Client Overview

Kalafatis Fresh Produce, located in Shepparton, Victoria, is a cornerstone of Australian agriculture. A trusted Woolworths supplier for over 50 years, Kalafatis specialises in pears, apples, and stone fruit, including exclusive varieties like the Papple pear.

Project Summary

With rising energy costs and an increasing focus on sustainability, Kalafatis Fresh Produce sought a smart solution to cut emissions and reduce operational expenses. Watters Electrical, a long-term partner of Kalafatis, proposed and later delivered a 400 kW solar PV system. For the project to proceed, Northmore Gordon was bought in to provide critical funding via the VEU that supported the project financials.

Challenges We Overcame

This project wasn’t without its complexities:

• Kalafatis built new expansion sheds in 2022, and seven new cool rooms, causing a spike in energy usage during our measurement period. This added complexity to M&V and caused a dead end under traditional approaches.
• At Northmore Gordon we love challenging problems, and we used creative problem solving to create the concurrent baseline method (VSS). By gaining government support for the new mechanism, this allowed us to isolate energy savings purely from the solar system. This method is now widely used by the industry.
• Erroneous inverter data also caused challenges, we regularly apply new and creative approaches to modelling to ensure optimal customer outcomes.

Results That Speak for Themselves

Despite the hurdles, the project exceeded expectations:

• Energy Generation: 607 MWh actual vs. 526 MWh estimated
• Certificate Value: $283K actual vs. $235K estimated
• Annual Savings: 517 MWh actual vs. 484 MWh estimated

That’s a 6.4% boost in VEECs, delivering an extra $48K in financial value – reflecting our commitment to precise analysis and energy expertise.

Benefits for Kalafatis Fresh Produce

• Lower Energy Bills: Thanks to a significant reduction in electricity consumption
• Environmental Stewardship: A sharp decrease in greenhouse gas emissions
• Financial Incentives: VEEC rebates improved the return on investment
• Brand Reputation: Strengthened perception as an environmentally responsible grower

Our Role

At Northmore Gordon, we provided full project guidance – right from strategy through to implementation. Working closely with Kalafatis and Watters Electrical we ensured compliance and optimised outcome. Our expert team ensured the solar VEEC initiative stayed compliant, cost-effective, and results-driven. With our Measurement and Verification methodology and trusted project management, Kalafatis Fresh Produce turned their sustainability ambition into measurable success.

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The Client

The client is a privately owned Australian company which produces and distributes poultry products throughout the country. The company is one of Australia’s largest poultry processing companies, and has a vertically integrated model, meaning they control and manage production process from start to finish.

The Project

The client is a large energy user with a correspondingly large GHG emissions footprint. This means that they are likely to be impacted as the state, national and global economies transition to net zero emissions over the coming decades. The company has already noted that these impacts are already starting to be felt, in particular from supply chain pressures from their major customers, who have made public net zero emissions commitments and are therefore requiring their suppliers to provide information on their current emissions and their emissions reduction plans. In order to ensure business continuity and profitability during this transition to a net zero emissions world, they recognised the need to prepare a corporate carbon emissions reduction strategy.

Our Role

Northmore Gordon developed a Corporate Carbon Emissions Reduction Strategy for the client, including:

• Identifying strengths and gaps in the client’s current approach to managing carbon emissions;
• Conducting a series of workshops with a range of stakeholders across the organisation to review key carbon management concepts and frameworks, including the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Climate Active, and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)
• Establishing a baseline carbon emissions footprint, covering all relevant scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions
• Identifying opportunities to reduce carbon emissions across the organisation;
• Modelling various emissions reduction pathways, including Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC);
• Defining emissions reduction targets with timeframes and implementation pathways
• Developing engagement tools to communicate the strategy internally and externally

The Outcome

“With Northmore Gordon’s help we were able to establish a carbon footprint and develop a strategy, we can now share to our key stakeholders and most importantly our customers. We believe it is our responsibility to work in a manner that reduces harm to the environment and had already been doing a lot to reduce our impacts. We are now able to set ambitious targets, understand our footprint and collaboratively work together with our customers and suppliers towards zero emissions.”

For more information contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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The Client

Greenham is a large-scale family-owned livestock business with three sites across Australia; Smithton (TAS), Tongala (VIC), and Moe (VIC). Rising energy costs and the need for alternative energy sources encouraged them to seek an energy expert to develop an end-to-end energy and carbon management strategy.

