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Effective Energy Management – Energy Mapping
Seminar on Improving Environmental Performance and Reducing Costs in Business
Paula Gallagher Energy Programme Manager
Summary
• Why Energy Efficiency?• SEAI Supports• Energy Mapping – Top ten tips• Funding/Grant assistance
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
Business Support Centre SEAI
www.seai.ie
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.
ENERGY MAPPING 10 Tips to Reducing Energy Cost and Consumption• EnergyMAP is the Energy Management Action Plan from
SEAI.
• 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
• 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
• 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
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
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
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
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
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
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/