QUICK WINS


Need to make some low-cost changes that will reduce energy


consumption and offer fast payback? Two


services managers of a landmark building in central London mapped


out a plan to do just that. Report by Andy Pearson


Portland House in central London, which underwent a range of no-cost or low-cost energy saving improvements. (Images on the following pages are generic and are not connected with Portland House)


A 40 CIBSE Journal November 2011


t 27 storeys, Portland House is the tallest building in Westminster. It was constructed in 1962 as single-occupier


building for Portland Cement. However, since being acquired by Land Securities, the building became multi-tenanted and is home to about 40 business tenants. Land Securities has ambitious plans to redevelop this area of London as part of a new planned new transport interchange. As a consequence, all the tenants’ leases are due to expire in 2015.


When the building’s technical services managers, Paul Camsell and Kevin Barrett, were tasked with saving energy as part of Land Securities’ commitment to reduce its carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, they had to work with a payback period of possibly less than 3.5 years. As a result, all of their attention has been focused on no-cost or low-cost energy-saving solutions. Their focus on ‘quick wins’ is beginning


to pay off. The following pages outline fi ve key ones – and some longer-term changes.


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