Case study Bluewater 1/3
Bluewater Revolutionising energy management: Bluewater’s green ambition
Major shopping centre Bluewater has set the ambitious target of cutting its annual energy bill by 50%, with the aim to become Europe’s most energy-efficient retail complex. Leigh Stringer finds out how one of the UK’s largest shopping centre’s plans to meet this target
With an annual energy use of16,800MWh and a utility bill for non-tenant areas hit- ting £1.4m, the opportunities from halv- ing Bluewater’s bill are plain to see. The reduction will potentially cut £700,000 in costs, significantly reduce the current 8,000 tonnes of carbon it emits each year and highlight a new way of thinking for large scale energy management. But where do you begin? The first area you would expect Bluewater to tackle is the heating & cooling system and light- ing, which are the biggest energy users, accounting for more than 90% of total consumption.
The ‘low-hanging fruit’ in energy efficiency has driven savings of about 20% over the past four years
However, major property and infra- structure services firm, Lend Lease, which built, owns and manages Bluewater, is taking a different approach to energy
efficiency at the shopping complex - one that could revolutionise the way proper- ties manage their energy in the future. Head of sustainability EMEA for
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