Business Link's IYRE Consultants Briefing Update at The Bristol Golf Club 29.03.11

1. Forward with IYRE into
2012
Today’s Presenters:
Rob Emony Nina Skubala Chris Springett
IYRE Programme Manager Environmental Specialist Environmental Specialist
Bristol & Bath Gloucestershire

2. Agenda:
• IYRE eligibility and the ‘perfect client’
• Case studies
• Performance to date and targets for 2012

3. What is the IYRE project?
• In depth engagement with business to
improve environmental performance
 Improve efficiency and competitiveness
 Decrease energy, waste and resource
costs
 Decrease environmental impact – Carbon
 Free for businesses

4. Regional Structures
• Business West (Glos, Wilts, Bath, Bristol)
• Wessex Enterprise (Dorset)
• Peninsula Enterprise (Somerset and
Devon)

5. Business West Team
• Rob Emony (Project manager)
• Anthony Downes (Bristol and West of
England)
• Chris Springett (Gloucestershire)
• James Hammond (Wiltshire)
• Nina Skubala ( Bristol and West of
England)

6. Eligibility
• Must be an SME:
<250 FTE
<€50m annual turnover
< €43m on balance sheet
• Sectoral restriction
• Aspirations to grow

7. In reality, what business are we
looking for?
• A ‘reasonable’ size
• Large premises
• Intensive resource users (energy, water and
materials)
• Potential for renewable energy (FiT)
• Fleet/high mileage
• Innovation
• Go by feel…do you think there is room for
improvement? Can you see a project there for you
or others?

8. IYRE Case Studies
•How can you work with IYRE?
•What sort of projects can IYRE support?
•Examples of IYRE projects

9. How can you interact with IYRE?

10. How can you and your client
benefit from IYRE?

11. Regional Case Studies

12. Hayles and Howe Ltd
Who?
• Ornamental plaster manufacturers
Issue?
• Business looking to optimise internal business systems and supply
chain pressure to demonstrate environmental credentials
• Environmental Review identified 14 tonnes of potential carbon savings
within the business
Outcome?
• Development Voucher valued at £2500 towards the cost of ISO 14001
consultancy and certification.

13. XIST4 Recruitment
Who?
• Small recruitment company based in Bristol
Issue?
• Company keen to go “green” and wanted a framework to work to.
• Company already held the Green Accord.
• Company wanted to tender for work in public sector and blue chip
companies.
Outcome?
• Development Voucher received to contribute towards the cost of
ISO 14001 consultancy and certification.

14. Greys Packaging Ltd
Who?
• Flexible packaging manufacturer
Issue?
• Poor light conditions in workshop area
• Inefficient lighting technologies (400W Low Bay, T12 and T8)
Outcome?
• Carbon Trust loan valued at £7,944.00 and Capital Grant of £5,394
awarded. This covered 100% of the cost of installing a new lighting
system with in-built daylight and occupancy sensors..
• Electricity consumption reduced by 37672 kWh, saving 19 tonnes
of CO2 and £3,767.20.
• Added benefits of replacing the lighting system would include:
better light levels and improved staff comfort (reduced shading).

15. Hatton Court Hotel
Who?
• Hatton Court is a 45 bedroom country house hotel in Gloucestershire. The
hotel The oldest part of the building dates to the 1700s with a series of
extensions, the most significant being the wings built in the 1950's and
1980's.
Issue?
• Hotel is heated by four ageing oil fired boilers (located in two boiler rooms)
that operate at no more than 70% efficiencies.
Outcome?
• Hatton Court Hotel received an IYRE Capital Grant of £30,500 to contribute
towards the cost of a boiler replacement
• Also received a Carbon Trust loan has been awarded to the sum of £28,748
• It is expected that the boiler replacement will result in of 198,350, a
reduction in annual fuel costs from £45,375 to £12,476 (£32,899 saving) and a
CO2 saving of 98 tonnes .

16. Glendale Products
Who?
• Manufacturing company based in Kingswood, Bristol making
acoustic office partition screens.
Issue?
• Relatively high energy costs partly though poor insulation in walls
and roof.
• High roof maintenance costs with multiple lead valleys and large
areas of single glazed northlights.
Outcome?
• Re-roof using new tiles, new GRP valleys, Insulate using Triso 10
(limited space retrofit) and replace single glazed northlights with
high performance polycarbonate - U factor 3 (there are weight
restriction issues hence not able to fit double glazing).
• Capital voucher provided for £10,000
• Carbon saving of 9.74 tonnes/year

17. Wickwar Brewery
Who?
• Gloucestershire's leading real ale brewery. Brewing production
increasing 764,000 litres (2009); 830,000 (2010); and 996,000 (2011)
Issue?
• Production inefficiencies - milling processes lost 10% of grain
throughput
• Unreliable boiler - assumed that scaling increased energy
consumption by 30%
Outcome?
• Capital Grant valued at £10,345 received to purchase a new mill and
water softening equipment
• Business is more resilient to grain price exposure
• 10.7 tonnes and 35 tonnes of carbon saved per year due to
replacement mill and water treatment equipment respectively.
• £4000 saved from wasted raw materials and £5300 saved from
energy bill.

