SEREN/Ground Source Heat Energy for Space Heating

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Documents must be obtained from the following website, suppliers are requested to to register on the website and download the tender documents:https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/ERDF funding (to be provided by the SEREN project by Cardiff University): (50%)Match funding (to be provided by successful applicant): (50%)1The SEREN projectThe Geoenvironmental Research Centre (GRC), located at the School of Engineering, Cardiff University has recently secured funding for the SEREN project worth over £8,350,000 from the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) under the ERDF West Wales and the Valleys Convergence Programme 2007–2013. The SEREN project has been designed specifically to deliver the objectives of the Convergence programme as defined by the Operational Programme and Strategic Framework, as its function is to increase the value of the low carbon offerings of companies, hence helping them to move up the value chain and to increase value added per job. SEREN also has strong strategic and operational links with activity in related fields, such as links with international research projects and a wide range of industrial collaborators.. The aim of the project will be to deliver new and innovative ground engineering technologies that will address the low carbon agenda. These technologies will be showcased and promoted globally with a view to encouraging organisations with low carbon initiatives to move to Wales. The thrust of the project will be to create new companies and jobs, support existing companies, and increase profitability in companies within the Convergence Area. In short, the project will commercialise innovative ideas. The project target beneficiaries will be SMEs in the Convergence area, as well as local government organisations and the Welsh Assembly Government.At the heart of the project will be the development and strengthening of a climate of innovation and exploitation of low carbon technologies across Wales, highlighting Wales as a leader in this area. Research priorities identified are presented below:?Ground Source Heat?Underground Coal Gasification?Carbon Sequestration?Geoinformatic Packages: Low Carbon ApplicationsAs a result of this project, new industries will be created in Wales, and there will be a need to retrain and upskill the Welsh workforce to prepare them for the new challenges offered by these initiatives. Part of the project aims will be to address the upskilling and training needs of the workforce through a planned dissemination programme of lectures, seminars and workshops.Results of the projects will be fully disseminated to industries to maximise impact.2Ground Source Heat EnergySpace heating and cooling is accountable for a large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions in the UK. Producing heating and cooling via a method which directly or indirectly reduces carbon dioxide emissions therefore has the potential to vastly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Ground Source Heat (GSH) is a method of utilising the heat stored in the ground to provide heating or by ‘injecting’ heat into the ground, provide cooling. It is normal to use a heat pump to ‘translate’ heat stored at low temperatures in the ground to higher temperatures used for heating or visa versa for cooling, via a compression/decompression cycle.Within the UK it is anticipated that to meet the governmental targets of 12% renewable heat generation by 2020 a vastly increased rate of GSH installations is required. To achieve this, uncertainties, i.e. risk, need to be reduced, cost efficiency needs to be increased and workforces need to be established and trained.The aim of the Ground Source Heat work package within the SEREN project is to remove some elements of risk by well designed and executed experimental programmes, develop numerical models and software to aid design of such systems, undertake detailed advanced numerical modelling of installations, test novel installations and undertake dissemination and training activities.Cardiff University will coordinate the work package and provide the point of contact between the successful contractor and the SEREN reporting and managing structures. The SEREN project team will provide guidance as part of the delivery of the work package. It will be the responsibility of the successful contractor to ensure that project reports and outputs are delivered within the agreed programme. Tender submissions should identify a proposed schedule of work with appropriate milestones shown on a Gantt chart.