Efficient Energy Management

CONFERENCE  PROGRAMME   

CHAIR

MARTIN FRY
Visiting Professor, City University
Chairman, ESTA Energy Services and Technology Association
Associate Director, Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme

KEYNOTE
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EFFICIENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR THE UK AND FOR YOUR COMPANY

MARTIN HORWOOD MP, Environment spokesperson, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

REGULATORY UPDATE
THE LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE - THE IMPACT OF ENERGY LEGISLATION ON YOUR BUSINESS

• Market drivers affecting carbon and energy management
• Commercial imperatives for using less energy
• What legislation do energy management professionals need to deal with – understanding your  rights and obligations
  - Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2002
  - Building Regulations Part L [Section 6 in Scotland/Part F in NI]
  - Building labelling – Energy Performance Certificates/Display Energy Certificates
  - Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive
  - Roll out of Smart Meters to business
  - Climate change agreements
  - Carbon Reduction Commitment

ALAN ALDRIDGE, Executive Director, ESTA ENERGY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

STANDARDS UPDATE
THE ROLE OF STANDARDS IN SUPPORTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• What are standards? How and why are they created?
• What do they mean for your business performance?
• What is their significance for the Board?
• Current energy-related standards work
  – UK, EU and international level plans
  – Formal and informal work
  – Key work items:
     - BS EN 16001 Energy management systems 
     - Benchmarking methodologies
     - Certificates (Green, White, Brown)
     - Energy audits
     - Energy efficiency and savings calculations
     - Energy service companies
     - Energy management in the transport sector
• Benefits for your organization:
  – Improving your energy management processes
  – Contributing to cost savings and overall efficiency
  – Demonstrating compliance
  – Supporting corporate governance
  – Playing a role in winning more business
• Getting involved

MARCUS LONG, Head of External Affairs, BSI British Standards

IAN RICHARDSON, Committee Manager, Standards Development, BSI British Standards

STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT
BS EN 16001 – ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• Why was it created? What current energy management issues will it address?
• What are its aims? Who should use it and when?
• Latest developments and status
• Understanding its current content and structure
  - Content and scope in outline
  - What is a management system? The management system approach
  - Accreditation and certification. What are the plans for this Standard? What will that mean to businesses?
• How does it fit alongside other standards such as BS EN ISO 14001 Environmental management systems

MARTIN FRY
Visiting Professor, City University
Chairman, Energy Services and Technology Association
Associate Director, ESTA Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme

ENERGY AUDITS

• What is an energy audit really? Who needs them?
• Why a standard is needed
• Predicted timescale for a standard
• How will an Energy audit standard help you in your role, and help your business?

MARTIN FRY
Visiting Professor, City University
Chairman, Energy Services and Technology Association
Associate Director, ESTA Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme

GREEN CERTIFICATES AND GUARANTEES OF ORIGIN

• The different green certificates available in the UK at the moment
• The role the different green certificates play
• The role of Guarantees of Origin under the Renewable Energy Directive
• Is there a need for another green certificate?
• The complexities surrounding green electricity supply
• The complexities surrounding carbon reporting
• A certificate for green gas supply?

SUSAN PELMORE, Policy Analyst, Renewable Energy Association

EXPERT PANEL SESSION

With specialist panellists covering the background, issues and latest news on the following forthcoming standards, and their implications for UK companies, this is your chance to ask the probing questions to which you need answers.

BENCHMARKING METHODOLOGIES

TREVOR FLOYD, Principal Consultant, Tenby Consultancy Group

ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES

KRIS SZAJDZICKI, Chairman, ND Metering Solutions 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS CALCULATIONS

DR RAJAT GUPTA, Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development: Architecture, Oxford Brookes University

ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

CLIFFORD PERRY, Chairman, Railway Engineers Forum: Institute of Mechanical Engineers

BEST PRACTICE CASE STUDIES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY N THE JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP

• John Lewis and Waitrose
  - Targets and performance
  - Our aims
• Key Initiatives to improve energy efficiency
  - What have we done so far?
  - What are we doing now?
• The future
  - Renewable energy sources

BILL WRIGHT, Corporate Energy and Environment Manager, John Lewis Plc

COST-EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICE SOLUTIONS - BOOTS

• Alliance Boots structure and the Group Energy Management core responsibilities
• Boots UK Ltd approach to energy efficiency
• Our carbon management strategy
• Use of metering to target waste and reduce cost
• Practical aspects and benefits of joining up automatic monitoring and targeting systems (am&T) with building energy management systems (BEMS) and bureau services
• How Boots is preparing for The Carbon Reduction Commitment

ALEX MOCZARSKI, Energy Analyst, Boots UK Ltd

THE FUTURE
PREPARING FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

• What are the future energy efficiency challenges likely to be?
• How might they be resolved?
• How can you best prepare? Lessons and case studies from the industrial sector
• Will the planned standards and regulations provide sufficient support to face new challenges?
• Where are the opportunities for competitive advantage?
• How to exploit them

JEREMY NICHOLSON, Director, Energy Intensive Users Group

Conference will be followed by a drinks reception with canapés