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Energy Management Summit returns this October – Registration open!

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Registration is now open for this autumn’s Energy Management Summit – Claim your complimentary guest place today!

What can I expect?

Taking place on October 5th & 6th at the Radisson Blu, London Stansted, the Energy Management Summit allows energy management professionals to share forward-thinking ideas, meet new partners and discover new ways to underpin their strategies.

It’s entirely FREE for you to attend and your complimentary guest pass includes:

  • A bespoke itinerary of pre-arranged meetings with product and service providers who match your requirements and upcoming projects
  • Access to a series of seminars by industry thought-leaders
  • Networking with like-minded peers
  • Complimentary overnight accommodation, plus all meals and refreshments
  • An invitation to our networking dinner

How Do I Get Involved?

We have just 60 guest passes available, so register your free place today.

Join the industry at this July’s Facilities Management Forum

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Taking place on July 6th & 7th at the Hilton Manchester, the Facilities Management Forum allows senior FM professionals to share forward-thinking ideas, meet new partners and discover new ways to underpin their strategies.

It’s entirely FREE for you to attend and your complimentary guest pass includes:

  • A bespoke itinerary of pre-arranged meetings with product and service providers who match your requirements and upcoming projects
  • Access to a series of seminars by industry thought-leaders
  • Networking with like-minded peers
  • Complimentary overnight accommodation, plus all meals and refreshments
  • An invitation to our networking dinner

How Do I Get Involved?

We have just 60 guest passes available, so register your free place today!

Do you specialise in Carbon Management solutions? We want to hear from you!

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Each month on Energy Management Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the market – and in March we’ll be focussing on Carbon Management solutions.

It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help energy management buyers find the best products and services available today.

So, if you’re a supplier of Carbon Management solutions and would like to be included as part of this exciting new shop window, we’d love to hear from you – for more info, contact Lisa Rose on 01992 374077 / l.rose@forumevents.co.uk.

Our features list in full:

Mar – Carbon Management
Apr – Metering & Monitoring
May – Water Management/Strategy
Jun – Energy Efficient Solutions
Jul – Data Collection & Management
Aug – Waste Management
Sep – Solar PV
Oct – Lighting
Nov Heating & Ventilation
Dec – Utility Management

ESOS 2 is complete, so what now?

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5 December 2019 has gone!  ESOS 2 is complete! ESOS 3 is 4 years away… but customers are asking for sustainability improvements and cost savings, and on top of that, SECR is now with us.

That’s Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting, and means that qualifying businesses will need to track and report their kWh consumption and carbon emissions (in various groupings) and report them ANNUALLY within their published financial statements. The chances are that if you had to do ESOS you will have to do SECR.   The Government expects more than 11,000 businesses to report compared to only around 3,000 who had to do ESOS.

SECR requires by law, a statement in your company’s published accounts about your energy and carbon consumption. Also relevant performance indicators and a narrative about material actions being taken to reduce energy consumption and emissions.  Note the word “material”. That means they won’t allow changes that impact say less than 2% of your energy spend to be included.

In practice, business performance in respect of emissions and consumption against their competitors is going to be visible for the first time.  In competitive and environmentally sensitive sectors, such as food sector, it means that customers may look at these reports and could prioritise their supply chain based on it, so its going to be important to demonstrate progress and a high performance.  The whole essence of SECR is to use peer pressure to drive action.

So the ESOS 2 report has highlighted a series of measures, but how can you do them when the criteria for payback is only, say 2 years? This is the reason Onsite Energy Projects exists.  We recognised the challenge of capex availability and can provide a no-capex, off-balance sheet solution to implement both energy efficiency and on-site generation measures.

We may also be able to identify additional improvement measures, and deliver them all without any capex. If you would like to know more email us at info@on-site.energy or call on 0161 444 9989.

Onsite Energy Projects provides energy savings and energy generation solutions to energy intensive businesses, without capex if required.

Coal phase out forms key part of government’s Net Zero strategy

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The deadline for the phase-out of coal from Britain’s energy system is planned to be brought forward a year to 1 October 2024, as outlined by the prime minister in a speech to launch COP26.

The government will consult on bringing the deadline for ending unabated coal forward from 2025 to 2024, part of its drive to go further and faster on decarbonising the power sector, as it works towards net zero by 2050.

New statistics show the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.1% between 2017 and 2018, thanks in large part to the rapid decline of coal-powered electricity generation. Last year more than half of the UK’s electricity came from low-carbon sources.

This means the UK has cut its emissions by 43% since 1990 while growing the economy by more than two thirds – which the government says is the best performance of any G7 nation.

