The Triplets

Kings Cross is inextricably linked to London’s industrial past. The telescopic gasholder was invented in 1824 and provided the storage needed to meet the demands of an ever-growing city.

The interlocking gasholder triplets were built and revised between 1860 and 1880 and now, some 150 years later, they are once again responding innovatively to The Capital’s ever increasing population.

The world may have transformed around them but the body and scale of the gasholders guide frames are not changed, and now hard work and innovation has transformed them into new living accommodation besides the Regent’s Canal.

King’s Cross Luma Residential Development

WilSon Energy have secured the contract for the supply and commissioning of heat interface units and fully integrated combined credit/pay as you go smart metering solution at Argent’s King’s Cross R3 residential development in London. The building known as “Luma” is part of the King’s Cross regeneration project which has transformed this area of London.

The building consists of 61 apartments across two blocks of eight and eleven stories. The Type 3, CBX Twin plate units, will deliver DHW capacities from 55kw to 90kw and heating loads from 5kW to 12.5kW. The units have low VWART and return temperatures, critical to efficient heat networks.

Smart Meters in Action: Wick, Scotland

The Wick District Heating Scheme is located in Wick, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. It uses woodchip to generate heat by combustion, supplying steam to Pulteney Distillery and providing heating to around 200 homes and public buildings in the area. The original aim of the Wick District Heating Scheme was to provide heating and hot water services to 500 homes in the town of Wick, in the north east of Scotland, and to do so in a cost effective and sustainable manner. Wick has a population of around 7,000 people and a high number of the residents in parts of the town had experienced fuel poverty in the years leading up to the establishment of this scheme.