Outsourcing, ISO 50001, part-time energy manager, training, Project Activator

Improved financial and energy efficiency throughout their UK estate. Estimated 5 - 7.5% energy savings.

Using a comination of JRP's services – ISO 50001, part-time energy manager, training, Project Activator, waste audits, investment grade audits, ESOS, Be-Energy online training, support with facilities management outsourcing.

Summary

Vodafone is one of the world's leading mobile communications providers with almost 444 million customers internationally and around 19.5 million in the UK It has thousands of sites in the UK and is a major energy user, The sites include offices, retail stores, data centres, cell towers and network sites JRP were appointed to provide Vodafone with a range of outsourcing and energy management services to improve financial and energy efficiency throughout their UK estate, including;

• Outsourcing support – review of existing FM agreement and recommendations for adding an Energy Performance Contract.
• ISO 50001 gap analysis, business case, action plan implementation, initially for data centres – review of the requirements of the standard and where Vodafone were and what need to be done to close the gap. All actions were pulled into an implementation action plan with owners and time scales allocated to each action. As Vodafone wanted to achieve certification quickly and didn’t have spare resource to do so, they delegated and empowered JRP to deliver the action plan. This included putting all systems required in place and managing the FM providers.
• ISO 50001 implementation - certification was achieved within 6 months from completion of the gap analysis following 7 days of a very thorough external audit.
• Part-time energy manager services - energy manager services provided for two days per week to ensure that Vodafone is getting best value from its energy initiatives and investment.
• Investment grade audits - JRP was commissioned to audit 13 representative sites in order to identify opportunities to improve energy performance. Approximately 100 energy conservation measures were identified and costed, many with little or no investment required and very short paybacks.
• Training - JRP’s eLearning programme, Be Energy, tailored to Vodafone’s requirements, delivered initially to 2,000 personnel.
• Project Activator® - JRP’s energy project management tool Project Activator® was selected to capture energy saving ideas, record what they needed to deliver those ideas and then help them manage the delivery and execution in a way that met the specific requirements of the Vodafone company structure.

Results

The outsourcing support alone identified guaranteed savings for Vodafone of £8m over 3 years through a programme of gain share on behavioural projects and improved controls management An estimated 5 - 7.5% energy savings is anticipated from improved energy efficiency 100% of delegates who completed the Be Energy eLearning programme would recommend it to others and 98% have said that it has increased their energy knowledge.

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