Transcript Energy Update

Energy Matters
5 June 2008 for SWWMG
Tim Linford
TJL Associates
http://www.tjlassociates.co.uk
[email protected]
01308 897363
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Fuel Prices
Energy saving Tips
Help from the Carbon Trust
Enhanced Capital Allowances
Energy Performance Certificates
Rise in electricity prices
Rise in gas prices
Top tips to reduce energy use
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Monitor use – monthly readings, analyse
data
Make all staff aware – publicise
performance
Efficient lighting and controls
IT – Energy Star and switch off
Reduce heating by 1C (raise air con by
1C)
EFF1 motors , VSDs
Compressed air leaks
Example of gas use over 3 years
College gas consumption (kWh)
30000
25000
kWh cumulative
20000
03/04
04/05
05/06
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nov
sept
dec
jan
sept
feb
Month
mar
sept
apr
may
sept
Gas analysis
Christchurch - gas V degree days
450000
400000
y = 419.9x - 22375
R2 = 0.9709
350000
300000
kWh
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
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degree days
800
1000
1200
Electricity analysis
MD apr03 - sept04
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kW
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The Carbon Trust
www.carbontrust.co.uk
(financed by Government)
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Publications – paper and
downloadable
Telephone advice - 0800 085 2005
Available to all businesses
The Carbon Trust
www.carbontrust.co.uk
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Free Energy Surveys
Free Carbon Foot Printing
NB. Fuel >£50,000pa
The Carbon Trust
www.carbontrust.co.uk
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Design Advice for new build
Design Advice for refurbishment
> 2,500m2
Carbon Trust Loans for energy
saving investment
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Loan - £5,000 to £100,000.
For SMEs trading for more than 1
year
Unsecured, interest free
Repayable over a period of up to 4
years.
Expected savings 0.7T
Carbon/annum per £1,000 loaned
• (note this is Carbon not Carbon
Dioxide).
The Carbon Trust
www.carbontrust.co.uk
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Opportunities for R&D and help with
getting products to market for
business innovating low carbon
products
Enhanced Capital Allowances
www.eca.gov.uk
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Apply to approved energy and water
saving equipment
100 per cent first-year ECA allows
the full cost to be written off against
the taxable profits in the year.
NB. The general rate of capital allowances for
spending on plant and machinery is 20% a year
on the reducing balance basis
Enhanced Capital Allowances
www.eca.gov.uk
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From April 2008 applies to
companies that make a loss.
The payable ECA will be expressed as
19% of the loss that is surrendered.
Envision
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Envision is the South West
environmental mentoring
programme
carbon management
resource efficiency
eco marketing
training and workshops.
ENVISION
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In 5 years, Envision has worked with
2200 businesses
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saving 106 million litres of water
reducing waste to landfill by over 23,000
tonnes
saved 15.85 GWh of energy
reduced fuel use by 27,000 litres
saved over 22,000 tones of CO2
generated £51 million of additional sales.
ENVISION
www.envisionsw.org.uk
0845 456 9350
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2-10 days of support to look at a
range of initiatives including lowering
resource use and providing a carbon
footprint
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2 hours of FREE advice and guidance
includes gaining an understanding of
premises and systems
Ideas on saving costs/generating growth
and calculating time needed for any further
activities.
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www.envisionsw.org.uk
0845 456 9350
Energy Performance Certificates
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"The purpose of providing an EPC during
the sale or letting process is to enable
potential buyers, tenants or building
occupiers to consider energy performance
of a building as part of their investment."
Market transformation:
• Highly successful in the white goods market
and the food market
• Leveraging the importance of carbon and
energy performance: do you buy an A-rated
fridge because it saves you £18 a year??
Do you know what you're getting
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You can spend...
• £200 on a fridge - and it must be rated
for energy efficiency
• £20,000 on a car - and it must be rated
for energy efficiency
• £2,000,000 on a building - and without
EPCs
• you don't know if it's a Tree-hugger or a
Gas-guzzler; a Prius or a Range Rover
Energy Performance of Buildings
Regulations background
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Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
2002/91/EC (January 2003)
• www.diag.org.uk/media/18832/epd_final.pdf
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England and Wales legislation
- Building Regulations Part L (April 2006)
- Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations (Dec
2007)
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CLG Guide to energy performance
certificates for the construction, sale, and
let of non-dwellings- (January 2008)
www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuildi
ng/guidancenondwellings
Introduction dates [1.3]
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- From 6 April 2008 those buildings with a total
useful floor area greater than 10,000m2 will
require an Energy Performance Certificate on
construction, sale or let
- From 1 July 2008 those buildings with a total
useful floor area greater than 2,500m2 will
require an Energy Performance Certificate on
construction, sale or let
- From 1 October 2008, all remaining buildings
that are not dwellings will require an Energy
Performance Certificate on construction, sale or
let
Implications for building
owners/landlords
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The person commissioning the EPC
must receive a copy of the certificate
which records the reference number
and the accreditation body to allow
checking.
Penalties for not having an EPC
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The penalty for failing to make an
EPC available to any prospective
buyer or tenant when selling or
letting non dwellings is 12.5 per cent
of the rateable value of the building,
• a default penalty of £750 applies where
the formula cannot be applied.
• penalties £500 - £5,000.
Collecting the necessary data
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The information that will be required to produce
an EPC includes:
• the individual spaces or zones in use within the
building, and their dimensions (either as verified from
plans or as measured).
• the activities conducted within the zones. ie retail
space, office space, kitchens, storage etc
• the heating and ventilation services for each zone
• the lighting and controls used for each zone
• the construction of the fabric of the building and
thermal efficiency of : roof, floors, walls and glazing.
Summary
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Fuel prices almost doubling in a year
Monitor and analyse consumption
Raise awareness
Carbon Trust – surveys -loans
publications
ENVISION - site visits - advice
Use Enhanced Capital Allowances
Energy Performance Certificates