DEFRA & EA
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs and The Environment Agency
The Numbers
- £4.5m energy and renewables contract
- 32 sites comprising 70,000m²
- Laboratories, research, offices & depots
- 415 tonnes per annum CO² savings
- 75% construction complete
Operations
Breathe has successfully delivered the improvement works across this multi-site portfolio including working within the constraints of sensitive research facilities and Grade 2 listed HQ offices.
Finance
The improvements are delivering long term energy and CO² savings across portfolio, helping Defra and the EA mitigate against future energy price fluctuation.
Compliance
The client can report ongoing savings against their targets through our automated performance measurement and critical backlog work has been mitigated through BMS and lighting upgrades and standby generation.
Wellness
The signifcant lighting upgrades have improved the visual envionnments, which combined with the temperature regulation improvements from better BMS controls have improved building comfort conditions for staff and visitors.
The Works
- LED lighting upgrade
- High efficiency motor retrofit
- BMS recommissioning and optimisation
- Demand side response on standby generators
- 200 kW gas CHP
- Solar PV and solar thermal
- Critical backlog mitigation
“Breathe Energy have been working with Defra for over 14 months and since early stages there has been a professional approach to the project. The team advising Defra are knowledgeable and have developed a programme of works that will deliver material savings to the Department. In my role of Project Sponsor I will recommend BREATHE Energy as a trusted and professional working partner.”
