a brief update on current and forthcoming policies affecting energy efficiency and renewable energy...

A brief update on current and forthcoming policies affecting energy efficiency and renewable energy

East Midlands Carbon Action NetworkNovember 2015

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Business overview

Project Management

Architecture

Building Services Engineering

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

Quantity Surveying

Building Surveying

Health and Safety Services

Sustainability & Energy Consultancy

FM Consultancy

Strategic Planning and Urban Design

450

staff

Key business statistics

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Inverness

Glasgow

Manchester

Cardiff

TauntonLondon

Bury St Edmunds

Nottingham Derby Leicester

Established 1866

£35m turnover in 2014/15

Achieving around 12% growth per annum

90% client satisfaction score across all projects

85% repeat business rate

60/40 public/private client base

80/20 public/private end user ratio

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Track record

Leicester City Council – King Richard III Visitors’ Centre

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Blue light emergency

Culture and heritage

Custodial

Defence

Education

Industrial

Masterplanning

Public Amenities

Residential

Retail

Science & Technology

Sports & Leisure

Transport & Aviation

Utilities & Energy

Water

Workplace

Business Overview

Leicester City Council – Leicester Market

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Blue light emergency

Culture and heritage

Custodial

Defence

Education

Industrial

Masterplanning

Public Amenities

Residential

Retail

Science & Technology

Sports & Leisure

Transport & Aviation

Utilities & Energy

Water

Workplace

Business Overview

DeMontfort University – Business Centre

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Blue light emergency

Culture and heritage

Custodial

Defence

Education

Industrial

Masterplanning

Public Amenities

Residential

Retail

Science & Technology

Sports & Leisure

Transport & Aviation

Utilities & Energy

Water

Workplace

Business Overview

University of Derby - Enterprise Centre

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Blue light emergency

Culture and heritage

Custodial

Defence

Education

Industrial

Masterplanning

Public Amenities

Residential

Retail

Science & Technology

Sports & Leisure

Transport & Aviation

Utilities & Energy

Water

Workplace

Business Overview

Natural Environment Research Council - James Hutton Building

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Blue light emergency

Culture and heritage

Custodial

Defence

Education

Industrial

Masterplanning

Public Amenities

Residential

Retail

Science & Technology

Sports & Leisure

Transport & Aviation

Utilities & Energy

Water

Workplace

Business Overview

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British Geological SurveyBREEAM Excellent Data Centre 2010 Pilot project

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Recent changes

• Code for Sustainable Homes withdrawn• Green Deal abolished• Part L may not be updated in 2016• Developments exempt from Allowable

Solutions• Renewable Energy local planning policy

changes• NPPF paragraph 95 not given full weight• CCL to be charged on renewable energy

systems

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Anticipated changes

• Axing the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)

• Considering tax-funded incentives for energy efficiency

• Consulting on streamlining environmental taxes and policies (CCL, CRC, CCA, GHG, ESOS, ECAs, EDR)

• FITs, RHI

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Spending Review and Autumn Statement

• £295 million over 5 years to improve the energy efficiency of schools, hospitals and other public sector buildings

• Over £300 million of funding for up to 200 heat networks

• Future budgets for RHI and ECO confirmed but with significant cuts on current levels

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Leicester’s Sustainability Action Plan

https://consultations.leicester.gov.uk/corporate-resources-and-support/leicester-city-councils-sustainability-action-plan

Closes 16 January

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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive – UK legislation by 5th June 2014

• Energy Audits to be required every four years for “large enterprises,” initially before Dec. 2015

• Approved ESOS Lead Assessors to be used: internal / external• Lead Assessor may be used in a supervisory role• SMEs and Public Bodies not included• Requirements: review total energy use and performance over time,

identify potential savings measures and costs of implementation, obtain sign-off

• Compliance for DEC, Green Deal, ISO50001 certified from Dec. 2011

• Scheme Administrator to be Environment Agency online

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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)

Qualification / Definition of “large enterprise” >250 staff UK or >£42.5 m annual turnover and >£36.5 m balance sheet or part of a corporate group that includes large undertaking

ESOS Scoping Process

1. General Information

2. Qualification Criteria

3. Compliance Routes

4. Energy Audit Data

5. Buildings Selection

6. Process Fuels

7. Transport Fuels

SCOPING EXERCISE

DECs ?

ISO 50001?

SITE SURVEYS

AUDIT REPORT

GREEN DEAL?

ESOS Delivery Process

TRANSPORT & PROCESS REVIEWS

ANALYSIS

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MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards)

• From 2018, new leases unlawful for domestic (private rented only) and non-domestic buildings with an EPC rating F-G,

• From 2023 MEES will also apply to existing leases

• Local Authorities will enforce MEES• LAs empowered to serve compliance

notices to request information and penalty notices levying fines

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MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards)

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FITs (Feed In Tariffs) review for PV systems

Significant drop was expected from January 2016…

however…

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…probably just a 3-month grace period…

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Government Soft Landings (GSL)

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A brief update on current and forthcoming policies affecting energy efficiency and renewable energy

East Midlands Carbon Action NetworkNovember 2015