Tangible ways to reduce facilities' exposure to increasing energy costs

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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.

Making trigeneration work

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Faculty Management spoke to the Spotless facility management team at the new Royal Children’s Hospital about the practicalities involved in trigeneration, the challenges presented and how they can be overcome, and the advantages gained.