NEWS
Industry gets to grips with resource efficiency
WRAP/CIBSE workshops reveal M&E best practice
A collaboration between CIBSE and the WRAP to reduce resource waste has identifi ed industry initiatives that could lead to changes in the way that building services are designed and delivered
CIBSE is working with WRAP ‘to increase awareness of the opportunities and business benefi ts of resource effi ciency’. Aecom was appointed to run seven workshops and to develop technical guidance for the industry.
as pre-insulated ductwork and an innovative new cardboard duct developed by Gatorduct, which has considerably lower embodied energy, as well as reduced transportation costs, compared to conventional galvanised steel.
Cardboard ductwork
Meanwhile Philips Lighting said it was developing a ‘Pay-Per- Lux’ service, developing products that can be maintained and upgraded, rather than disposed of at end of their operating life. For The Enterprise Centre – a new low carbon exemplar building at the University of East Anglia – BDP and Architype said
Initiatives include a tool being developed by Imtech in partnership with Oxford Brookes University, which calculates the embodied energy of building services. The ventilation workshop included a debate on the potential benefi ts of lightweight ductwork such
that they were working to reduce the embodied energy of both the fabric and services The fi ndings will be developed into a CIBSE
Technical Memorandum on resource effi ciency of building services, and CIBSE is keen to hear about further examples via resourceeffi
ciency@cibse.org
Firms need to find £1.9bn energy savings
Large businesses could save almost £2bn through new energy effi ciency assessments produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), being developed as part of the UK’s implementation of the EU Energy Effi ciency Directive, can show fi rms how to make average annual savings of £56,400 per year for an investment
of £15,000, the department claimed.
DECC is running a consultation on the planned scheme until October 3.
Energy Minister Michael
Fallon said there would be no legal requirement to implement the energy-saving measures identifi ed, but the assessments could encourage large businesses, charities and other organisations to
consider the benefi ts of investing in energy-effi ciency. ‘Net social benefi ts of £1.9bn could be achieved, even if just 6% of the potential energy savings identifi ed through assessments were implemented,’ he added. The consultation document can be found on CIBSE’s website, and responses should be submitted to
www.cibse.org/consultations Turn to page 20 for more on ESOS
In brief
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS £447M PROCUREMENT SAVINGS The government has announced £447m worth of savings in public sector procurement in the past year by making use of better working practices. As a result, it has published new benchmarks designed to reduce project costs even further and to deliver 20% overall savings by 2015.
SERVEST BUYS MAXWELL STEWART Facilities management fi rm Servest has acquired the mechanical, maintenance and building services business Maxwell Stewart. The combined business will have annual sales of about £225m. ‘This acquisition is part of
our growth strategy, which we aim to achieve through a mix of organic growth and further purchases,’ said Rob Legge, Servest Group chief executive offi cer UK and Europe.
EVAPORATIVE COOLING PAPER HEVAC’s Humidity Group has launched a new white paper on evaporative cooling with cold water humidifi ers. It presents evaporative
cooling as an alternative or supplement to mechanical means and is available from the Humidity Group’s section at
www.feta.co.uk. The white paper gives an
overview of the technique and outlines typical applications.
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