ENERGY RE:FIT
e.on has secured places on four major procurement frameworks for public sector projects designed to provide energy efficiency and on-site generation solutions to the health sector, local authorities and charity groups looking to reduce bills and lower their carbon footprint. to win places on the nHs shared
business services (carbon and energy Fund) and birmingham buy For Good (bFG) agreements, partners had to go through a series of rigorous checks, with every aspect of service, experience and contract examined to ensure the best possible value.
also retain all the additional future savings after the contract has come to an end.
PUBLIC SECTOR LEADING THE WAY in the uK, the public sector is very much leading the way when it comes to entering ePc partnerships, the majority being implemented in the local government, education, and health markets. inevitably this is partly due to budget pressures but it also comes down to the availability of agreed procurement frameworks for running an ePc. For example, government initiatives such as re:Fit have helped boost awareness and uptake amongst public sector institutions. under the re:Fit framework, the design, implementation and maintenance of the ePc for public sector buildings can be funded entirely through public funds or the ePc provider. ePcs are a core activity for e.on’s
energy efficiency team and we have become one of the most successful providers under the re:Fit framework, recently winning our fifth contract. to date these include newham university Hospital in east london and portfolio partnerships with ealing and leeds city councils. From our experience working successfully within the public sector we can demonstrate the true value of ePcs, with these projects delivering guaranteed savings of up to 30% on annual energy consumption. With energy savings contractually guaranteed in this way, long-term ePc agreements represent an attractive and low risk opportunity for clients to manage energy consumption, carbon emissions and cost. Despite these benefits, however,
uptake in the uK remains relatively low. there are various estimates around the current level of ePc activity in the
RECENT NHS PROJECTS COMPLETED BY E.ON INCLUDE:
• newham university Hospital, one of the first of london’s re:Fit projects saw measures installed by e.on with projected savings of £50,000 a year. the investment cut carbon emissions by 732 tonnes a year, reducing the trust’s crc liability by £9,000 per year. this award winning project is now moving into a second phase of measures to further reduce energy savings.
• sandwell and West birmingham nHs trust, leD luminaires with motion and daylight sensors were installed, securing savings of over £7,000 per year in energy, maintenance and carbon tax savings and up to 28 tonnes of co2
per year.
• a 50kW array of solar panels at birmingham and West midland eye centre (bmec) will save
50 tonnes of co2 per year and
will save sandwell and West birmingham Hospitals nHs trust around £8,000 per year.
uK, all putting the overall market value significantly below £200m which is, at most, a tenth of the value seen in the us1. e.on recently commissioned independent research into awareness and perceptions of ePcs, based on qualitative interviews with senior decision-makers and consultants in the field of energy and environment. the study found that even some experienced professionals were unfamiliar with the opportunity, understandably confusing it with the energy Performance certificates required for efficiency ratings when selling domestic and non-domestic buildings.
Perhaps more significantly we found that, while guaranteed savings and funded investment in technologies is understood and has significant appeal, there remains resistance. this seems largely due to apprehension about committing the organisation to a long-term arrangement, as well as a degree of scepticism on the potential to achieve the guaranteed level of savings suggested. it is clear that a great deal is still to be done to break the perceived barriers in this country and capture energy savings that might otherwise be lost.
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