Introducing

CR Plus Ltd

Who We Are

CR Plus Ltd (Cost Reduction Plus Limited) is a specialist cost reduction consultancy in the

Energy, Sustainability, Environment and Process Improvement fields.

We are a multi-disciplinary team with proven capability of identifying, developing and

implementing a broad range of savings and income generating projects for businesses.

We also specialise in helping organisations comply with national and local energy and

environmental regulations, whilst also ensuring organisations function in a financially viable and

socially responsible manner.

Putting Clients First

Working in the sole interests of our clients is what makes us different. CR Plus staff are recruited

and appraised on our core values. We have been working with some of our clients for more than

25 years – a testament to our ‘clients first’ ethos.

Clients know they can call on CR Plus to undertake complex projects that require both a

strategic and detailed technical understanding. We excel at succeeding where others struggle.

PROJECT PROGRESS

ENGAGEMENT CONCEPT FEASIBILITY PLAN DEVELOP EXECUTION ACCEPTANCE CLOSURE

Our Management Team

Flexible, Innovative, Impartial Delivery

Our project journey with clients involves working together to find the right

sustainable solution for their specific situation.

It is rare to have perfect clarity on the solution or root cause at the beginning of any engagement. CR Plus use highly data-driven techniques to explore options and recommend the right practical and pragmatic solution.

We are able to offer:

• An 'end-to-end' consultancy service identifying, designing and implementing projects that

create cost savings and/or income generation. • Support to our clients in problem solving and making improvements where existing building

services or industrial processes are not performing as optimally or efficiently as they could. This could lead to low cost improvements via controls, improved management and understanding, or to the identification of beneficial investment in new systems or innovative technology.

• Project management and owner's engineer service providing support from concept to

installation and commissioning of energy efficiency and process optimisation solutions. • Implementation of industrial and commercial engineering projects in the role of EPCM

(Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management). • A front end service assisting in the realisation of funding, grant and tax relief support in the

areas of resource and process efficiency. • The development, updating and review of Management Systems such as ISO 9001, 14001,

50001, 45001 and OHSAS 18001. • Integration of sustainability into business-as-usual from product design processes, onsite

energy generation through to supply chain management programmes. • Legal compliance support across Health and Safety, Environment, Energy and Corporate

Social Responsibility requirements.

Tom Gibson

Tom has 10+ years of project management and engineering experience with a detailed knowledge of CHP and district heating. Tom’s focus is on planning and developing projects including design and specification.

Richard Pyatt

Richard delivers technical investigations and creates business cases taking into account risk to find the right solutions. Energy and environment are his particular specialism.

Tony Parton

Tony offers both a wider strategic perspective centred around risk and opportunity and delivering the best returns for the investment made by clients. His 30+ years experience in challenging areas provides a solid foundation to proposed solutions.

Hervé Lebastard

With Hervé’s background in engineering management and maintenance, he heads up our process improvement division, with a focus on project management and developing project specifications through to implementation.

Client: Swansea University Service: Strategy & Delivery Description: Developed a CHP &

Energy Centre strategy that

provides the flexibility the University

needs. Implemented control

systems improvement. Project Value: £700k (Phase 1) Benefits: £700k+/y

Client: Mace Group Service: Risk & Strategy Description: Technical Risk Review of an Energy from Waste Gasifier to establish commercial viability. Improvements identified to improve viability. Project Value: Tens of £Ms Benefits: Risk outweighed benefits

Client: Trostre (Tata) Service: Asset re-use Description: Re-using redundant steam boiler as a water heater in the CAPL line, as well as integrating cooling tower & compressor waste heat. Project Value: £400k Benefits: £200k/y

Client: Cooper Coated Coil Service: Pollution abatement Description: Turnkey delivery of

Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser

project. Improved extraction/line

speed, with improved quality &

emissions. Project Value: £600k Benefits: £220k/y

Client: Aston University Service: Risk & Strategy Description: Operational Risk

review with a strategic slant so the

outcomes served the University’s

future scenarios. Project Value: £150k Benefits: Moving to a usable,

risk acceptable plant

Client: Blue Chip Companies Service: Grant Assistance Description: Utilising our team ethic

of combining stakeholders’

requirements together, we used a

multi-disciplined approach to deliver

grants to several Blue Chip

companies. Grant Value: £28M+

What Have We Delivered?

