Royal Mail has announced its launch of ‘the UK’s greenest delivery office’ in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Its Harehills Delivery Office is entirely powered by renewable energy.
The site uses entirely electric vehicles. According to Royal Mail, the electrification of its delivery vans is ‘an important part of [its] strategy to lower emissions from its vehicles’, and it recently unveiled its 7,000th electric vehicle.
Almost a quarter of Royal Mail’s delivery offices use some electric vehicles for deliveries and collections, it claims, but the one in Harehills is one of only a few to be all-electric.
On-site charging infrastructure allows vans to be charged via a purchased 100% renewable electricity supply, making them zero-emission.
The West Yorkshire delivery office also benefits from an air source heat pump, which works by transferring heat from the outside air to the water in a central heating system. Royal Mail claims this is ‘over three times more energy efficient than a traditional gas or oil boiler’.
Helen Harper, customer operations manager at Royal mail’s Harehills Delivery Office, said: “We are thrilled to be the UK’s greenest delivery office and help on Royal Mail’s journey to being net zero by 2040.
“This will benefit our staff and our customers in Harehills, reducing air and noise pollution locally and making our office more energy- and cost-efficient.”
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