Energy Efficient Mechanical and Electrical Solutions

This week is Energy Saving Week and as building costs continue to rise and budgets shrink, choosing a facilities management (FM) company that can provide and optimise energy efficient M&E solutions is more important than ever. An essential focal point of any hard FM solution is ensuring your equipment is optimised for efficiency, reducing your building’s energy consumption to protect your building from high bills and a large carbon footprint.

Artic Building Services has been delivering optimised, energy efficient M&E solutions across acute and multi-site environments in healthcare, higher education and commercial offices, for over twenty-five years. As part of the Energy Saving Week initiative, below showcases Artic’s energy saving innovative M&E services that have resulted in high savings for clients and their buildings.

Artic’s Energy Saving Solutions:

Energy saving is at the forefront of adaptable FM services. A key part of identifying the best solution for any site is conducting the appropriate auditing. Once the Artic Zero team has identified areas of weakness in the M&E systems of a building, they’ll take the sites unique requirements into consideration alongside the client’s energy plans and put together a bespoke strategy that creates maximum opportunity for high impact reductions.

• Lord’s Cricket Ground: As part of the M&E maintenance contract with Lord’s Cricket Ground, Artic supported Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) with their sustainability goals and commitment to environmental responsibility. As part of these targets, Artic was able to identify areas where Lord’s Cricket Ground could make some savings on their energy expenditure. One of these strategies was to upgrade some outdated lighting at Lord’s to energy-efficient LED technology, optimising the technology for savings and performance.

• British Medical Society: Artic and its team of on-site engineers at the British Medical Society (BMA) were able to identify areas of opportunity on site to reduce energy consumption.  Through the installation of lagged pipework in site plant rooms, Artic was able to reduce heat loss and energy usage throughout its facilities. Alongside this, Artic’s engineers installed control valves on radiators and thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) which improved flow performance and resulted in reducing energy consumption further. This, in combination with the addition of local controls enabled radiators to be turned down or off created a big difference in the facilities use. By identifying empty spaces and working with the BMA to turn off heat delivery, Artic was able to minimize the demand on the facilities heating system and overall, significantly reduce BMA’s energy expenditure.

• King’s College Hospital: At King’s College Hospital, during routine maintenance, Artic’s engineers identified a high level of energy consumption coming from one of the hospital’s MRI scanners. To counteract its high usage, Artic advised installing a new, more efficient chiller which resulted in a significant cut in energy waste and further cost savings for the hospital.

• King’s College London: Artic was able to carry out key upgrades at university King’s College London across multiple sites which included the incorporation of 24 BMS controlled inverter-driven Grundfos pumps and installation of 2 stacks of 3 Hamworth Modumac 254 boiler modules. The new boilers were 20% more efficient than the previous ones installed which generated large energy savings for the university.

• London University: Artic worked with another London university and undertook a large and vital LED lighting upgrade project throughout its research laboratories. The project consisted of replacing outdated fluorescent lighting with more energy-efficient LED technology. Using advanced data loggers, Artic collected and analysed expenditure data before and after the upgrade. The results revealed substantial reductions in energy on the ground, 3^rd and 6^th floors.

Across these multitude of different sites and their unique demands, Artic has been able to assist and guide each site into reaching its goals of reducing its energy usage and generating substantial savings on their spend. Not only is reducing consumption essential to generating cost savings, but it is also paramount in aiding businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.

At the COP29 Climate Change conference, UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer said that the UK would commit by 2035 to have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 81% from levels in 1990. This is only increasing the pressure for businesses to start reducing their carbon emissions in line with targets to decarbonise the industry. Some of the most common forms of energy wastage in commercial buildings are through:

• Outdated lighting.
• Un-maintained HVAC units.
• Building Infrastructure weaknesses.
• Lack of real-time monitoring.
• Lack of automation.

The above common challenges that every estate manager faces when trying to reduce their energy consumption can be easily resolved through hard FM that understands your needs and can help you reach your goals.

Save Your Energy, Partner with Artic

Reducing your energy consumption is an essential step to saving on costs and reducing your carbon impact. Optimised facilities management is essential to any energy saving strategy and regular M&E maintenance is essential to identifying areas where there may be opportunity for making building facilities more energy efficient. Artic Building Services and its Artic Zero team are experts in identifying the right solution that meets all site’s unique demands and requirements.

Contact Artic Building Services today and start saving your energy.