Tangible ways to reduce facilities’ exposure to increasing energy costs

Tangible ways to reduce facilities' exposure to increasing energy costs

Figure 3 - New South Wales GHG abatement cost curve to 2014

The carbon price is here and so too are many reports of how business costs will increase as a direct result. ALAN DAVIS, an associate director and Sydney team leader of WSP Built Ecology, investigates tangible ways of reducing a building owner’s exposure to increasing energy costs driven by the carbon price and increasing electricity network charges.

Building Management

Take control of your facility's emissions

Accurate measurement of what an industrial facility is emitting is required to ensure smaller industrial companies remain competitive following the introduction of the carbon tax, warns BRENDAN WELSH of Siemens Australia. He shares why owning your own emission monitoring gear is a good idea.

Green Zone

AIRAH releases HVAC&R equipment global warming impact guide

The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has released a free Methods of Calculating Total Equivalent Warming Impact (TEWI) 2012 best-practice guide.