Business and Energy Secretary Andrea Leadsom said: “The UK has a proud record in tackling climate change and making the most of the enormous economic potential of clean technologies. This is my number one priority, and we will raise our ambition in this year of climate action. Coal-generated energy will soon be a distant memory as we plan to decarbonise every sector of our economy, enabling a greener future for all our children.”

The government will also bring forward an end to the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition is feasible, subject to consultation, as well as include hybrids for the first time.

Coal is the most carbon intensive fossil fuel and is responsible for harmful air pollution. Last year Great Britain went 3,700 hours without using coal for power, nearly 5 times more than the whole of 2017. There are currently 4 active coal generators, one of which has announced closure in March 2020.

Britain was one of the first countries in the world to commit to ending unabated coal generation. Existing policies are already cutting our reliance on coal from around 40% in 2012 to less than 3% in 2019. The contribution of renewables is now at record levels, standing at 33%.

Meet with leading suppliers at the Energy Management Summit

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The UK’s energy management industry will be gathering on October 5th & 6th at the Energy Management Summit – make sure you’re on the delegate list!

This is a bespoke and highly-targeted event created specifically for senior energy management professionals.

It is entirely FREE for you to attend. Simply register your place here for the opportunity to meet with:-

  • EBM Papst
  • Energy & Technical Services
  • ENGIE
  • Nicotra Gebhardt
  • Kinect Energy
  • Onsite Energy

…and many more.

When: October 5th & 6th 2020

Where: Radisson Blu Hotel, London Stansted

Format: Corporate ‘speed-dating’. As our VIP guest, you will be provided with a bespoke itinerary of pre-arranged, 1-2-1 meetings with suppliers relevant to your requirements. A series of seminars will also be hosted throughout day, and you can network with professionals who share your challenges.

Overnight accommodation, all meals and refreshments, plus an invitation to our gala dinner with entertainment, are included with your free ticket.

Who Attends: Senior energy management professionals.

Would you like to join them? Register your free place here.

Are you an industry supplier? To secure your place at the Energy Management Summit, contact Lia Rose on 01992 374 077 / l.rose@forumevents.co.uk.

www.energymanagementsummit.co.uk.

5 Minutes With… Gareth Fox, Business Development Manager for AXON

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In the latest instalment of our energy management executive interview series, we sat down with AXON Business Development Manager, Gareth Fox to talk about industry challenges and the opportunities, with a focus on how to develop strategies for greater building efficiencies…

What is the biggest priority for the Energy Management industry in 2020?

We need to start thinking of buildings as machines, productivity is the output whilst energy and people are the inputs. 

Approaching the management of a building from the people stand-point means we can deliver greater efficiencies. Providing a responsive space for occupants, by connecting and integrating services, is the next priority for greater building efficiency. 

We do this with cars, modern cars know fuel economy, tyre pressures, speed, lets you know when it needs a service or there is a problem, tells you when to turn right or left to avoid traffic, what the temperature is inside and outside (some even turn on your vehicle in the morning so that the frost has cleared and the car is comfortable and ready to drive at a predetermined time at the correct temperature).

We have similar measures within a building but data is currently siloed, if a single building performance platform could combine this information then it takes on more meaning. 

In your mind what is the biggest challenge the industry faces currently?

Moving on from measuring performance by energy data alone is the biggest challenge. 

Being efficient is key to all aspects of life, whether it’s doing the job right first time, using the right tools for the task, having the correct information to make decisions, all of these help improve efficiency and energy reduction is a by-product of these efficiencies. 

To make the correct efficiency choices, it is best to have precise information and the right skill set in place. Building Performance Information is key, combining the Energy Data, with Building Services and People & Wellbeing to give the total picture of performance vs productivity vs costs. Its no-good turning equipment off to save money but adversely affecting your business performance.

We need to be clever in mapping data, so to deliver meaningful insights. Managing buildings and estates is more than just energy data, with Smart buildings and IoT we are able to gather data from other plant and services, so giving a more rounded data picture on how to develop strategies for greater building efficiencies.

And what are the biggest opportunities?

I still see messaging around basic “Top Hat” energy profiling. Whilst this is fundamentally correct and has been for at least the last 16 years that I have been associated with the industry. However granular information of each service to a building e.g. lighting, HVAC, Energy, Room Booking, Access Control, Way Finding, etc. can reap more rewards when combining data to make improvements. The approach being that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. 

What if you were able to map your energy usage with occupancy usage, to tailor building services to demand? 

Not so long ago our mobile phones, were just that, phones. We didn’t need them to be anything else. We had a camera, we had an MP3 player and we had a bank card. Now our phones are wallets, calculators, maps and whatever else you choose according to the apps you have installed. We wouldn’t want to leave the house without them. 