“Our Divisions Combine to Deliver

Complete Sustainable Solutions”

Client: Vallourec Service: Project Feasibility Description: Helping the site team

prepare investment case for ~£10M

project to install a new production

line, in which the product has a low

environmental impact. Design, risk

& project management services

supplied. Project Value: £10M

Client: Sony UK TEC Service: HVAC & BM

Client: Swansea University

Service: Strategy & Delivery

Description: Developed a CHP &

Energy Centre strategy that provides

The flexibility the University needs.

Implemented control systems

Improvement.

Project Value: £700k (Phase 1)

Benefits: £700k+/y

Client: Aston University

Service: Risk & Strategy

Description: Operational Risk

Review with a strategic slant so the

Outcomes served the University’s

Future scenarios.

Project Value: £150k

Benefits: Moving to a usable,

risk acceptable plant

Client: Mace Group

Service: Risk & Strategy

Description: Technical Risk Review of an Energy from Waste Gasifier to establish commercial viability.

Improvements identified to improve

Viability.

Project Value: Tens of £Ms

Benefits: Risk outweighed benefits

Client: Trostre (Tata)

Service: Asset re-use

Description: Re-using redundant steam boiler as a water heater in the CAPL line, as well as integrating cooling tower & compressor waste heat.

Project Value: £400k

Benefits: £200k/y

Client: Cooper Coated Coil

Service: Pollution abatement

Description: Turnkey delivery of Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser project. Improved extraction/line speed, with improved quality & emissions.

Project Value: £600k

Benefits: £220k/y

Client: Vallourec

Service: Project Feasibility

Description: Helping the site team prepare investment case for ~ £10M project to install a new production line, in which the product has a low environmental impact. Design, risk & project management services Supplied.

Project Value: £10M

Benefits: £200k/y

Client: Blue Chip Companies

Service: Grant Assistance

Description: Utilising our team ethic of combining stakeholders’

Requirements together, we used a multi-disciplined approach to deliver grants to several Blue Chip companies.

Grant Value: £28M+

Client: University

Service: CCL and CR

ongoing/rebate

Description: Review the base model for submission. Establish the improvement opportunity and helping the client with the submissions.

Benefits: £86k rebate + £30k/y

ongoing savings

Client: Recycling Plant

Service: Water Rebate

Description: The water use and disposal were reviewed and charging mechanisms altered to gain a rebate & ongoing savings

Project Value: £10k

Benefits: £106k rebate + £20k/y

ongoing savings

Client: Sony UK TEC

Service: HVAC & BMS

Description: Investigate, design & procure HVAC & BMS to optimise energy use & staff conditions. Client managed the implementation.

Project Value: £500k

Benefits: £200k/y

Client: Newport Wafer Fab

Service: Managed Systems

Description: Helped Newport Water Fab gain certification to ISO 50001 and 14001:2015 with zero non-conformities. During the exercise a CCL rebate ~ £20k was identified and delivered.

Project Value: £24k

Benefits: Certification/Rebate

Client: Marmon Group

Service: ESOS & Surveys

Description: Identify realistic energy savings opportunities across all UK business units, discuss next steps with client and manage ESOS programme.

Project Value: £270k

Benefits: £150k/y & ESOS Compliance

What Have We Delivered?

“Our Divisions Combine to Deliver Complete Sustainable Solutions”

Where Next?

Making Decarbonisation Pay

CR Plus has been at the forefront of sustainability since we began our business in 2005. We have

helped our clients reduce their environmental impacts, operate more safely, secure jobs for their

workforce and improve profitability.

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19th Century 20th Century 21st Century

CR Plus is working with its long term clients to demonstrate real action behind the current drive

for Clean Growth and an Industrial Cluster based decarbonisation. We have helped to: Provide

site specific vision; produce a workable road map detailing decision steps/gates; align industry

and business strategy with UK Gov strategy to get business support; and deliver practical and

economic decarbonisation projects that leave doors open to all technologies and solutions.