How We Helped

• Renewing annual data
• Energy productivity audits
• Cogeneration support
• Carbon credit monetisation and government grants
• Energy and carbon reporting
• Energy efficiency certificate creation

The Challenge

Greenham is a large-scale family-owned livestock business with three sites across Australia; Smithton, Tongala, and Moe. Rising energy costs, ageing infrastructure, and the search for alternative energy sources encouraged them to seek an expert to help them with their energy and carbon management strategy.

The Process

Smithton

Northmore Gordon was first engaged in 2014 to assist with a switch from coal to renewable biomass in the boiler at the Smithton site. Northmore Gordon registered the project for carbon off sets through the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF), negotiated sale of off sets to a buyer, and submitted the first off sets report. Knowledge of measurement and verification methods in the Carbon Farming Initiative enables Northmore Gordon’s Energy and Carbon Performance Consultants to create Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) every year, delivering a total of over $175K of value to Greenham. This involves intensive data analysis, modelling, liaising with the Clean Energy Regulator, participating in ACCU Auctions, and negotiating with buyers on the secondary market.

Further to the creation of ACCUs, Greenham was investigating a replacement for their biomass boiler which was nearing the end of its life. Northmore Gordon prepared a detailed specification of the new boiler and identified capable supply and installation contractors. A new state-of-the-art model is now operating at 15-20% greater efficiency, leading to a fuel cost saving of $50K per annum.

Tongala

Following the work at Smithton, Greenham was interested to assess the viability of embedded solar PV at Tongala. Northmore Gordon performed a solar feasibility analysis and investigated the suitability of a 2MW solar farm quoted by an external supplier. With complex electrical and thermal systems it was determined that other options should be investigated before proceeding. Subsequently Northmore Gordon performed an energy audit to provide a comprehensive review of the facility’s energy performance and renewable energy generation options. Although solar was considered, the audit revealed that cogeneration powerfully aligned with the energy profile and needs of the business. Funding through Sustainability Victoria supported the cost of the audit.

There were 15 potential areas of optimisation around the site, which would provide an estimated cost savings of $1M per annum. Greenham wished to further investigate three of these areas, upgrading the hot water system, cogeneration and conversion to High Voltage supply. These stand-alone business cases required further engineering design work and engaging suppliers. Greenham progressed with the cogeneration opportunity, which would also help alleviate hot water complications. Northmore Gordon also identified that cogeneration could be funded under a government grant, and Victorian Energy Efficiency Certificates (VEECs) could be created based on the energy savings. The grant was secured and the project registered for VEECs, improving the business case. The final design included 2MW of cogeneration units running off natural gas and biogas captured from the wastewater treatment system. This will provide electricity and hot water to the site and will augment the existing gas-fired hot water heaters.

Outcome

Greenham is now positioned as a leader in energy and carbon performance in the livestock processing sector and there are even more opportunities to improve. By entrusting Northmore Gordon to help improve carbon and energy performance, Greenham has drastically reduced energy costs, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and improved energy productivity at their sites. Northmore Gordon worked extremely hard to unlock funding to help finance energy productivity and decarbonisation projects. This has been achieved through the annual creation of ACCUs at Smithton with a final value of over $175K. At the Tongala site the cogeneration project NG has been able to generate over $4.5M in total for Greenham from an upfront grant and from the VEU program for project implementation.

With the help of experts, you can help transform your energy performance and dramatically reduce costs.

For more information contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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“Northmore Gordon worked alongside the boiler installation company as well as AJ Bush Manufacturing to complete the project. Northmore Gordon went above and beyond to get the project done and were able to work under difficult circumstances to make sure AJ Bush Manufacturing was able to access the credits for this project.”- Nick Lawrance – Plant Engineer

The Client

AJ Bush & Sons (Manufactures) is Australia’s largest east coast protein recovery provider operating rendering and manufacturing plants in NSW and QLD. The plants specialise in processing animal by-products for the meat/butchery industry. The NSW (Riverstone) plant’s collection area, in addition to Sydney Metro, ranges from Nowra in the south to Canberra, Dubbo and Bathurst inland and up to Newcastle and Tamworth in the north. The material collected is recycled into products used for livestock, pet food, aquaculture, fertiliser and biofuels.

Key Facts

Equipment Upgraded: Gas-fired boiler (50y.o originally oil-fired)
Annual Energy Savings: 11,790 GJ p/a Opex: > $80,000
Certificate Value: $120,000
Project Payback Period: 15 Years
Program: NSW Energy Savings Scheme
Method: Installation of High-efficiency Appliances for Business (IHEAB)

The Project

AJ Bush Manufacturing Plant (NSW) operates 24/6 processing red meat and poultry by-products, making it extremely important that the boiler runs reliably and efficiently. An earlier energy audit in the plant identified a number performance improvements and highlighted the advantages of a boiler replacement. The plant had already made a number of services and repairs but it was determined the boiler was at the end of its serviceable life and the decision was made to replace the unit. The upgrade from the 7.3MW boiler to a new 10 MW boiler for extra capacity included many efficiency options including an economiser, oxygen trim, electronic air/gas ratio, and automatic TDS blowdown. Northmore Gordon is a leader in environmental certificate creation and trading. We have created the most certificates of all Accredited Persons under the Victorian Energy Upgrades program, an Accredited Certificate Provider in the NSW Energy Savings Scheme, and registered agent under the Federal Renewable Energy Target.