Smart building technology means the way we interact and manage our buildings is evolving in a similar way. Building management is more than just a BMS interface, a lighting network, an HVAC system. With cloud-based technology and IoT we can gather data from all these elements and more. We can map this data onto one platform and provide Big Building Data.

For example, you could map the BMS data with your lighting and your meeting room booking system. In this instance you could manage the energy around meeting rooms in an office location more effectively. When not in use you could power off all appliances in that space. You could even instruct for cleaning to be put on hold.

What technology is going to have the biggest impact on the market this year?

The industry is at a juncture, we know we have the building data we are just unclear how to proceed to make this big building data of use. The combining of information from multiple disparate services is seen as a challenge. I see AXON at the forefront of this challenge, providing a way to overlay existing systems, to provide meaningful building performance data. 

Tell us about your company, products and services.

AXON seamlessly integrates data onto one platform. A technology independent platform, AXON acquires data from multiple sources for energy, metering, lighting, environment and occupancy, providing estate performance analytics at all levels. Providing actionable insights so you can optimise the management of your estate. The platform provides visualisations and reporting to support the various stakeholders within the building, providing actionable insights for carbon reduction, energy and operational efficiencies. 

In 2025 we’ll all be talking about…?

About the measurement of proven in-use outcomes against design intent. Hopefully we will have realised the benefit of mapping data and be thinking more holistically about our smart buildings, measuring performance values not just in terms of energy data. With this new data we will then be turning our thoughts to how the building is performing against the design, so closing the loop on building data, from design, construction and in-use. Ultimately we will be approaching building management for the occupants point of view. We will be using a wide range of technologies to deliver interactive spaces that meet their requirements in real-time, providing ever smart spaces that promote happy occupants.

Contact Gareth to find out more:

Gareth Fox

Business Development Manager

AXON Building Performance Solutions

+44 7810 636536

gfox@axon.eco

linkedin.com/in/gareth-fox-axon

www.axon.eco

Electricity Savings In Plain Sight

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Take a look at your electricity bill. What do you see? Many will probably look at the rate and the bottom line £ amount, and often that’s about it before it gets passed for payment.

Energy savings in the past has been associated with re-broking to secure a better rate.  Even then, fewer than 60% of UK businesses use a broker.  Negotiating a better rate is right and proper. But what you or your broker is actually doing is only affecting around 40%-50% of the bill – the wholesale element – and the scope for savings in that is limited.

BUT TAKE A CLOSER LOOK at your bill – particularly the itemised elements – you will find that over 50% of most electricity bills relates to “NON-ENERGY” costs (we regularly see 58%-60%).

“NON-ENERGY” costs are the recharges being made through your bills for Government subsidies for renewables obligations, contracts for difference and feed-in-tariffs, and also grid use of system charges (DNUos, TNUoS etc). These charges are generally shown as a £/kWh, and are set to rise by 30% over the period to 2030, due to known contractual commitments.   So that’s 30% more on 60% of your bill will impact by 2030 – that’s an increase of at least 18%.

What many businesses don’t realise is that if you generate power at your premises, and don’t use the grid, then these “non-energy” costs aren’t payable as they are only charged based on kWh consumed through the grid.

However, taking measures to generate energy on site may face a longer payback than you are willing to invest in.  This is one of the reason Onsite Energy Projects exists, to help businesses implement both energy efficiency and on-site generation measures for these longer payback measures.  We recognised the challenge of capex availability and can provide a no-capex, off-balance sheet solution

If you would like to know more email us at info@on-site.energy or call on 0161 444 9989.

Onsite Energy Projects provides energy savings and energy generation solutions to energy intensive businesses, without capex if required.

5 Minutes With… Nathan Morgan, Commercial Services Manager at Waterscan

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The Energy Briefing team recently sat down with Waterscan Commercial Services Manager Nathan Morgan to find out more about his company, industry challenges and market opportunities…

Tell us about your company, products and services

Waterscan is an independent consultancy wholly focused on helping clients push the boundaries of sustainable water management. We provide practical and technical support from creating full water strategies to helping them make better water purchasing decisions in a recently deregulated marketplace. 

What have been the biggest challenges the water sector has faced over the past 12 months?

It has been nearly three years since the non-residential water market across England and Wales became a competitive marketplace. This ‘open market’ introduced customer choice for the first time and it’s been good to see change happening and innovation occurring. 

However, I think all involved parties would like it to happen faster. The development of the market is being impeded by poor data quality, anti-competitive behaviour and inconsistency across the marketplace. This is because we currently have dispersed systems, divergent processes and some market codes that are open to interpretation. This situation enables wholesalers to implement different solutions. This gives rise to a non-standard customer experience which is still driven by geographical location rather than the high quality, standardised single market experience that we’re striving for. 

