The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its latest assessment of energy efficiency in UK Buildings.
BEIS recognises that lighting is the second largest area of energy consumption. BEIS shows that 28% of health space is lit by old, inefficient light and 44% of military estates too.
The department has found that 10930GWh/year of total annual energy savings can be delivered by modern LEDs and lighting technologies, and that in total over £1bn of cash savings can be made by installing more efficient light.
BEIS estimates more than a third of total energy savings available can be delivered with a private investment payback of three years or less.
BEIS recognise that the perceived barriers to energy efficiency are largely economic; low capital availability and investment costs. Other potential barriers are organisational barriers, barriers related to competencies and behavioural barriers like lack of interest in energy efficiency.
More people must now hear about this to encourage nationwide take up and investment in better, more sustainable, and cheaper to run offices and warehouse.
