Harrogate and District Community Action

Sustainable Energy Solutions for Community Spaces: Intelligent LED Lighting Upgrade

At Energy Oasis, we are dedicated to providing cutting-edge, sustainable energy reduction solutions that dramatically cut costs and environmental impact. In this case study, we highlight the success story of our partnership with Harrogate & District Community Action (HADCA). We demonstrate how our strategic LED lighting installation in their community house not only significantly lowered their energy consumption and carbon emissions, but also resulted in substantial cost savings.

Harrogate Community House, managed by Harrogate & District Community Action (HADCA), serves as a central hub providing affordable office accommodations and services to the local voluntary and community sector. The building is comprised of 30 serviced offices, meeting and training rooms, video conferencing facilities, and is fully wheelchair accessible. With its high occupancy rate and extensive use, it was crucial for HADCA to find ways to reduce energy consumption and move towards a net-zero carbon footprint.

Project Background

Energy Oasis was approached to assist Harrogate Community House in their journey towards achieving net zero carbon, with an emphasis on reducing energy consumption and overall costs. Our team conducted a comprehensive survey of the property to understand the potential areas for improvement. Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, Chartered Institution of Building Services and Engineers (CIBSE) guidelines, and current Electrical standards, we developed a strategy to make the building more energy efficient.

Our Approach

Our survey revealed that the majority of the building's lighting was fluorescent and controlled by switches. Recognising this as an area for significant improvement, we proposed conversion to high-quality LED lights with individual controls and daylight harvesting. This solution would not only reduce energy consumption but also offer substantial cost savings on electricity bills.

Our Innovative Solution

The implementation of our proposed solution led to impressive results. The estimated annual energy usage reduced from 32,094 kWh to just 6,436 kWh, translating into an annual energy saving of 25,658 kWh. In monetary terms, this equated to an annual energy cost saving of £15,394.8. The return on investment (ROI) for the lighting upgrade was a mere 1.17 years, demonstrating the financial viability of the project alongside its environmental benefits.

Results

Client Testimonial

“We decided to make changes to our building lighting systems following an audit and survey by Energy Oasis, looking at building efficiency, our carbon footprint, and our energy consumption. As a charity we must manage our budgets very carefully, and the energy crisis focused our attention on potential savings.

Community House in Harrogate has been extended and altered over the years and that had resulted in many different and inefficient lighting systems throughout our building and offices.

By switching to high-quality LED lighting, removing manual switching and adding intelligent automatic controls we have the potential to save up-to 60% on our lighting energy bills, along with significant reduction in our carbon footprint, and if all goes to plan we should be able to recoup our investment cost within two years.

EnergyOasis were great to deal with, nothing was too much bother, we have 30 serviced offices and meeting rooms with 15 different tenants. It was a challenging installation project, working around room availability in a busy working environment. The flexible approach by the engineers ensured minimal disruption to the working day.

I am very pleased with the installation, it is neat and uniform, with only two different types of light unit throughout the building this will improve our future maintenance requirements. The new LED lights are very clean with a natural feeling light, more friendly in our office environment, and we also have the capability to adjust the automatic lighting activation and duration to meet our tenants needs.

We did compare project costs with other companies, we chose Energy Oasis based not only on cost, but on quality, flexibility, and a locally based company with a good client/contractor relationship. I would recommend EnergyOasis.”

— Stanley Lumley, Facilities Manager

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