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Guide to Long Term Building EfficiencyPresented by:
Energy efficient design
• Think beyond design and handover
• Part L 2010 – and beyond
• Tighter targets on carbon performance
• But there is a longer term challenge
Existing buildings, new targets
• Government aims to reduce UK carbon emissions by 80%
• Built environment a key part of this target
• Impossible to achieve with new-build alone
• 60% of 2050 commercial floor space was already built in 2010
Long term energy performance
• Refurbishment and long-term efficient operation are crucial
• Building owners and operators need to pay close attention
• Benefits are reduced carbon emissions and lower energy costs
Long term energy performance
How the figures add up:
•About 40% of a building’s operational costs are related to energy
•Around 80% of the total costs of a building occur during its operation
•Half of those are energy-related
•Only around 20% of costs during the design and construction phase
The good news
• The advantage is that users and owners have control over operational costs
• Energy is one of the most controllable overheads
• Several important areas of energy usage: • Heating• Hot water production• Lighting• Cooling and ventilation• Auxiliary energy (eg for PCs and other
office equipment)
Step-by-step efficiency
Achieving long-term efficiency means examining all these areas:
1.First step – find out where energy is being used
2.Metering and sub-metering
3.Measure, monitor and then manage
Quick wins are possible
Three main opportunities to save energy:
1.Better control (turn down or switch off when necessary)
2.Good maintenance
3.Refurbishment or replacement
Quick wins are possible
Quick wins for early payback:
• Get control of your controls – avoid energy drift
• Meter and measure
• A walk-around check pays dividends in energy saving• Sensors – working and correct positioning? • Manual overrides – are they off? • Check timers – are they set to match office hours?
Make the most of your control system
Understand the capabilities of your control system:
• More equipment supplied with advanced built-in controls
• Air conditioning can be linked to lighting
• Seven-day time clocks included
• Make sure the FM team knows what can be achieved
Maintaining savings
• Good maintenance will save money in the long-term
• Energy consumption of an air conditioning system can increase 60% without regular maintenance
• Cutting maintenance is a false economy
• Start with simple checks
• Comply with legal requirements on air conditioning system checks
• Reduce heating by a few degrees – but talk to occupants first
Quick wins – low and no-cost ideas
• Set time clocks to match building use
• Limit set-points on air conditioning (21oC and 23oC)
• Lock controllers
• Ensure lighting is off at night
• Get staff buy-in for energy saving measures – this can greatly increase your success in reducing energy waste
Long-term energy management is a virtuous circle
New technologies
• Refurbishment and replacement –
next steps
• Once savings with existing equipment have been optimised
• Replacing older technology may be a useful option to consider
Energy-savings options
Heat recovery technology:
• Substantial savings
• Recovers ‘waste’ heating or cooling energy
• Applies it to incoming air
• Reduces the need for mechanical heating and cooling
Automatic waste reduction
Consider technologies that prevent waste automatically:
•Window controls that shut down air conditioning automatically
•Prevents running of heating/cooling with open windows
•Particularly useful in the hotel sector
New system, new energy savings
Replacing older air conditioning systems:
•Modern equipment is substantially more energy efficient
•Can see 45–50% energy savings against ten-year-old equipment
•Existing pipework and wiring may be used in some cases
Replacement
Other reasons for new air conditioning systems:
• New rules on use of R22 – phase out of virgin refrigerant
• Complete ban on all HCFC by January 2015
• Price of R22 already rising as supplies of recycled R22 diminish
Replacement
Substantial savings can be made by replacement of old air conditioning:
•HSBC bank invested £16 million on new equipment at 800 branches
•Other technologies such as heat recovery and new controls
•Halved energy bills at branches
•Saved over £2 million a year on energy costs
Thinking of renewables?
• Heat pumps offer a useful solution for commercial buildings
• Low carbon solutions
• Lower energy use on heating which accounts for half of energy used
• 1kW of electrical energy input = 3.2kW heat produced
• Commercial solutions now available
Thank you
We now invite you to ask any questions.
Meeting Rooms / Offices
What's the solution?
An advanced, backlit touchscreen controller with built in occupancy sensor and 7 day time clock
The new MNET controller
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Built in occupancy and
brightness sensors
LED colour indication
Full backlit
touchscreen display
Further advanced features
available through menu
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Energy-save control will be performed when the occupancy sensor detects vacancy
When the occupancy sensor detects no human movement for a certain period of time, this will be regarded as the vacancy
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The LED indicator shows the operation status by lighting (and blinking) with different colours and
brightness or by turning off
Indicator colours: Blue, Light blue, Purple, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Lime, and White
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The night setback function starts heating operation when the
unit is off and the room temperature drops below a set
temperature
This also works reversely, cooling when the room gets above
a set temperature
Saving energy use, costs and CO2 emissions
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Auto-OFF timer allows the user to set a timer to turn off the indoor unit after the specified time has elapsed
Good for meeting rooms or areas with infrequent use
Also has built in 7 day time clock for full flexibility
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