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We’re delighted to have contributed to two UKGBC reports launched today: Practical Actions for Optimising Energy Use and Retrofitting Retail & Logistics Buildings. These reports provide clear, practical guidance to help the built environment sector decarbonise and optimise the crucial non-domestic building stock.
As part of the working groups IES experts shared their insights and guidance to help co-develop these reports which will enable organisations and project teams to act with confidence and consistency in optimising and retrofitting non-domestic buildings.
Practical Actions for Optimising Energy Use
23% of the UK’s built environment carbon emissions come from the energy used in non-domestic buildings. On average, this can be reduced by a quarter through optimisation actions. This guidance has been created to support greater reductions in the energy use and associated carbon emissions of operational non-domestic buildings.
This report focuses on optimisation actions but also includes some that are defined as light retrofit where it is sensible to assess or undertake such actions at the same times as optimisation. ‘Optimisation’ is an iterative process where building controls and operational set points are adjusted in line with occupier behaviour. Such actions cause little to no disruption for building users and require little or no capital expenditure.
Every organisation and building has its own unique characteristics and so there is no one size fits all answer for energy and carbon optimisation. However, based on case studies and the industry experience of the working group, this report outlines key steps for success and lists practical actions, which will be applicable to many buildings.
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Retrofitting Retail & Logistics Buildings
This report aims to empower the retail and logistics sectors to drive rapid reductions in energy use and whole life carbon. It does this by highlighting commonly used retrofit measures for these buildings and examining the possible impacts on energy performance and their estimated cost of implementation. It also identifies other key considerations for deciding what and when to undertake retrofit measures.
Insights on retrofit strategies:
- Every building is different, and it is necessary to carry out building-specific assessments to determine the appropriate interventions.
- It is worthwhile assessing combinations of certain measures, rather than each in isolation.
- A portfolio wide approach should be taken when possible, to identify the most effective measures in terms of EUI and cost at the largest scale possible.
- As the climate is rapidly changing, adaptation and resilience factors should be thought about at the time of retrofit.
- The ‘trigger points’ of lease cycles and maintenance and refurbishment cycles should be factored into retrofit strategies for each building.
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Case Study Example
Laurie McKelvie, IES Live Technical Delivery Lead shared his insights on a real world project example at today's launch event for the reports. The case study showed that by putting the UKGBC guidance into practice you can deliver highly optimised energy efficient buildings. Using IES Live, our team helped United Wholesale Scotland to optimise the energy use of its Headquarters and identify £25k–£30.6k in annual savings, from 39% gas and 9% electricity reductions, in just 12 weeks.
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