ENERGY CTS FOR FM
4.3% more current and 9% more energy. Now imagine that, spread across an entire site, with every single component failing faster and wasting more energy. The accumulated loses could be up to 25% of the total electricity bill.
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING ACTION.
Public sector buildings with Voltage
Power Optimisation (VPO)® installations supplied exclusively by powerPerfector include those occupied by DEFRA/DECC/DFID/OFGEM/Land Registry/ Environment Agency to name a few with large roll outs underway with council portfolios that include a variety of building types from Leisure Centres to Town Halls and Schools.
The figures below represent the savings profile for public sector buildings with powerPerfector VPO as at the time of publication. The total portfolio savings profile (to include existing private sector clients) indicates that annual savings figures will top £50 million this year with equally impressive energy and carbon savings to match.
Karen Ford, Senior Executive, powerPerfector
Annual Energy Savings:kWh 57,983,000 Annual CO2
Savings: Kg 30,634,000
Annual Financial Savings: £5,027,000 The savings are significant and with a return on investment that is on average 40% the business case is compelling. Better still, any size of organisation in the public sector, manufacturing, commercial or retail can install it. There are also loan schemes (Carbon Trust, Salix) that have recognised VPO as a qualifying technology for investment.
A foundational fix to any building’s energy efficiency strategy – absolutely, but it is important to make the point that focusing on energy supply does not preclude the need to implement some of the highly efficient products and technologies on the market today that impact energy demand, such as VSDs and lighting control systems. These technologies are, and will continue to make substantial reductions to energy costs and therefore carbon emissions at the point of demand, while VPO acts at the point of supply.
With such a strong call to action, the question around the board table must be
– what are we doing to make our buildings as efficient as possible? For many, the decision to utilise Voltage Power Optimisation technology will be made for purely financial reasons, but there is also the wider green agenda to consider. All the levers are
signposting the way for heightened interest in green initiatives and technologies that deliver results; with emphasis on UK energy strategy – Just look to the emerging leadership steer coming from David Cameron and Chris Huhne: “Together we have the opportunity to make this the greenest government in our history. And to put energy security, for too long a second order issue, at the heart of the UK’s national security strategy.” ” We have the power to make a
difference.
www.decc.gov.uk www.carbontrust.co.uk www.powerperfector.co.uk
BEC RETROFIT HELPS CUT GATEHOUSE THEATRE’S HEATING BILLS BY HALF
espite experiencing the coldest winter on record for decades, the Gatehouse Theatre slashed its heating bills by half last winter, thanks to a building management system upgrade that was installed and commissioned by building controls specialist, BEC. Based in the centre of Stafford, the Gatehouse Theatre is an impressive 19th century building, which provides the stage for a wide variety of professional shows and amateur productions throughout the
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year. Inside its grand exterior, the theatre houses modern facilities including conference rooms, a studio theatre and recording space. To optimise the building’s
performance and improve its energy ratings, Stafford Borough Council’s Property Services Department instigated a boiler replacement and a complete controls system upgrade for the venue. BEC were appointed to carry out a controls retrofit, which would also facilitate significant energy savings and cause minimal disruption to the theatre’s events calendar.
BEC installed HVAC controllers throughout the site that are connected via BACnet open protocol. Facilities staff can monitor and proactively control the temperature settings in different areas within the building by using an intuitive front end that can be remotely accessed online via a PC laptop. This gives them the ability to manage heating schedules in advance of the theatre’s use. For example,
when occupancy may be low for a production rehearsal, a lower level of control is needed than when the theatre holds a full cast and audience. By installing new, energy-efficient controls equipment and enabling the theatre to accurately programme temperatures to correspond with changes in occupancy levels, BEC has helped to drastically cut the theatre’s heating bill by 50%. “We have been very impressed by the savings that the new controls system has created, it has helped us in obtaining a very creditable Band C (57) Display Energy Certificate rating,” says Paul Gerrard, Property Services Senior Technical Officer for Stafford Borough Council. “We can be assured that all our visitors will be comfortable within the theatre, whilst also significantly lowering our energy bills and impact on the environment.” Tel: 01782 566 912.
www.becbms.com.
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