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Communicating Energy
Surveys
James King
Energy Management Officer
Bristol City Council
• Energy survey for
Amelia Court;
• Typical survey looks
at a number of
building features;
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• Recommendations
for improving energy
efficiency made at
end of report;
• Survey report is
quite technical, high
word content;
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• Display Energy
Certificate (as part of
the EPBD)
• Advisory Report
generated using OR
Calculation software
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• DEC Advisory Report;
•Survey done as part of
DEC, provides
recommendations for
improving efficiency;
• AR very dry, difficult to
read;
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How to improve survey reports?
Improve visuals.
Relevant information first.
Make them easier to read.
Change the order?
Visual – simple logos
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Amelia Court energy/cost breakdown
Annual energy spend: £72,000
• New style survey
gives breakdown of
energy spend first;
systems
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Heating & cooling
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Lighting
• This enables targeting
of the areas with
greatest energy spend
– and possibly the
shortest payback;
Small power
Recommendations:
• Lift lobbies and
corridors are used
infrequently, but the
lighting remains on.
Occupancy sensors
should be considered
to switch the lighting
off when no one is
present.
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• Recommendations are
more important to
building owners than
technical information;
• Logos used to highlight
area. Language is
simpler and report is
easier to read and
understand.
• The roof void has no
insulation. Fitting
insulation will markedly
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decrease energy
consumption, and keep
your building much
warmer.
• Air conditioning in the
customer service area
is set at 16ºC. Raising
this to 19 ºC will keep
you customers
comfortable and save
around £3,500/year.
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Any thoughts or questions?
How do you present survey reports?
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BEAT – Bristol Energy Awareness Training
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“We can BEAT Climate Change”
• Based on a Swiss programme called
RUMBA.
• Part of the Bristol work package to train
400 managers within the council to use
in team meetings etc.
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“We can BEAT Climate Change”
• A table top tool to facilitate round table
discussions relating to energy awareness
– primarily in an office environment.
• What can we see is wrong?/how can we
change it? etc.