The Challenge
Find a pathway to achieving a minimum of an EPC B rating.
Watford Borough Council were looking to achieve improvements with minimal disruption.
The Solution
Building 6’s design is of two buildings connected by an elevated walkway. As a result of this, it has two separate boiler rooms, one on each side of the building.
During a deep review of the building, our expert engineers identified that only one of these was actually in use – the other was actively pumping hot water, but was not connected to any radiators. The hot water from this boiler was circulating without ever being used, because many of the radiators originally installed in the building had been gradually replaced with air conditioners.
The remaining boiler was connected to radiators, but only very few, since many of the radiators in that side of the building had also been replaced with air conditioners.
We call this research process iEPC®, or intelligentEPC®
Image credits Croxley Park
Project: EPC Improvement
Market: Energy Efficiency
Location: Watford
The Outcome
We advised a ‘quick win’ by immediately switching off the boiler currently not connected to any radiators.
We then advised that the few radiators in use on the other side of the building be removed in favour of an electric alternative.
The result – not only the achievement of the objective of finding a pathway to EPC B, but a route to considerable financial savings per year thanks to the total removal of gas.
The fuel cost savings as a result of the changes are estimated at £55,000+