Case Studies
University of Brighton
BMSi, part of British Gas Business, were tasked with centrally managing the Building Energy Management System (BEMS) for the University of Brighton. The University had been created from a number of different educational establishments. This meant that while some buildings were state-of-the-art, others date back to the 1940s and even further. In addition, although the vast majority (some 80% of them) were academic locations, around 5% were residential and up to 15% offered sports facilities. With goals to help the university reduce long-term energy costs and meet environmental targets, BMSi needed to employ multiple approaches.
BMSi has since helped the university with its ongoing improvement to proactively manage and save energy – having collected data from over 100 outstations (all centrally managed at the new control centre Exion 27 building in Brighton), ‘future-proofed’ their BEMS using the university’s existing network and assisted with individual projects such as solar panels at the Hillbrow campus swimming pool.
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BAA
BMSi, part of British Gas Business, is responsible for energy management and buildings management systems at Terminal 4, as well as other projects at Terminals 1, 2 and 3, Stansted, and a number of other locations. Increase in air traffic placed additional pressures on Terminal 4's infrastructure and existing technologies meant there was room for improvement in energy usage.
In 2004, BMSi put together a proposal outlining ways of saving energy, resulting in a series of highly successful BEMS projects. Predictions of £103,000 savings a year were eclipsed with actual savings of £136,000 per year. CO2 savings also came in at 33% above forecast, and HV readings showed a monthly improvement of 37%. Impressively, the BEMS project had been achieved at a relatively low cost, requiring no major financial investment. As a result, the team has been awarded the responsibility for Terminal 5 as well.
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