Monitoring Environmental Performance
Level 5 |
Appendix 7
Energy Improvement Strategies |
Practical ways to reduce energy and water consumption
Below are just a few examples of where energy and also water consumption can be
reduced, and thus targets set to reach wider objectives:
Boilers
| Cost |
Target |
Measures planned / action |
| No cost |
Improve efficiency of boiler plant by
n% over n months |
Check plant weekly to identify:
- Leakage from pipework and flanges etd
- Gas odours
- Burns and other signs of damage to flues and boilers
- Higher noise levels than usual
- Air vent blockage
- Warning lights
|
| Low cost |
Reduce heat losses from pipes by 60% in
n months |
- Investigation of pipes and flanges in the boiler room
- Ensure that all pipework not heating the production areas is
insulated
- Insulate all valves and flanges that are 50mm or bigger with quick
release valve jackets
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Compressed Air System
| Cost |
Target |
Measures planned / action |
| No cost |
Reduce compressed air consumption costs by
n% over n months. |
- Raise awareness of the high cost of generating compressed air
at meetings.
- Communicate, via posters etc. on site, the costs of generating
compressed air and how it can be conserved.
|
| Low cost |
Ensure that all compressed air tools are
electrically powered in n months. |
- Feasibility will be assessed and electrical tools will be
purchased should it be practical.
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Lighting
| Cost |
Target |
Measures planned / action |
| No cost |
To reduce lighting costs by 15% over n
months through ensuring that all lights are switched off during site
shutdown. |
- Undertake a lighting survey during shutdown.
- Interview all out-of-hours staff such as cleaners.
- Implement a policy and responsibilities for switching off
lights.
|
| Low cost |
To make savings of 75% over n months
through using alternative lighting methods. |
- Purchase compact fluorescent bulbs to replace all tungsten bulbs.
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