We
were treated to a double header on Energy Performance contracts
(EPCs). Rajvant Nijjhar, founder of Ivees who are independent
verifiers, clarified the jargon and acronyms. She then discussed the
real need to establish best practice. The monitoring of energy needs
to be a clear process. To
demonstrate the state of play we were asked to say if know about
and/or use ISO 50001 – the answer is easily guessed! Rajvant
quoted Greg Baker, a government minister - “Energy efficiency has
the potential to address 38% of electricity savings by 2030”
Professor Tony Day TEAM (Energy Auditing Agency Ltd), clarified some more acronyms. He drew attention to the fact that proving operational performance is very dependent on the quality of the data. The focus was on low carbon heat sources, and the particular issues around heat metering which need to be addressed for claiming Renewable Heat Incentive payments. He noted that Europe has greater experience in this area, particularly with large CHP installations, and the UK needs to ensure best practice in data collection. As Tony is a former academic he couldn't help giving us a formula: Q = p V Cp (tf - tr) - something to puzzle over!
A
lively Q&A followed together with the customary networking over a
glass or two of wine.
