium heated using waste energy from the neighbouring crematorium, the Standard can exclusively reveal.
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It is believed the heat loss created when the gas within the cremators is cooled down from around 800 degrees to 150 degrees could be almost completely eradicated by transferring the energy to heat a large part of the leisure centre, giving an estimated saving of £14,560 a year.
Simon Thomas, of Thomas Brothers Funeral Directors on Evesham Road, told the Standard: “I don’t know how comfortable people would feel about the swimming pool being heated due to the death of a loved one, I think it’s a bit strange and eerie.
“I’m not comfortable with it at all and I think trying to save money due to the death of someone’s family member or friend is a bit sick.
“I think it will cause uproar and may even put people off using the facilities which would lose the council money. It just doesn’t feel right.”
[Redditch Standard]
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