Real World Energy Solutions Specialise in helping our clients develop strategies to implement energy efficiency.
At Real World Energy Solutions we understand how the commercial property market works and have developed the Best Value EPC rating.
This rating takes into consideration the cost of achieving the highest EPC rating and compares it with the anticipated return on investment. The cost of delivering an A rated building maybe disproportionate to the expected return and settling for a slightly lower rated building could give a better return on investment.
Improving the energy efficiency of a property portfolio is likely to be done piecemeal. A plan should be developed concentrating on the least energy efficient properties first and picking out the easy and low cost ways of improving ratings in the first instance.
Real World Energy Solutions can help you on the journey to delivering Best Value EPC ratings by helping you formulate a strategy to suit your timescales and budgets by following the steps below:-
Step 1
Assess current levels of EPC ratings across the portfolio.
To develop any energy efficiency plan or strategy it is essential to identify how energy efficient the buildings are initially.
Step 2
Understand the requirements of the occupiers in the market.
Increasingly occupiers are placing energy efficiency higher on the list of company requirements when they consider the occupation of buildings.
The general energy efficiency requirements of a typical potential occupier need to be established to ensure the building can be designed to make it as attractive as possible at lowest cost.
This approach should also be adopted for both occupied as well as unoccupied buildings. Energy efficiency and reduction in carbon emissions are issues that need to be discussed between owner and occupier in any portfolio asset management strategy.
Step 3
Develop best value EPC models for each building and formulate implementation strategy.
Using our energy efficiency design and construction expertise Real World Energy Solutions help you design the Best value EPC for each building and identify those items that are low cost and high impact in delivering better energy rated buildings.
Step 4
Implementation
Following the design stage, Real World Energy Solutions help you formulate a strategy for the implementation of any energy efficiency works to suit your timescale and budget.
Real World Energy Solutions is part of large construction group that spends well in excess of £100,000,000 per annum on the procurement of goods and services in the construction industry.
Using our exceptional buying power not only do we procure the very best value products and services for our clients, but, we are also fully aware of the latest technological advances in energy efficiency and renewable energy and will naturally incorporate these into the Best Value EPC design.
Real World Energy Solutions has the experience, expertise and capability to deliver energy efficiency implementation from small one off projects to large construction and refurbishment projects.
Step 5
Develop new ways of marketing and pricing energy efficiency into rental/capital values.
New ways of marketing and charging rent to reflect cost savings from improved energy efficiency should be developed and incorporated into the property marketing strategy.
Real World Energy Solutions can calculate the lower operational cost of newly modified buildings to help negotiate higher rents or to develop a separate energy efficiency premium charge.
This Energy Efficiency premium charge would be directly related to the lower operational costs enjoyed by the occupier as a direct result of energy efficiency measures implemented by the landlord.