Construction & Civil Engineering Magazine Issue 217 - Sept 2024 | Page 59

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Martin Group the depot , so much so that we even sold 2.2 megawatts of energy back to the grid . In other words , we did not only meet the energy needs of our Essex facility , but we also had a surplus of energy , which we were then able to feed back into the grid to support it .
“ Some other notable things we are doing in terms of sustainability include our
ongoing roll out of electric vehicles for staff use , alongside the implementation of the infrastructure to charge those vehicles so that they can always be operational . We undertook a trial with National Highways and the University of Bath as well to look at the viability of larger vehicles weighing as much as 3.5 tons , which showed us the benefits
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