We were very impressed with both the professionalism of the survey and the extremely helpful attitude of the Carbon Trust adviser, who has continued to assist and offer advice.
John Waszek, Principal at St Edward’s College
Survey
However, staff soon realised that they needed some specialist help and contacted the Carbon Trust to benefit from its expertise in the area of energy conservation.
As a first step the Carbon Trust carried out a survey of the site to see what results could be achieved with minimal financial investment.
As a result of the survey the Carbon Trust produced a list of recommendations, which detailed how St Edward’s could make the energy savings it was looking for and potentially reduce its annual energy costs by 20 per cent.
Energy saving recommendations
One year on, the college has implemented a number of the cost-saving recommendations, including installing presence lighting circuits into large areas such as the assembly hall and dining hall and is currently making arrangements to install a swimming pool cover to help insulate the pool. Staff at the college are also far more vigilant now about ensuring that air conditioning, lights and other electrical equipment is switched off at the end of the day.
Other recommendations the college is now looking at implementing include:
- Renegotiating the electricity contract with the supplier and consider using green energy
- Installing efficiency controls to boilers and replacing damaged heating insulation
- Introducing an energy monitoring system
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