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Economic Benefits of Energy Efficient Buildingconference
Opportunities from Energy Efficiency – Invest NI
Hilton, Templepatrick 17th October 2013
Ian Wilkinson, Sustainable Development, Invest NI
www.investni.com
Invest NI focus
• Stimulate business growth• Encourage business start up (Boosting Business)• Attract Foreign Direct Investment
• Export• Innovation• Productivity
Energy Efficiency?
• Grant for R&D– Products– Processes
• Product certification / testing
• Renewables
• Sustainable Development programmes
Grant for R&D egs• Off site construction– MMC; reduced waste/damage; quick build; quality
• Geo-polymers– CO2 reduction v OPC
• Sunrooms– Cassette build
• Efficient engineering– Off shore wind tower base deployment system
Product certification / testing
• Advice and support for internationally recognised product standards egs– FSC– MCS (products only)– UL– CE marking, etc
• Funding - Innovation Vouchers & other mechanisms• Project examples – innovative heat exchangers; thermal
efficiency measurements; highly efficient heat pumps
Renewables
• Wind• Marine• Bio-energy– Eg Anaerobic Digestion – NI focus to develop a
centre of bio-energy excellence– Extensive trade visits– R&D (including collaboration)– Carrot & Stick (ROCs + 2020!)
Sustainable Development Programmes• Support to businesses with a total annual
expenditure of more than £30k on water, energy and waste
• Free Resource Effi ciency Audit
• Free Specialist Technical Consultancy on energy, materials, water, transport, environmental management and renewable energy
• Industrial Symbiosis
• Financial assistance
Financial Assistance
– Resource Efficiency Capital Grant
• Capital Grants of up to £40k are available to support InvestNI clients to purchase, install and commission new equipment to reduce water, materials and waste costs
• Grant up to 40% of costs for SMEs.
• It is not for projects which are designed mainly to save energy. Assistance for this is through the Energy Efficiency Loan fund
Financial Assistance - Energy Efficiency Interest-free Loans
• Loans from £3k to £400k are available through the Energy Efficiency Loan fund (Carbon Trust managed)
• Amount of Loan is determined by energy cost savings and Carbon Dioxide reduction (1.5T CO2 saving = £1k loan amount max)
• Details of how to apply and loan calculator are on the Carbon Trust Northern Ireland website
• Assistance is available in providing data for loan application
Energy Efficiency Interest-free Loan Fund (CT) case studiesArmagh Marble-Wind Turbine
Loan Amount £33,800 Annual cost savings £12,800
Mason’s Animal Feeds- new Hammer Mill Loan Amount £70,572 Annual cost savings £25,800
King Brothers Quarry-Crushing Plant Loan Amount £161,500 Annual cost savings £57,100
Creagh Concrete Products Limited-Wood-fired Boiler Loan Amount £106,220
Annual cost savings £ 54,750
Creagh Concrete Products example• Major UK/Irish manufacturer of concrete products• Sustainability? VFM; efficiency; quality• Project: Biomass boiler -600kW (v 3 x 250kW oil-fired boilers)
– Loan Amount £106,220 – Annual cost savings £54,750– Annual CO2 savings 243 tonnes
Creagh Concrete Products Limited Biomass Project Annual Cash Benefits
Contact for Invest NI Sustainable Development
• Ian Wilkinson 0044 28 9069 8802; 0044 7984 029816
• Team : David Bell, Fiona Walker, Peter Larmour, Trevor Kerr, John Batch, Gillian Stewart, Chris Bingham, Nuala Devlin, Ciaran O’Reilly, Frances Privilege, Colin Frazer, Claire O’Loughlin, Jojo Jacob
Thank you !
• Ian Wilkinson 028 9069 8802; 07984 029816