18. TJL Industies
Who?
• UPVC window recycler
Issue?
• Major limitation on through-put is the space in the store the materials for processing.
Outcome?
• Capital Grant valued at £7350 to contribute towards the cost of a ‘pre-sizer’ which will allow large
items to be processed and a granulator to reduce the UPVC strips to granules.
• Company is able to increase the quantity of material stored, reduce the number of trips to the
reprocessor and gain a better price for the material.
• The equipment has allowed the company to increase UPVC process from 7 tonnes to 50 tonnes of
UPVC.
• Company has “spare capacity” and has allowing them to take in other companies waste
• To cope with such a large increase in material handling and work, the company will be looking to
add 5 staff to the roster, to man the machine, disassemble, manage the yard and transport material
to the reprocessor.
• The carbon benefit of the recycling over the year will be over 1300 tonnes per annum CO2e,
(according to Sourcemap) in avoided virgin materials and gaseous release from landfill.
• At current recyclate market prices, this would generate a turnover of £493,000.

20. Somerset Wood Recycling
• Who?
• A not for profit social enterprise, set up early in 2007 to re-use and recycle waste wood,
• Issue?
• Workshop had no heating
• Access to 96 tonnes scrap wood (with no commercial value)
• Outcome?
• Capital Grant valued at £6422 received to contribute towards 50% of the cost of a wood
burner and industrial mounted saw
• Carbon saved 96 tonnes.

22. Hints and Tips
• Consider which of your clients/projects has the
potential to receive IYRE support
• Check client/project eligibility with an IYRE advisor to
avoid disappointment
• Remember that projects must be presented to the
funding panel. The decisions to award funding lies
with the panel.
• Remember that retrospective projects cannot be
funded. Do not begin projects until your client has
fully secured funding i.e. In receipt of a countersigned
offer letter.
• Keep in touch with your IYRE advisor if in doubt.

23. Performance to date
Reminder:
Capital Grants (CG) Capital equipment purchases
including delivery & installation costs
Development Vouchers (DV) Consultants time, typically ISO14001
or expert advice
Both at 50% intervention rate

24. Performance to date
Accumulated figures for SW region excluding Cornwall
Financial Year April 2010 – March 2011
Claimed
# £
CG 35 £279,150
DV 52 £124,014
Total 87 £403,164

25. Performance to date
Accumulated figures for SW region excluding Cornwall
Financial Year April 2010 – March 2011
Claimed Offered
# £ # £
CG 35 £279,150 47 £372,200
DV 52 £124,014 65 £187,900
Total 87 £403,164 112 £560,100

26. Performance to date
Accumulated figures for SW region excluding Cornwall
Financial Year April 2010 – March 2011
Claimed Offered Target/Budget
# £ # £ # £
CG 35 £279,150 47 £372,200 46 £428,500
DV 52 £124,014 65 £187,900 185 £462,500
Total 87 £403,164 112 £560,100 231 £891,000

27. Performance to date
Accumulated figures for SW region excluding Cornwall
Financial Year April 2010 – March 2011
Claimed Offered Target/Budget Total
Project
# £ # £ # £ Value
CG 35 £279,150 47 £372,200 46 £428,500 £857,000
DV 52 £124,014 65 £187,900 185 £462,500 £925,000
£1,782,00
Total 87 £403,164 112 £560,100 231 £891,000
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28. Targets and Budgets for 2011/2012:
1st April 2011 – 31st March 2012
Vouchers simplified into single GV or Generic Voucher
Minimum number of vouchers 185
Voucher pot £1,535,500
Average voucher value £8,300
Intervention rate remains at 50%
Average project value £16,600
Total projects value £3,071,000

29. CO2e Savings and GV Value
20,000
£value 8,300
1,000
8 33 ~72
tCO2e

30. Exceptions to the rule:
A ‘reasonable’ variation within min and max
values considered on a case by case basis
Projects with less than 8 tCO2e savings will
attract £1,000 GV for ISO14001

31. Sources of CO2e Savings
Reduction in CO2e emissions 33 t
Reduction in water use 710 m3
Liquid effluent reduced or avoided (metrics to be agreed) TBA
Reduction in virgin raw materials used 60 t
Reduction in hazardous waste generated 269 t
Diversion of waste from landfill 40 t
As a subset of "diversion of waste from landfill", materials diverted
for the purpose of recycling
35 t
As a subset of "diversion of waste from landfill", materials diverted
for the purpose of recovery
4t
Reduction in energy use 110,963 kWh
Reduction in use of veicle fuel 700 l

32. Working with Other Agencies:
Feed in Tariffs
Renewable Heat Incentives
Carbon Trust Loans
SW Manufacturing Advisory
Service
SW Design Programme
inets

33. Some FAQs:
3. If we work with IYRE, are we excluded from applying for
our own GV?
5. How are group companies assessed for SME status?
7. Can individual companies within a group claim their own
GVs?
9. Are foreign owned companies eligible?
11. If the SME is not VAT registered can the GV include VAT?

34. Some More FAQs:
3. Are SMEs based outside the South West eligible?
5. They’ve had a DV/CG can they have a GV as well?
7. Can an SME have more then one GV?
9. What is the future of IYRE after March 2012?
11. How does the closure of Business Link affect IYRE?

35. Some More FAQs:
3. Are SMEs based outside the South West eligible?
5. They’ve had a DV/CG can they have a GV as well?
7. Can an SME have more then one GV?
9. What is the future of IYRE after March 2012?
11. How does the closure of Business Link affect IYRE?

36. Thank you – and any questions?
IYRE Team Contact Details
Rob Emony Chris Springett
IYRE Programme Manager Environmental Specialist Gloucestershire
07769 259485 07766 005487
rob.emony@businesslinksw.co.uk chris.springett@businesslinksw.co.uk
Nina Skubala Anthony Downes
Environmental Specialist Bristol & Bath Environmental Specialist Bristol & Bath
07500 668659 07733 333058
nina.skubala@businesslinksw.co.uk anthony.downes@businesslinksw.co.uk
James Hammond
Environmental Specialist Wiltshire
07980 165741
james.hammond@businesslinksw.co.uk