Optimising Building Energy Management System for Orange Business Services

The Situation A listed infrastructure investment company looking for opportunities in the renewable energy, energy transition and sustainable infrastructure. The company decided to build a portfolio of AD plants processing (regenerative) agricultural crops, generating biomethane for injection into the natural gas grid and capturing the carbon dioxide for geological sequestration. However, it required technical diligence…

The Situation A leading fund manager focused on renewable energy, energy transition and sustainable infrastructure saw an opportunity arose for the combined acquisition of six anaerobic digestion (AD) plants and six composting facilities located in the East of England and Isle of Wight. Solutions Impact Leveraging on more than a decade of experience in AD…

The Situation CNG Foresight was looking to validate the proposed station design and technical aspects of a £100m+ framework to build a portfolio of bio CNG (biomethane) fuelling stations across the UK. These stations would have the capacity to fuel up to 450 vehicles per day via eight vehicle dispensers and one trailer loading dispenser….

The Situation Enfinium is a leader in the energy-from-waste sector and operates four decarbonisation hubs that transform waste into electricity and recycle metals, with two more in development within the UK. However, the electricity market is undergoing a period of massive transformation as it moves from a system dominated by large, centralised fossil-fuel base load…

The deficit is being met by stimulating the development of renewable energy technologies (RETS). Wind energy – with a share of 70% of the total supply of RETS energy – has emerged as the winner within the program within recent years. Currently, an estimated 28,000 jobs have been created in the wind energy sector and…

In terms of waste management, Turkey is working hard towards a landfill policy that meets the EU’s strict standards. The result has been greater levels of controlled waste dumping and recycling, which is a good thing. This project ensures that landfills catering for nonrecyclable materials are fitted with special equipment that turns waste into energy…

Over a third of the global population relies on open fires for cooking. This usually happens indoors. These fires produce a lot of smoke, which is dangerous to people’s health. Globally, four million people die from respiratory diseases caused by cooking over an open fire. This is more than the collective death toll of tuberculosis,…

This offset project invests in making biogas installations available in Cambodia, aiming to increase rural people’s access to a sustainable supply of clean energy. The initiative was established by Cambodia’s National Biodigester Programme, which is a collaboration between the local department of Forestries and Fisheries and SNV The Netherlands. About the project Many Cambodians in…

The Situation Wokingham Borough Council needed a partner to assist with understanding and assessing the various routes to compliance with The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, also known as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES). MEES is a set of legal requirements that aim to improve the energy efficiency of…

The Situation Unite Students are the leading provider of student accommodation in the UK, providing a home for over 46,000 students. Its large building portfolio, consisting of 138 purpose built properties, was included in the scope for ESOS assessments. As Unite was already rolling out a series of heating and lighting upgrades, it needed to identify…