The Most Important Starting Point

The very first consideration of any energy management programme is simply to use less. Before you move on to renewable energy technologies, it is vital to introduce a practical and achievable set of energy efficiency measures. Usually, very quick wins can be achieved with little or no capital outlay. You can then move on to longer term measures that require investment, or a change or shift in culture or habits, leading to tangible and sustainable reductions in energy use. Indeed some of the UK's leading grant award programmes are linked to specific energy efficiency baselines.

North Energy is one of the leading energy efficiency consultants in the region. Energy efficiency is vital in the struggle to combat global warming. Energy efficiency measures can be very cost effective too. In many organisations energy savings of 15-20% can be made with little investment.

Reducing energy use could significantly cut your energy bills, increase profit and competitiveness, boost your reputation and help protect the environment. We can offer free energy surveys for qualifying organisations under the government's Carbon Trust scheme funded by the DTI.

North Energy consultants have many years' experience in the energy industry. Please contact us to establish if support is available for your energy efficiency survey.

Carbon Trust Energy Audits

North Energy are fully accredited energy efficiency consultants for the government backed Carbon Trust programme. North Energy's consultants are authorised to carry out energy efficiency surveys at your business premises, and provide you with a report outlining a recommended programme of measures, with priorities for quick wins and longer term actions.

If your organisation's energy bills exceed £50,000 per annum, these surveys and reports are free. If the recommendations within these reports need detailed expert input or include renewable energy as part of the on-site solution, the Carbon Trust scheme can subsidise a more detailed feasibility study to identify the most appropriate technologies and quantify the results you can expect to see.

Multi-site organisations can obtain a larger free survey covering some typical sites which can then be rolled out to others in the group.

If your energy bill is below £50,000, you may still qualify for subsidised survey reports under alternative schemes which are available from different sources from time to time, through which North Energy are also accredited. Please contact our sales team to discuss an appropriate energy efficiency study for your organisation.

Our main consultant for energy efficiency work is Dr Garry Jenkins. Garry and his team have delivered energy audits for factories, bakeries, hotels, motor dealerships, educational establishments and a wide range of other industrial and commercial sites.

Recent and Ongoing Work

Carbon Trust assessments

North Energy have carried out Carbon Trust assessments in the following sectors:

Food industry

• Ringtons Tea
• Rathbones Bakery
• Eden Farm (frozen foods)
• International Cuisine (chilled ready meals)
• Northumbria Fine Foods
• Rivington Foods
• Whitley Bay Meat Company
• North-East Fruit and Vegetable Market

Plastics/rubber and chemicals

• Magna Kansei
• Arefco Seals
• Mecaplast/Perlos
• Smith & Nephew
• WES Recycling

Local Authorities

• North Tyneside Council
• Sunderland City Council
• Government Office North East
• Durham County Council

Retail

• Benfield Motors
• Prince Bishops' Shopping Centre
• Peter's Bakery
• Manor Walks Shopping Centre

Commercial

• Northgate plc
• Gentoo
• South Tyneside Homes
• National Savings & Investments
• Spark Response

Industrial

• Radford HMY Group Ltd – metal shelving manufacturer
• AMD Specialist Coatings – metal powder coating
• Warmseal Windows – double glazed windows and doors
• J C Atkinson Ltd – coffin manufacturer
• DANE Ltd – architectural metalwork
• NE Profiling
• Dunhouse Quarry
• Canford Audio
• Dane Architectural
• Eden Farm Ltd
• TWP Packaging
• UTS Engineering Ltd
• Imprint Creative Printing
• Actem
• Hardy & Greys
• Permoid
• A&P Shipcare

Leisure and care

• Seaham Hall Hotel and Serenity Spa
• Hexham Racecourse
• Raich Carter Sports Centre
• Metroland
• Floors Castle
• Mental Health Concern
• NHS North of Tyne
• Shapearena Ltd, The Wheatsheaf Hotel
• Alnwick Gardens
• Matfen Hall Hotel

Education

• Canning Street Primary, Newcastle
• Darlington College
• Stockton Sixth Form College
• Hummersknott School
• St Bedes RC School
• Ponteland High School
• Longridge Towers School
• St Mary's School
• 10 North Tyneside primary schools
• Churchill Community College
• University of York

Other schemes and clients

MIDAS

This was a north-east of England scheme supporting SMEs with energy efficiency and renewable energy consultancy.

Crichton Carbon Centre

This scheme provided energy efficiency and renewable energy consultancy to SMEs in the Dumfries & Galloway area of south-west Scotland.

South Tyneside College

North Energy provided expert support to the college's bid for SALIX funding for improvements to the long-term infrastructure of the college. Funding success meant that the college could install new boilers and fabric insulation improvements for its residential halls.

Funding was obtained for variable speed drives on the main pool pumps at the college's unique Marine Safety Technology Centre.

Coastal Grains

An energy efficiency study was carried out for this large grain drying co-operative based in Northumberland.

Dr Garry Jenkins is North Energy's specialist in energy efficiency.

Contact him at: enquiries@northenergy.co.uk or telephone 44 (0)1661 843545