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Chalmor has published three Endurance case studies that demonstrate the energy and maintenance savings that Endurance has achieved in leisure, manufacturing and the food manufacturing sectors.

Read our Petrol Station lighting case study about how a major national operator has achieved a 50% reduction in lighting costs.

With the tightening up of Health and Safety legislation regarding working at height you can reduce the risk by fitting Endurance virtually maintenance free lighting.

See our plain speaking Carrots and Sticks Director's Briefing to the Climate Change Levy.

The UK Government has published a Green Paper about adopting the EU Directive on the energy performance of buildings, with the aim of having it in place at the end of a 'discretionary period' for further information has been published.

Pay as you Save and Energy Services from Chalmor

PAYS is an innovative solution where the financial savings effectively cover the cost of the investment thereby negating the need to find capital and producing an immediate positive cash flow. For complete peace of mind PAYS includes Chalmor’s Silver Service maintenance support for the duration of the agreement. With fixed repayments and energy costs set to rise in future PAYS should produce even better than the projected benefits. For all PAYS proposals Chalmor can factor in all associated cost savings over the life of the project so reduced maintenance etc. can be included as well as the resultant energy savings.

For sites with large energy costs Chalmor has successfully developed a shared energy saving concept for education premises. Energy Governor is a complete energy management service where the savings achieved pay all the costs without the to put the school in a positive cash flow position without having to provide any capital investment. The Energy Governor service includes expert energy advice, capital equipment and installation all backed with an on going energy monitoring and support service to ensure that the energy savings projected are realised and sustained.

Energy Governor takes a whole school approach to energy savings and seeks to identify areas of maximum energy savings potential. The service includes an energy survey, analysis of past utility consumption and a benchmarking exercise that forms the basis for future evaluation. By comparing energy performance to other similar schools areas for improvement etc. can be identified. All too frequently Energy Governor’s expert eye looking over the bills has uncovered mistakes that for one school negotiated a healthy rebate repaid by cheque of over £10,000!

Performance is audited annually and Energy Governor repayments adjusted accordingly. Energy Governor is a genuine partnership approach that seeks to minimise risk to the school and to achieve a “Win Win” for both parties.

For further information please e mail info@chalmor.co.uk

Endurance lighting case studies

Chalmor has published three case studies that demonstrate the energy and maintenance savings that Endurance can achieve:

Food Manufacturing: When Heinz FCF (frozen and chilled foods) acquired Ross Foods an inspection of the Worstead factory production area quickly highlighted the need for improved lighting. The existing system was running on 250 and 400 watt MBF lighting that had dramatically deteriorated and on average produced 20 failures a year. As the fittings were directly above the food processing equipment, replacing the lamps often disrupted production. www.chalmor.co.uk/newsletter/Endurance Heinz Newsletter.pdf

Leisure: Keyworth Leisure Centre in Nottingham has cut its lighting bill by two-thirds thanks to Endurance. The centre was constructed in the mid-seventies, offers two indoor swimming pools, gymnasium, a multi-purpose hall, crèche, and smaller areas for specialist sports and social activities. Including time set aside for cleaning, the building is occupied from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. every day except Christmas Day, leading to an almost constant lighting demand. www.chalmor.co.uk/newsletter/Endurance Keyworth Newsletter.pdf

Manufacturing: EKC Technology Ltd, part of the DuPont Group, supply specialist chemical solutions to the microelectronics and related industries. In the past year they have reduced their energy consumption on lighting by around 50 per cent by installing Chalmor's Endurance system. What's more, EKC are also enjoying Endurance's other major benefit of virtually maintenance free lighting eradicating the need to expose staff to the risk of working at height. www.chalmor.co.uk/newsletter/Endurance EKC Newsletter.pdf

Petrol Station achieves a 50% reduction in lighting costs

When a major petrol station operator with over 800 sites in the UK upgraded one of its urban sites in the south east, it replaced existing external light fittings with a modern, energy efficient alternative. This step was taken in order to reduce electricity consumed in lighting by 67%; the projected payback was just 2.25 years. The new fittings also improved the quality of the forecourt's lighting, a known significant factor in customers' choice of stop, and at the same time much reduced the cost and inconvenience of lighting maintenance. For more details and other information on energy saving at Petrol Stations please read our Newsletter www.chalmor.co.uk/newsletter/Petrol Revised 13-2-03.pdf

Lighting maintenance is to become a major Health and Safety issue

It now seems highly likely that the Health and Safety legislation is to be tightened up so that the UK is in line with EU Directive to tackle the problems of falls from height, which is the single biggest cause of deaths in the work place and the second biggest cause of major injuries. Three local education authorities are to work with the Health & Safety Executive to address the issue of falls from height.

Clearly lighting maintenance is an issue where it is necessary to work at height and Endurance with a 60,000 hour life which is 7 years when left running 24 hours per day, is clearly a major benefit that can help with reducing this risk as well as saving energy.

For further information visit the Health & Safety Executive web site http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm

Plain speaking Director's Briefing to the Climate Change Levy

If you would like to know more about the implications of the Climate Change Levy, both the good and the not so good why not read our Carrots and Sticks Director's Briefing by clicking www.chalmor.co.uk/newsletter/Directors Briefing.pdf

UK Government adopts EU Green paper on building energy performance

The UK Government is now adopting the EU Directive on the energy performance of buildings, with the aim of having it in place at the end of a 'discretionary period'. This is expected to have a major impact on the use of energy-efficiency devices and systems in the building sector, in particular on older buildings as they are renovated.

The background to the directive is increasing concern on the EU's growing reliance on external energy sources, currently at 50% of consumption, and expected to rise to 70% by 2030. With little scope for increasing energy production, the emphasis is being put on increasing the efficiency of the two largest consumption sectors, residential and tertiary (buildings, offices etc.).

Once a common approach to measuring energy performance is agreed (the UK has had its own in place for some time), all new and refurbished buildings as they are completed will be expected to perform to a minimum efficiency standard. Heating installations have been singled out for particular attention, and any with an output above 10kW will be regularly inspected for compliance. It is thought that energy consumed in buildings for heating, air conditioning hot water and lighting could be cut by as much as 22% by the year 2010 if best practice on energy efficiency were to be used throughout the building sector. If this were to happen, this would contribute around 20% to the EU's Kyoto commitment on carbon dioxide emissions.