Challenges

Project was completed and done in conjunction with production as AJ Bush operates 24/6

Outcomes

7.3MW Gas boiler was replaced with 10MW boiler

Our Role

Northmore Gordon were engaged during the specification of the boiler and were able to calculate the value in energy saving certificates for various options (such as the economiser and blowdown controls). Working under Northmore Gordon’s direction AJ Bush collected much of the evidence required to meet the NSW ESS program requirements. In addition Northmore Gordon provided a price hedge to protect against adverse changes in the certificate price during the finalisation of the claim and the audit process.

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“The Northmore Gordon team spent a great deal of time gathering the information, which was made all
the more difficult due to COVID 19. Their diligence enabled a fantastic outcome for Aurora Place. The
measurement and verification process allowed us to validate the energy savings of the project which
confirmed the decision to replace our equipment. The revenue from the energy savings certificates
allowed us to invest in further developments at Aurora Place”.
– Duncan Demol, National DC Faclities Manager costs reducing the payback.

The Client

Aurora Place, is a premium grade commercial building, with over 70 high profile tenants ranging from financial, law and health related industries. The commerical tower features 18 levels and is 49,400m2 bounded by Phillip Street, Bent Street and Macquaries Street. It is an iconic site, featuring in the Sydney Skyline, clearly visible from the famous Sydney Harbour.

Key Facts

Equipment Upgraded: HVAC Chiller System, Chillers, VSD
Annual Savings Energy: 309,000 kWh
Project Certificate Value: $46,000
Program: NSW Energy Savings Scheme (ESS)
Method: Project Based Activities (PIAM&V)

The Project

Aurora Place determined an energy efficiency project was going to be a beneficial and rewarding course of action. The project involved a full overhaul of the site’s HVAC chiller system which included the replacement of 5 existing chillers, base building cooling tower upgrades, variable speed drive (VSD) replacement on chilled water and condenser water pumps, upgrades to the outside air variable control and hot water coil bypass dampers. In addition to works on various air handling units. The creation of ESCs for this project provided more revenue to further improve the performance of the building. The M&V work done during the ESC creation process also allowed Northmore Gordon to monitor the energy savings as a result of the project.

Challenges

• Aging equipment could impact reliability
• M&V process discovered fault in control system
• Energy bills represent a substantial cost to data centre operators
• Aging equipment could impact reliability

Additional Benefits

• Reduction in energy consumption
• Upgraded to a more eco friendly product
• Chillers provider a greater range and configuration improving the cooling capability of the building

Our Role

Northmore Gordon created energy savings certificates (ESCs) using M&V methodologies on the site consumption before and after the implementation of the HVAC works. Northmore Gordon completed the measurement & verification (M&V) plan, collected site data & supporting evidence, and built the baseline and operating energy models to calculate the energy savings. Northmore Gordon also provided Aurora Place with price certainty to ensure the customer received the payment they had forecast.

For more information contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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“Frew Foods worked closely with Northmore Gordon on the biomass boiler project to measure and verify carbon savings. We successfully created 10,183 VEEC’s in Sep ‘21… Northmore Gordon showed they understood what we were trying to achieve… the project was delivered through COVID-19 which for our business was a challenge. The work done by Northmore Gordon to support my abattoir was professional and Alan was a pleasure to work with over the project. Thank You Sincerely.”
– Robert Frew, Owner & Managing Director at Frew Foods International Pty Ltd

The Client
Frew Foods International is a large wholesaler of quality lamb and sheep meat products to the major supermarkets and butchers across Australia.As a halal and tier 2 accredited processor, Frew Foods exports to over 100 countries across all major continents including Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Their modernised abattoir in Stawell, Victoria employs over 500 people and has the capacity to process over 6000 lambs and sheep a day.

Key Facts

• Equipment Upgraded – Installation of 3MW biomass boiler and 90,000 litre heat storage tank
• Annual Energy Savings – 21,160 GJ Gas
• Certificate Value – $800,000
• Program – Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU)
• Method – Project Based Activities (PBA)

The Project

The site’s Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) upgraded its boiler system to replace the natural gas fired boilers from the existing boiler room with a biomass boiler in the biomass shed. The biomass boiler is fueled with locally sourced sawdust. The replacement included the installation of a 3 MW thermal biomass boiler with associated pipework, fittings and additional gantry, connection to the existing hot water circuit, and isolation of the existing natural gas boilers.

