Energy price rises have placed enormous pressure on public authorities but there is a solution that can reduce your energy costs by as much as 20%!

Cynergin Consultants is a leading developer and facilitator of Energy Services Performance Contracts (ESPC) and Contract Energy Management (CEM) projects. We can act for the public sector and other purchasers as both procurement managers and technical advisers.

We design, develop and arrange off-balance sheet finance (£1-10m) for projects that bring new energy efficient technology to your facilities and that unlock otherwise inaccessible energy and related savings.

Typical projects include boiler replacement, all forms of cogeneration, combined heat and power (CHP), micro CHP, absorption cooling, renewables, lighting, building management system upgrades, fuel conversion including green energy such as wood chip.

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We have completed twenty projects of this nature with a combined capital value of £70m and they are delivering over £10m per year of energy and related savings to the public authorities, all backed by a guarantee such that if the savings are not achieved then they are re-paid by the contractor.

These projects include 14 major acute NHS hospitals, the Natural History Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum in London and a multi-school project for a London Borough.

Cynergin Consultants Energy Services Performance Contract (ESPC) is all about solving problems. As a result, this is a much more comprehensive approach to improving infrastructure, delivering significantly greater value, than traditional approaches to backlog maintenance in the engineering domain.

Contract energy management projects generally address 'supply-side' energy issues alone and do not deal with consumption or investment issues. ESPC addresses both supply-side and is complemented by a series of measures for 'demand-side' cost savings. The service provider estimates and guarantees the savings that will result from energy and operations, sufficient to repay the investment over time. Typically such a solution is designed to be substantially 'self-funding' by combining measures of short payback with those of little or no economic return, but which have benefit to the client.

The fundamental aim of the ESPC is to provide a source of off-balance sheet capital to modernise infrastructure, address backlog maintenance and release scarce existing capital to fund priority investments.

ESPC contracts are off balance sheet, for the public sector customer, do not attract capital charges, transfer substantial risk to the contractor, the services are VAT deductible, and fulfil all of the requirements of PFI

Lengthy, ground-breaking research and development has also enabled the favourable accounting treatment of the assets as far as the service provider is concerned. Generally, contracts are structured such that the service provider or the financier has ownership of the asset.

ESPC is targeted to address issues that face public authorities today, i.e. ageing facilities, maintenance backlog, Health & Safety issues, public quality expectations, and restricted access to capital.

ESPC enables public bodies to embark on a programme of building, plant and equipment upgrades and improvements, that will reduce energy consumption, lower operating costs and improve efficiency, and provide a more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing environment for both public and staff.

ESPC Solutions are designed to meet customer requirements, with 'best-of-breed' equipment specified, without a requirement or preference for particular manufactured products or utility supplier. Typical solutions are designed to save on utility bills by addressing:

• Area heating production & distribution
• CHP including micro CHP
• BMS and heating controls
• Domestic hot water production
• Water consumption
• Lighting & occupancy controls
• Variable speed drives
• Cooling & air conditioning
• Energy supply tariffs
• Waste disposal
• Maintenance
• Any other areas identified by the customer

The programme features and benefits:

• Value for money
• Substantial transfer of risk
• Improved public service
• Lower operating costs
• Improved facilities
• Reduced backlog maintenance
• No capital outlay required
• Off balance sheet accounting
• Will not impact borrowing limits
• A fast-track solution
• Full turnkey project
• A single source of accountability
• Valuable, comprehensive guarantee.

Both Cynergin, and the service provider continues to be closely involved in the programme throughout the operating period. Once installation is complete, a Energy and Operations Manager (EOM), fully funded by the service provider, ensures that problems are quickly addressed should they arise and that savings are monitored, measured, proved and delivered.