And what have been the biggest opportunities?

Self-supply, without a doubt. Customers that are choosing to self-supply their water are the highest performing trading party in the open water market, according to official Ofwat data. There are nine active self-suppliers to date across a wide variety of industrial sectors including, for example, Whitbread, Coca Cola European Partners, Kellogg’s, John Lewis and BT. This self-supply community is outpacing the rest because it is customer-led. These businesses have ownership of their own market performance and are motivated to deliver the best outcome that they can for themselves. 

What is the biggest priority for the water industry in 2020?

Tacking long-unread meters (those that have not been read for 12 months or more). These are a huge issue across the water marketplace because, without accurate consumption readings, there can’t be accurate customer billing. 

The self-supply community is driving change and signalling to other trading parties just what can be done on this. Our work with BT is a great example. BT has reduced its long-unread meters by 88% in less than a year and, with more than 5,000 supply points, this demonstrates what is achievable across a sizeable estate.

What are the main trends you are expecting to see in the market in 2020?

I expect to see water’s leading ladies – Rachel Fletcher and Sarah McMath, the Chief Executives of Ofwat and MOSL respectively – getting strict with any parties that are impeding progress towards an efficient open market. They’ve already been sending strong signals that they will no longer accept poor performance and reluctant relationship building – from any market participant. 

What technology is going to have the biggest impact on the market this year?

Fast-tracking the planned industry bilateral hub will solve many of the issues around data, efficiency and the customer experience, leading to a more effective market.

In 2025 we’ll all be talking about…?

I would like to see the introduction of further competition when it comes to the supply of water and wastewater services; for example, in meter operations and in waste collection and treatment facilities. A centralised, digital marketplace to allow third parties to introduce new products and services to companies operating in the market would also fuel further innovation. 

What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learnt about the water sector?

From my experience of attending the Self-Supply Users Forums, it’s interesting that control has proved to be a more important driver for customers over price. Through initiatives like the Self-Supply Users Forum, self-suppliers have gained a strong and clear understanding of the market which enables them to make decisions and take positive actions that support their operational and sustainability goals. This level of control has proved to be an incredibly important factor.

What’s the most exciting thing about your job?

Realising the benefits of innovating. Seeing customers who have chosen to take the leap into unchartered waters and self-supply achieve great things. They have transparent data on which to make effective business decisions. Many are achieving consumption savings that go beyond initial expectations. For those organisations with a complex property portfolio, there are tangible administrative efficiencies too. 

And what’s the most challenging?

A key challenge is that there’s a general apathy around the open water market. Unlike when the gas and electricity markets opened, awareness of the opportunity to renegotiate and switch water suppliers – currently around 50% of eligible businesses – is not high enough and few feel the need to act.

Part of the reason for this is that water is rarely part of the conversation when it comes to sustainability. We talk a great deal about the impact of carbon, plastics and the food chain but not about the impact of water inefficiency and that’s a real problem. The Environment Agency predicts that water demand (which is going up due to population growth and business development) will exceed water availability (which is going down due to climate change and aging infrastructure) in the UK within twenty years. At this tipping point, when water starts to become a scarce commodity, businesses will start to prioritise water. My challenge is to get them thinking about water long before this. 

www.waterscan.com

Energy Management Summit: All your organisation’s requirements in one place

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On October 5th & 6th 2020 you’ll have the chance to meet with the best suppliers in the sector, all in one place, at the Energy Management Summit.

This is a bespoke and highly-targeted event created specifically for senior energy management professionals.

It is entirely FREE for you to attend. Simply register your place here for the opportunity to meet with:-

  • EBM Papst
  • Energy & Technical Services
  • ENGIE
  • Nicotra Gebhardt
  • Kinect Energy
  • Onsite Energy

…and many more.

When: October 5th & 6th 2020

Where: Radisson Blu Hotel, London Stansted

Format: Corporate ‘speed-dating’. As our VIP guest, you will be provided with a bespoke itinerary of pre-arranged, 1-2-1 meetings with suppliers relevant to your requirements. A series of seminars will also be hosted throughout day, and you can network with professionals who share your challenges.

Overnight accommodation, all meals and refreshments, plus an invitation to our gala dinner with entertainment, are included with your free ticket.

Who Attends: Senior energy management professionals.

Would you like to join them? Register your free place here.

Are you an industry supplier? To secure your place at the Energy Management Summit, contact Lia Rose on 01992 374 077 / l.rose@forumevents.co.uk.

www.energymanagementsummit.co.uk.