Defence Estates has appointed leading business and IT services company Logica to deliver a system that will show detailed energy consumption data at major Defence sites across the UK. The announcement marks a significant step towards reducing MOD carbon emissions.
The system, based on Logica’s SIRA sustainability reporting tool, will capture real-time data from the large number of energy smart meters currently being installed in buildings across Defence sites. It will ultimately be used to highlight individual sites and buildings in which patterns of energy consumption are shown to be either irregular or excessive, and enable comparisons to be made between sites and buildings to identify good practice.
The system could also potentially be used to monitor the success of some of the various spend-to-save energy measures – which include lighting controls, improved insulation, biomass boilers and ground source heat pumps – that are currently being installed across the Defence estate.
Vice Admiral Tim Laurence, the Chief Executive of Defence Estates, said: “I am delighted that we will be working with this highly respected service-provider on an important piece of work that will make a significant contribution towards Government carbon targets. The provision of automated energy data will help us to act on excessive consumption, and ultimately to reduce spending on energy bills.”
Ed Jones, UK Managing Director for Space and Defence at Logica, said: “We are particularly pleased to have the chance to work with Defence Estates, and look forward to bringing our innovation and partnering approach to its energy management. This system will help the MOD realise substantial cost-savings, more efficient energy usage, and a reduced carbon footprint.”
Logica and Defence Estates will now work together to install the system, which will link into the gas and electricity smart meters being installed across the Defence estate. The system is planned to be operational by April 2010, supporting a central Programme Office for Energy. It will be extended to provide data on oil and liquid petroleum gas consumption in due course.
Under cross-government measures, the MOD has set targets to reduce its carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2012 and 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
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- Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 40,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Ranked 16th in the Sunday Times “Best Green Companies” list, Logica is a member of FTSE4Good sustainability index and was ranked by clients in the top ten of “Green Outsourcers” worldwide in 2007 and 2008.
- Logica’s Sustainability Indicator Reporting Application (SIRA) is a low-cost, flexible and scalable tool that meets current and future legislative reporting requirements. It includes quantitative and qualitative measures, and a broad range of sustainability and environmental impact indicators based on internationally recognised standards.
- The MOD is one of the largest UK landowners. It currently spends over £1bn per annum on its estate, which comprises some 240,000 hectares with over 4,000 sites, an area equivalent to about 1% of the UK landmass. It spends more than £300m annually on energy.
- Defence Estates is an MOD organisation. On 1 April 2005 it was re-launched with responsibility for managing the defence estate as a corporate asset on behalf of the MOD, and for the delivery of estate maintenance, works and services. Its key responsibilities include managing the MOD-wide reduction in carbon emissions against the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate (SOGE) targets by 12.5% by 2012 and 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels.
Further information:
Press enquiries – Defence Estates: Walter Scott (tel. 07881 511 444)
Press enquiries – Logica: Rima Awad (tel. 07799 477 158)
Logica website: www.logica.com
Ministry of Defence website: http://www.mod.uk
Defence Estates website: http://www.defence-estates.mod.uk
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