One dripping tap can use 5,500 litres of water every year! Regardless of the size of your business, improving water efficiency can make a massive difference to both your annual water and energy bills. This is something our customers benefit from when taking up our comprehensive water efficiency service - an EcoMOT.
With that in mind, Let's take a look at how we've helped one of our current customers, Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre in Stafford.
Client: Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre
Summary
We visited Beaconside Sports & Fitness Centre to review where savings could be made on bills, energy and CO2. Whilst on site, our technician installed some retrofit products to immediately reduce water consumption on a selection of assets. These interventions delivered an instant and tangible impact on water usage. Additionally, we found scope for significant savings with further upgrades.
The interventions made on the day achieved:
across the 19 assets upgraded
21% | water reduction |
61% | energy reduction |
46% | carbon reduction |
Annual savings already achieved:
| Bills | £2,131 | |
| Water | 1,514,180 | Litres |
| Energy | 3,985 | KWh |
| Carbon | 0.88 | equivalent CO2 tonnes |
Recommended upgrades
Alongside the above ‘quick wins’, huge potential for saving was found with further upgrades. Inefficient flow rates were found on 20 showers and all taps on site, some taps were leaking and two urinals were found to be inefficient. With our proposed solutions, Beaconside could boost the above savings to 47% water reduction, 49% energy reduction and 49% carbon reduction accross the 47 assets upgraded.
Annually, this equates to savings of:
| Bills | £22,091 | |
| Water | 3,565,080 | Litres |
| Energy | 58,462 | KWh |
| Carbon | 11.86 | equivalent CO2 tonnes |
The cost for this project work comes in at £11,423, meaning Beaconside will get their money back in a mere six months!
Note: figures have been estimated using the flow rates of the pre-existing water using fixtures and fittings and the average flows or volumes of water used by the devices fitted during our visits, in line with the settings used at the time. Actual savings may vary depending on changes to usage, settings, footfall and leaks