Case study Bluewater 1/3
Bluewater
Revolutionising energy management: Bluewater's green ambition
Major shopping centre Bluewater
has set the ambitious target of cutting
its annual energy bill by 50%, with
the aim to become Europe's most
energy-efficient retail complex.
Leigh Stringer finds out how one
of the UK's largest shopping centre's
plans to meet this target
With an annual energy use of 16,800MWh
and a utility bill for non-tenant areas hitting £1.4m, the opportunities from halving Bluewater's bill are plain to see. The
reduction will potentially cut £700,000
in costs, significantly reduce the current
8,000 tonnes of carbon it emits each year
and highlight a new way of thinking for
large scale energy management.
But where do you begin? The first area
you would expect Bluewater to tackle is
the heating & cooling system and lighting, which are the biggest energy users,
accounting for more than 90% of total
consumption.
The 'low-hanging fruit' in energy efficiency has driven savings of about 20% over the past four years
However, major property and infrastructure services firm, Lend Lease, which
built, owns and manages Bluewater, is
taking a different approach to energy
efficiency at the shopping complex - one
that could revolutionise the way properties manage their energy in the future.
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