epoda The Energy Performance Operational and DAta Assistant; an energy auditng solution that uses a holistic approach to reduce your CO2 emissions with robust savings in the region of 32% on your energy spending year on year

Our epoda energy auditing system provides viable savings accross buildings built before 2002 of an achievable 32%.

The epoda assessment uses an on-site energy survey of lighting, heating, ventilation, water usage and building fabric coupled with details of meter readings and usage patterns to produce the following:

• A detailed breakdown of how much energy is being used, how much CO2 it equates to and how much it is costing in pounds and pence. 
• Where and how improvements can be made.
• What the capital costs of implementing these improvements will be.
• How much these improvements will save on yearly energy spend.
• How much CO2 this will save per annum.

As an epoda assessor you will be free to use your existing client base and create self generated leads to sell the epoda service. In addition to this, where possible, any leads generated by ACEA that suit your geographical area will be sent to you.
  Once the survey is complete simply log into Limefig using your unique user name and password and complete the online survey. The in-house epoda energy team will find the best quotes for implementing the improvements and email the completed report back to you showing costs for installation, CO2 savings per annum and pounds and pence saving per annum. The survey will be returned in a way that can be presented direct to the client. Once they have read and understood the proposed measures you will take a commission from any improvement work they decide to carry out. The epoda energy team will project manage all improvements on your behalf. The majority of the improvement costs are covered by interest free loans offered by the Carbon Trust, within the private sector, and Salix within the public sector. The epoda energy team can process these loans for your client at no extra cost, even your energy audit fees are payable under these schemes.

Case Study 1. Sea Front Hotel, East Sussex, 3,159.sq.m.

The epoda assessor’s initial walk through energy audit lasted 2 hours and established a number of areas where energy saving opportunities could be found. After receiving a basic list of energy saving measures, both behavioural and physical, the client instructed a full energy audit to quantify the effects of these and facilitate the epoda Energy Savings Plan.

The Building:
The property was originally constructed in 1929 and has been extended several times since. It is arranged over three floors and comprises restaurant, bar and meeting rooms on the ground floor and bedrooms on the upper two floors. There are modern extensions containing a fitness suite with a small swimming pool, and eight of the bedrooms. The building is in a conservation area which limits the options for some externally fitted measures.

Existing Costs:

Existing Operations	Existing Costs
	(£)	CO2 (kg)	(kWh)	(m3)
Total Electricity Consumption	£63,479	256,441	477,544	-
Total Gas Consumption	£69,479	342,753	1,803,965
Total Water Consumption	£8,869	2,832		6,437
Total	£141,787	602,026	2,281,508	-

The epoda Energy Savings Plan:
The epoda assessor was able to model the effects of many measures including wall and roof insulation, draughtproofing, boiler replacement, and lighting upgrades. A suitable roof space for solar collectors was available on the modern extension housing the fitness suite, so a solar thermal system to heat the swimming pool was considered.

Total savings of £71,766 (50% of original energy spend) were identified based on actual consumption, modelling of selected measures and provision capital cost estimates. The savings identified would improve the building’s Operational Rating on a Display Energy Certificate from a F to a C.

The majority of measures identified are deemed acceptable by the Carbon Trust for their interest free loan scheme.

Recommendations and Key Actions	Estimated annual savings				Est.cost (£)	Payback period (years)	Cost per tCO2 (£)
	(£)	CO2 (kg)	(kWh)	(m3)
Lighting changes	24,475	89,201	166,111		36,102	1.48	86
Reduction in ventilation fapower, heating and cooling costs for swimming pool due to using pool cover	2,016	704	16,380		821	0.41	28
	1,006	4,364	22,967		410	0.41	28
	662	2,314	5,382		270	0.41	28
Building Fabric Loss – Insulate solid walls and loft, double-glaze large window in restaurant area draught-proof remaining windows	18,977	82,350	433,420		47,310	2.49	23
Insulation of valves, flanges and bends in boiler room	734	3,187	16,771		1,715	2.34	61
Motor controllers on fridges & freezers	262	1,143	2,128		360	1.37	90
Enable standby facilities on PCs	22	89	183		0	Immediate
Other electrical savings – time controls on chilled drink cabinets	322	1,407	2,621		528	1.64	134
Other heat savings – substitution of electric heating on spa bath	3,119	13,613	25,114		8,500	2.72	71
Hot water end use savings – WaterSave shower heads	3,228	18,605	92,825	2,201	1,435	0.44	22
Other water savings – aerators on cold taps	2,422	674		1,533	1,116	0.46	473
Boiler Replacement – upgrade to condensing boiler	9,820	42,614	224,282		28,000	2.85	75
Adjust set point on conference suite chiller	630	2,750	5,121		0	Immediate
Voltage Optimisation	4,071	17,764	33,080		14,383	3.53	92
Total	71,766	280,781	1,046,386	3,734	140,948	1.96