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• The East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC), to be built in Derby has been designed to meet the latest building regulations and environmental standards with a view to reducing carbon emissions and saving energy • The EMCC will have the benefit of solar water heating to reduce the amount of fossil fuel used to generate hot water, reducing CO2 emissions by over 1.2 tonnes per year • The building environment will be monitored and controlled by an advanced computerised building management system to constantly monitor and adjust all aspects of the building environment to ensure maximum energy efficiency • The EMCC will have a rainwater harvesting system that will collect rainwater, this rainwater is to be used for WC and Urinal flushing with a projected saving of approximately 1,000,000 litres of water every year • The main phases of the East Midlands Signalling Project include: • East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC): Construction of the EMCC at Bateman Street in Derby starts at the beginning of December 2006 and will open in Autumn 2007. The centre will eventually control all signalling operations throughout the East Midlands • North Erewash (Trowell, Alfreton, Langley Mill, Chesterfield): New junctions will be built at Trowell and Ironville and several signal boxes will be abolished as signalling operations move into the EMCC. Work will be completed by Spring 2008 • South Erewash (Trowell, Toton, Trent Junction, Loughborough, Long Eaton, Beeston): The first phase between Trowell and Toton will be completed towards the end of 2008 while the Toton to Loughborough and Long Eaton to Beeston sections will be completed by the end of 2009 • Work at Nottingham Station starts in 2010 and will include new signalling for the Robin Hood Line, the complete re-signalling of the station area and improvements to the track layout. The project is expected to be completed by 2012 • Post 2013: projects to renew the signalling in the rest of the East Midlands route including Leicester, Derby, West Hampstead and the routes from Nottingham to Newark Castle, Grantham and Peterborough • The East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC) and the East Midlands Re-Signalling Project are being delivered by Network Rail’s Major Projects and Investments team.