Transcript Energy Efficiency

National Archives buildings:
- General Register House
- West Register House
- Thomas Thomson House
Each includes:
- Offices
- Archive stores
- Public search rooms
Other important services
• Digital Camera /
Reprographic Studios
• Lifts
Building Services
• Air conditioning
• Gas heating
• Electrical Heating and
general electrical and IT
service
Why obtain Energy Efficiency
Accreditation?
• To comply with SE and
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NAS Environmental
Policy
To save energy
Conserve resources
Minimise the impact our
business has on the
environment
And as a consequence to
attempt to make financial
savings for the benefit of
the department
How did we achieve accreditation?
Review
what we do in NAS
To comply with
Policy
Consider what
could
be done better
List both positive
and negative items
to show where
we did or did not
comply
Identify where
improvements
should be made
List of items reviewed
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Property
Energy Contracts
Transport
Waste disposal and
recycling
• Maintenance contracts
with consultants and
contractors
• Staff awareness
What action was considered
Property
 Energy audits were undertaken and
the results considered.
 Presence detectors were fitted within
toilets and other rooms.
 Energy saving fittings installed within
toilets to save water and electrical
fittings upgraded as and when they
required replacement
 Secondary glazing was fitted at GRH
 All new or refurbishment work now
includes energy saving measures in
the design.
What action was considered
Energy Contracts - Gas, electricity
and water
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We reviewed our existing
contracts and joined in with the
SE Family of contracts to gain
the benefits from,
Energy savings
The increased scale of the
electricity and gas contracts a
better price was achieved.
Water saver devices were fitted.
Water meters sizes were
reviewed and where appropriate
new meters were fitted
What action was considered
Transport
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We reviewed staff and visitors travel to
our buildings as well as the provision
of our daily van service, as a result we
considered,
more search room spaces at GRH
which is easily reached by public
transport
Bike bins at GRH so that staff and
visitors could lock their bicycles away
safely
Although no action has been taken at
this time with respect of our van.
When the van is changed we are
considering replacing it with which will
run on LPG fuel.
When hire cars are required alternative
fuels such as diesel and lowering the
cc rating is considered
What action was considered
Waste disposal and recycling
 We reviewed our contracts with regard
to Re-cycling and put contracts in place
to cope with disposal and recycling as
much waste as possible such as toner
cartridges, paper etc.
 Maintenance contractors were charged
with a similar obligations for safe
disposal and recycling
What action was considered
Maintenance Contracts
• Consultants were charged with
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incorporating Energy Efficiency measures
within their designs and when dealing
with maintenance.
Maintenance contractors now have a
continual obligations to ensure energy
and environmental measures are
regularly considered and where
appropriate incorporated.
Energy Conservation features as an
agenda item at the monthly meetings
and are discussed.
Meter readings are taken monthly and
trends considered. Any upward or
downward trends that are not easily
explained are looked at in detail.
What action was considered
Staff Awareness
This is perhaps the most difficult item as staff
generally see no advantage in switching off
unnecessary lights or turning down heating.
What we did was to provided them
with,
• a talk on how they could save money at home and
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at the same time save the planet
make them more aware by drip feeding them with a
series of posters and energy conservation reports
via the intranet
Encourage them to switch off unnecessary lights
and heating
and to report any defects in their heating, lighting or
water supply
STAFF AWARENESS INFORMATION
Global Warming
• CO2 is a harmful by-product of burning fossil fuels
in the generation of energy.
• As the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere rise more
heat will be trapped and the earth will get hotter.
• This global warming could have an irreversible
effect on the planet’s climate.
STAFF AWARENESS INFORMATION
Energy Conservation Report 4
• Did you know climate change caused
by global warming is the biggest
environmental problem we face
today.
• Climate change is destroying the
environment as increased water
temperatures kill off coral reefs.
• Rising seas threaten to engulf
countries. Enormous ice shelves are
cracking and are breaking off in the
Antarctic
• Vulnerable species face extinction
NAS staff can help to reduce
pollution by taking the following
action.
•Turning off lighting when leaving
a room or corridor
•Don’t open windows in cold
weather. Turn the heating down
instead.
•Make use of daylight by ensuring
dirty windows are cleaned.
•Report to the help desk if your
light fittings are dirty so they can
be cleaned.
•Make sure your heaters are not
obscured by furniture
STAFF AWARENESS INFORMATION
Utilities Consumed
• The Scottish Executive consumed 22
million kWh last year
• Constituting approximately 7500 tonnes of
carbon dioxide per annum into the
atmosphere contributing to the “Green
House” effect
HOW DID WE ACHIEVE ENERGY ACCREDITATION?
With a great deal of hard work trying to
convince our maintenance consultant,
contractors and more particularly our staff that
we were deadly serious about achieving this
excellence award.
Now we have to keep it