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Effective Energy Management – Energy Mapping
Seminar on Improving Environmental Performance and Reducing Costs in Business
Paula Gallagher Energy Programme Manager
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Summary
• Why Energy Efficiency?• SEAI Supports• Energy Mapping – Top ten tips• Funding/Grant assistance
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Why Energy Efficiency?
LEGISLATIVE DRIVERS
• National Energy Action Plan 2009 - 2020
• Irelands Target = 20% energy efficiency savings by 2020 Public sector target = 33%
• 33% renewable electricity
FINANCIAL DRIVERS
• Rising energy costs, security of supply
GREEN DRIVERS
• The adverse environmental impacts of fossil fuel use
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Business Support Centre SEAI
www.seai.ie
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Energy Advice, Mentoring & Assessment• SEAI provides free, one-to-one advice and mentoring to
private-sector SMEs from energy advisors• These advisors help and motivate SMEs to assess their own
energy use, to identify opportunities for savings and to take action to realise these savings.
• This service commences with a telephone consultation or site assessment, a written report with suggestions for energy savings, plus 90 days follow-support by phone and email.
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ENERGY MAPPING 10 Tips to Reducing Energy Cost and Consumption• EnergyMAP is the Energy Management Action Plan from
SEAI.
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• Tip 1 - Secure Management Commitment
– Appoint a SENIOR Manager to • Sponsor EM Programme
• Tip 2 – Appoint an Energy Team Leader
• Usually the Facility/Building Manager
– Set up a small Energy Team • Manager + one/ two staff !
Commit
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• Tip 3 Review your Energy Bills– Eliminate Penalties
• Excess MIC Charges• Excess Wattless Charges
– Ensure you are on the right tariff– Are you with the right supplier !!
• up to 5 % can be achieved by changing supplier !
• Tip 4 Sign up for Suppliers On Line Billing– Review this monthly with your team ! – Look at Times when the facility is “ Shutdown”
• Christmas Day !!
Identify
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• Tip 5 Identify Opportunities – ASK you Staff for ideas
– Review Previous Audits
– Talk to other Facility/Building Managers
– Talk to your Suppliers Key Account Manager
– Set up a REGISTER OF OPPORTUNITIES • A Big List of Ideas !!
Identify
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Some ideas to get you Started !
Tip 6 - Install an Oil meter on your BOILER
Start to measure this daily
Track your Oil Usage
Day time
Night Time
Weekends
Tip 7 - Review your Lighting Loads
Daylight Sensing
Occupancy Sensing
SEAI Lighting Guides
Identify
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Some more ideas !
Tip 8 Review your BMS – Set schedule to match operations
• Watch our for Bank Holidays !
– Calibrate your sensors• Temperature / Humidity / Flow
– Understand how to use the system• Arrange Training from Supplier !
Take Action
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Some more ideas !
Tip 9 Set up a Simple Monthly Energy Report
– Use the data from On Line Billing– Print our Graphs– Discuss it with your team– Place it on the notice board !
Review
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Tip 10 Make a Plan !!
• Write out a simple Energy Action Plan– Some Technical Projects
• Lighting Upgrade !• Fit oil meter on boiler !
– Some People Items• Run an Energy Awareness Programme
– Use SEAI on line resources www.seai.ie
– Some organisational items• Set up a Monthly Energy Report !
• KEEP IT SIMPLE !
Plan
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SEAI Energy Grant Schemes
• Biomass fuelled CHP – limited support currently available• ReHEAT (up to 30% capital, 40% feasibility)
• Boilers fueled by wood chip/pellets• Solar thermal systems• Heat pumps
• Specific Short Term grants like Energy Efficiency Retrofit Fund (up to 35% private, 50-80% public)
• EU 2010 CIP Eco-innovation call for proposals, funds are available for new projects in the area of materials recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector and green business practices
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Accelerated Capital Allowance
• Lets you cut your company's taxable income by 100% of the capital cost of energy efficient equipment in the first year of purchase– Building Energy management Systems (BEMS)– Lighting & lighting controls– Motors, Variable speed drives (VSDs)– Information and Communications technology– Heating & Elec Provision– Process & HVAC control systems– Electric & alternative fuel vehicles– Refrigeration and cooling systems – Electro-mechanical systems – Catering and hospitality equipmenthttp://www.seai.ie/Your_Business/Accelerated_Capital_Allowance/