Challenges
• M&V modelling challenges imposed by COVID restrictions
• Logistic issues with product fuel delivery due to COVID
• Drastic gas price variations

Outcomes
• More hot water capability with lower carbon emissions
• Less affected by natural gas price variations

Our Role
Northmore Gordon provided an end to end service to ensure the project complied with the Victorian Energy Upgrade Program to maximise the financial incentives. Northmore Gordon’s Certified Measurement & Verification Professionals (CMVPs) created the M&V plan, collected site data and supporting evidence, built the baseline and operating energy models to calculate the energy savings. Subsequently we wrote the M&V report, and then created and traded VEECs on the clients behalf.

For more information contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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About Bulla
Regal Cream Products Pty Ltd trading as Bulla Dairy Foods is an Australian owned and operated company, manufacturing chilled and frozen dairy products including cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese and ice cream.

Operations take place at five sites in Victoria – Forest Street in Colac, Connor Street in Colac, Mulgrave, Dandenong and Derrimut. A significant quantity of energy is used in the form of electricity, gas, hot water, steam, chilled water, and compressed air. Energy using equipment includes steam boilers, air compressors, vacuum pumps, pumps, cogeneration, chillers, wastewater treatment and various dairy foods production lines.

Project overview
This project is a demonstration of the strong business case for comprehensive but strategic submetering and monitoring of energy and water. Bulla recognises that good metering and monitoring underpins effective energy management and is essential if energy and water waste is to be minimised.

Bulla’s visibility of when, where and how energy and water is used throughout its sites has been limited to boundary billing meters and a small number of submeters. Furthermore, many of the sub-meters that do exist were not networked and/or meter data was not readily accessible/viewable by stakeholders. Consequently, Bulla has developed and implemented a pilot metering system at its Connor Street site in Colac, Victoria.

The project scope included:

• Map existing sub-metering capability and design a metering upgrade plan.
• Specify, source and install meters for all key utilities
  (electricity, gas, steam, co-generation, hot water, chilled water, and compressed air).
• Select and install a data collection and reporting software platform.
• Streamline routine environmental reporting.
• Provide a tool to ensure that energy and water consumption does not drift over time.
• Provide a tool to track improvements towards water and energy targets.
• In total, 35 existing meters were connected to the new energy management software platform and 27 new meters installed. The site is now able to monitor electricity, gas, water, and steam consumption, as well as electricity and steam generation, and waste production, by key plant areas.

This project was made possible with the assistance of funding from two grants; the Dairy Australia Data Technology Assessment Scheme (Co-funded by Dairy Australia) and Food Innovation Australia Limited) and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) Business Recovery Energy Efficiency Fund (BREEF).

The problem

• Bulla has been unable to evaluate the energy performance of plant services and key processes against industry and internal benchmarks, and unable to observe or react to abnormal energy consumption events.
• Existing processes for extracting and handling energy use and environmental data were manual and relied on spreadsheets and screenshots from the SCADA system.
• Metering can be expensive, especially steam meters.
• Gaps in capacity and in-house expertise.
• There are many energy data software packages on the market, with variations in capability, features, ease ofuse, initial costs, and ongoing costs.

Bulla sought external expertise to support the following project steps:
1. Establish a detailed picture of existing metering capability.
2. Design a master metering plan.
3. Evaluate a range of software platforms against Bulla’s needs.
4. Specify, procure, install, commission and validate meters.
5. Configure software and interface existing and new meters.
6. End-to-end validation of meter data.
7. Fine tune dashboards and reports.

Outsourcing of expertise
A key success factor was the use of energy management specialists Northmore Gordon to design the metering plan, provide guidance on meter technology options and installation requirements, develop criteria for software platform assessment, evaluate software products, and assist with selection of the best option. A specialist vendor was also used to install and commission meters and the software platform.

Use of a dedicated data handling platform Another key project decision was to utilise an advanced centralised and dedicated software platform for collecting, collating, displaying, and reporting energy and water data. The tendering selection process weighed ease-of-use, capacity for in-house customisation, and reporting and alarming functions.

Bulla chose the Schneider ‘Power Monitoring Expert’ platform, implemented by ‘Azzo’. The system can issue alerts for abnormal energy usage or energy performance of equipment and processes. It also has the capacity to hold and report other environmental data. The cloud based platform is very customisable and capable of dashboarding, sending alerts, aggregating data, shadow billing, baselining, identifying missing/corrupt data, reporting (daily, weekly, monthly), KPI tracking, and advanced data visualisation, such as Sankey diagrams and heatmaps.

