University of Reading – Whiteknights Campus

Turning Waste into Warmth – Pioneering Wastewater Heat Recovery to Support Reading’s Zero Carbon Pathway

The University of Reading partnered with Recirc Energy to investigate how the
wastewater heat flowing beneath campus could power its journey to net zero. The
Whiteknights Campus Wastewater Heat Recovery (WCWHR) project is exploring how heat
from the University’s private sewer network could supply up to 700 kW of low-carbon
energy into its heating and hot water system — a major step on the University’s Zero Carbon
Pathway