BOOST FOR DECENTRALISED ENERGY

The interactive heat map presents the heat demand within the UK across various sectors. The search and zoom facilities allow users to search using grid references, highlight and isolate the heat use in specific post code districts.

eading energy and climate change consultancy AEA has developed a revised UK industrial heat map for the UK Government

http://chp.decc.gov.uk/heatmap.

The groundbreaking initiative is part of the Government’s strategy is to help promote decentralised energy for both new and existing buildings. The map has been developed as a successor to the original tool aimed at assisting power station developers consider the opportunities for combined heat and power (CHP) as required under planning policy. However, due to its increased scope, the updated map can now be used by both small and large organisations to help identify the locations where CHP, renewable heat plants and district heating would have the greatest technical and economic potential, and therefore the largest positive environmental impact.

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Mahmoud Abu-Ebid, Chief Consultant at AEA on CHP and heat said: “This new service AEA has developed for DECC will be invaluable for organisations who are exploring the opportunities for the development of CHP and renewable heat plants. The search facility returns a high level of detail identifying the heat demand within the search area, which can be varied from 1 km2

up to 100 km2 . The

heat demand can also be separated by sector with large users highlighted on an individual basis.”

AEA is the leading provider of low carbon policy advice, including CHP, to the UK Government, and also manages the CHP Quality Assurance Programme, as well as being the principal technical adviser on the CRC. For further information please visit

www.aeat.co.uk

Energy hungry buildings key to reducing carbon emissions

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rganisations that tighten the reins on their energy-hungry buildings will be key to

meeting carbon reduction targets, according to the Environment Agency. Hotels, restaurants, shops and public sector offices have the potential to make the most significant cuts in carbon emissions with minimal investment. Therefore these organisations are key to achieving the UK’s target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050.

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme,

affects large energy users in business, industry and the public sector. A report by the Environment Agency suggests that the scheme could reduce carbon dioxide (CO2

) emissions by up to

11.6million tonnes per year by 2020 - the equivalent to taking four million cars off the road.

Retailers, the public sector and the hospitality industry together produce more than a third of the emissions covered by the scheme but could have the most potential to reduce their energy consumption.

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/crc

CO-OPERATIVE NAMED RETAIL ENERGY CHAMPIONS

The Co-operative Group have been named Retailer of the Year at the annual Rosenblatt New Energy Awards. At the prestigious ceremony, The Co-operative Group came out victorious and was commended for its energy programme, which is on target to reduce consumption by 25% by 2012.

The judges were very impressed by efforts from all areas of the Group but in particular the Food Retail business, which has embedded the programme in to its daily business with an energy champion in every store, a dedicated team of Regional Energy Managers, the monitoring of energy usage every half hour as well as delivering store re-fits with an average energy saving of 10%. The judges were also impressed that over 4,000 Co-operative outlets are powered by wind and water, making it one of the largest purchasers of renewable energy in the country.

Nigel Holden, Head of Energy and Environment, and David Mockford, Director of Food Retail Operations, said: “This award is a great testament to everyone involved in delivering all of our objectives on energy management. Everyone should be really proud of what we have achieved since 2006 when the programme commenced. We are now delighted to announce that as a group we have hit the 20% mark in our endeavours to reduce consumption by 25% by 2012. We still have many challenges ahead as we strive to exceed our target, so the focus will remain strong!”

www.co-operative.coop

SUSTAINABLE FM | APRIL 2010

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