Energenze

Optimising Energy Usage - The cost of energy has increased considerably within the UK. However, levers exist through active invoice management as well as reviewing how energy is generated, stored and consumed ‘behind the meter’ to pro-actively reduce an organisation’s or household’s overall energy spend.

The kilowatt of energy saved is the most important to any household or business. Reviewing site assets to understand how efficiently equipment sets (HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, switchboards, transformers) perform, is the most effective way to right size energy consumption, and in turn save money, over the short and long term.
As the cost of energy has increased considerably within the UK since 2021, the ability for businesses to leverage off-peak energy price bands is more important than ever. Energenze works with businesses to understand how they can shift their energy consumption patterns to make the most of cheaper energy, whilst not compromising either their methods of production or office / residential environmental conditions.
Renewables (e.g. solar, bio) and battery storage are tactical investments that allow businesses and households to further offset their exposure to upward pricing pressure for energy. With the onset of Virtual Power Plants such assets also allow any community stakeholders to sell energy back to the grid ‘at peak’ times of the day.
With a growing emphasis on reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions, understanding how an organisation / household can accommodate for EV charging as well as other electrification processes is important when considering how to project out an organisation’s future electricity demand requirement which in turn may influence discussions on its existing capacity threshold.

Energenze Optimisation Q & A

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Energy Optimisation

What is the split of gas and electricity consumption? Can you share a 4-5 of your gas invoices from the past 12 months?

Do you have a Building Management System (BMS) or another energy monitoring system? Can you share a BMS energy focused data set download?

Does your building have agreed environmental controls for common areas? If so what are they? (e.g. temperature, humidity, lighting levels)

Do you know what proportion of your electricity is consumed by the building’s • Heating; • Cooling; • Lighting; • Refrigeration; • Building infrastructure (e.g. garden irrigation etc) • EV if they are on site.

How old, and what capacity is the building’s • General energy infrastructure (transformers, switchboards etc.). • HVAC. • Is the HVAC ducted or split system? • Lighting. • Are LED bulbs used? • Are outside lights part solar powered? • What wattage bulbs are used in common areas? • Refrigeration. • Does the building have a cool room, or a series of fridges in common areas? • EV.

Energy Generation

What is your plan to transition away from gas water heating – noting the higher proportion (3:1) of gas required to heat an equivalent amount of water.

With the rise of climate change and its impact on impending Summers to come across the UK- what is the future for HVAC and cooling infrastructure/systems at your strata or area of business? And how will it be supported in terms of increased energy consumption?

Do you have solar, or other installed behind the meter sources of energy generation or storage to lower the cost of pooled energy usage? If yes- what size solar and battery does the building host? • Has the building considered being part of a Virtual Power Plant?

Will you consider a scaled bio-digester for the building?

Is the building planning to install EV charging in the near future? If so – how many charge points?

Version 1 of the UKGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Building Standard is due to be published in late 2025. The UKGBC Green building standards focus on energy efficiency and conservative use of energy resources. Are you aware of your energy usage intensity and the relative cost/SQM of the energy consumed for your building?

General

How old is your building? (estimate is fine). What is the estimated surface area of the common areas, or general floor plan? How many floors are there?

Are window’s double glazed?

Does your building have a significant garden footprint? (SQM?)

Do you have an irrigation system for the garden or indoor plants?

What is your water usage? Can you provide 4-5 of the past year’s invoices?

Do you know the surface area of your roofspace?

Energenze

Optimisation

Peak to Off-Peak Pricing

Assets & Generation

Energy Transition

Energenze Optimisation Q & A