Do you want to take Plan A or Plan B?

Based on one recent example (South Wales based Refinery), CR Plus has demonstrated that a

'Carbon' orientated route (‘Plan B’) to 2050 required £73M of investment with minimal cost and

carbon savings, whereas the 'decarbonised' route (‘Plan A’) to 2050 would cost £76M, with near

carbon neutrality by 2030, with business cost benefits to 2050 exceeding £200M. All of this can

start NOW with the correct effort and alignment between UK Government (BEIS), regional and

local clusters and specific businesses and industrial sites.

Corporate Requirements & Growing Understanding

What Do Our Clients Say?

“CR Plus’s flexible and collaborative approach to optimise the Singleton Campus Energy Centre & District Heating Network and their wide range of capabilities has been key to delivering real value to Swansea University. At both Strategic and Technical Engineering levels the individual CR Plus consultants have delivered the highest quality using their wealth of experience and expertise”

Energy & Carbon Officer Swansea University

“Based on the relationships developed with the CR Plus personnel and the professional quality of their work I would have no hesitation in recommending CR Plus for work in the strategic, process or health, safety & environmental areas”

EBRI Plant Manager Aston University

“The relationship has been built around trust and their ability to deliver results, especially when a problem occurs. Their skills cover both identification and implementation of projects thereby relieving pressure on our own limited resources”

Financial Controller Vallourec Oil & Gas

“Where we had neither the knowledge nor experience to implement solutions, they were more than willing to act as project leaders for our benefit. They are an easy group of people to work with, displaying commitment to and a thorough understanding of the needs of our business”

Finance Director, Ervin Amasteel

Other clients

“CR Plus worked in partnership with Vale Europe Ltd on a number of projects and surveys since 2005 – consistently allowing us to identify, implement and qualify energy improvement projects”

Energy Superintendent

Vale Clydach "Thanks to the risk and opportunity based gap analysis and implementation support from CR Plus, we transitioned to ISO 14001:2015 with no non-conformities. Well done CR Plus!”

Newport Wafer Fab

“I would have no hesitation in recommending CR+ to other companies for energy-related projects”

Facilities Manager, Sony UK TEC

“Their work has been a major factor in the implementation of an energy management system at our site that forms part of the wider Lafarge Tarmac Cement & Lime management system, which has been recently accredited to ISO 50001”

Environmental Coordinator, Lafarge Tarmac Aberthaw “We appointed CR Plus due to their previous work with us taking opportunities through to successful implementation with bottom line savings realised. We intend to continue using CR Plus as part of our site energy management team”

Environment Manager, Celsa Manufacturing (UK) Ltd

Environmental

Engagement / 'Future' Vision

• Do you have an Innovation vision and strategy? Decarbonisation needs to work for you

Plant Replacement

• Your Boiler, Burners, Furnace, Drier needs replacing. Can I get more out of the plant? Competitive advantage. Can I do this to help my low Carbon + Corportate strategy?

New Process

• We need 20% speed increase. Can we use low carbon technologies? A new design can give better outputs either on quaility, speed, less maintenance. Resilient for the next 10 to 20 years. Competitive Advantage.

Renewables / Fuel Switch

• will PV's be appropriate or Wind power. Can I convert my process away from Natural Gas e.g. change of burner? Change of thermal platform to give improvmeed performace product.

Smart Networks

• Do I creat an internal network for heat (Steam, water, hot oil)? H2 network, External networks to communities and commercial buildings.

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

• Conversion to fuels, materials or Bio-Refining e.g. creat Algae for protein, dyes, oils.

Carbon Capture &

Storage (CCS)• Minimise the infrastructure requirements for CCS.

Practical steps to contributing to a Zero Carbon Future

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CR Plus Ltd

Tel • +44(0)1543 223 393 Head Office Wales Office

Email • info@crplus.co.uk CR Plus Ltd. , Lichfield Business Village PO Box 4187

Web • www.crplus.co.uk Staffordshire University Lichfield Centre Cardiff

Registered Office: 67 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 3AJ The Friary, Lichfield CF14 8AT

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