Key outcomes and learnings

• Metering in and of itself does not directly produce savings – it is the application of the tools, data and operational insights that this project has realised, that will lead to decisions and actions that create savings.
• A metering system needs to be cost-effective, and over-metering avoided.
• The cost of purchasing and installing meters varies greatly depending on type and size. Electricity and water meters are lower cost than gas and steam.
• It is important to choose a meter data software platform that does not constrain growth.
• The cost of expanding an online software platform to other sites is relatively low.
• A modern energy data management system provides more than just numbers and trends. It also provides customisable reports, flags abnormal usage directly to relevant staff, provides insight into energy usage performance under different production conditions (e.g. short versus long production runs, and part load versus full load), aggregates data, performs shadow billing, identifies missing/corrupt data, and provides advanced data visualisation, such as Sankey diagrams
  and heatmaps.
• Different stakeholder groups have different information needs. Full value is obtained only if the system can be customised to provide insights in a format that suits a range of stakeholder groups; ranging from plant operators to the Board of Directors.
• This project is considered an important element of a robust and productive sustainability program for Bulla.
• Pipework modifications were needed in some areas to optimise the measuring data accuracy by installing meters at a proper location.
  

Next steps
1. Use the system to identify and realise saving opportunities, which in turn will help Bulla meet its
energy and greenhouse targets under the Australian Dairy Industry Sustainability Framework.
2. Expanding the software to other sites.
3. Progressively invest in more meters to cover all of Bulla’s sites, with a focus on energy intense processes and loads.

For more information contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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About Molycop

Molycop is the largest and most experienced manufacturer and supplier of grinding media to mining operations worldwide. Molycop is striving for greater sustainability through superior resource efficiency and defining a new standard of environmental performance.

How we helped

Since 2006, the Northmore Gordon Newcastle team has helped Molycop achieve annual energy cost savings and maximise their return on investment in energy projects through:

• Energy management strategy
• Energy audits
• Project development support
• Grants and funding options
• Energy and carbon reporting
• Energy and carbon certificates

The Challenge

Molycop is the largest and most experienced manufacturer and supplier of grinding media to mining operations worldwide. Whilst energy has always been important, and compliance with regulation critical, the Waratah site has since expanded its focus to form a long-term goal of decarbonisation through an end-toend energy strategy.

With over 20 years of experience and extensive knowledge in the steel sector, Northmore Gordon was selected to help Molycop develop their comprehensive portfolio of energy projects. Northmore Gordon consultants worked closely with the client’s energy and operations teams to investigate their processes and identify opportunities for improving efficiency. More recently, Northmore Gordon’s Energy and Carbon experts have been assisting Molycop to plan towards a low carbon emissions steel-making process.

The Process

Northmore Gordon adopted a systematic approach to identifying and prioritising energy and carbon management opportunities. This included investigating capital projects, low cost process improvements, government funding and revenue from energy and carbon certificates.

Our Energy and Carbon Consultants helped Molycop access over one million dollars worth of revenue through the NSW government’s Energy Saving Scheme and capital grants. Northmore Gordon also assisted Molycop in their purchasing of renewable energy through a corporate Power Purchase Agreement.

Some projects that have been implemented include:

• Installing Variable Speed Drives on large fans and pumps, including high voltage motors
• Modifying controls on fume extraction and cooling systems
• Improving yield
• Improving furnace controls
• Reducing pilot flame gas consumption
• Upgrade bag house
• Improving furnace heat recovery system
• Installing heat recovery on ladle preheating equipment
• Cooling tower upgrades

Outcome

Through Northmore Gordon’s multi-disciplinary approach, Molycop’s energy savings has grown to over $1.5M per annum. The consequential reduction in Greenhouse gas emissions has resulted in 15K tonnes of corresponding carbon emissions abatement each year. This has resulted in over $12M in energy costs and certificate revenue over the course of the project.

Do you need help developing a decarbonisation strategy? Contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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“Northmore Gordon worked closely with us over eight months to achieve funding from the VEU Program. They ensured the complex requirements of the program were met with full compliance and in accord with the satisfaction of the regulator; importantly this also maximised the certificate value on a VEEC volatile market.”

– Michael Roberts, National DC Faclities Manager

The Client
5G Networks is a licensed telecommunications carrier operating across Australia. Our mission is to be the partner of choice for unifying a seamless digital experience for our customers across data connectivity, cloud and data centre services, all underpinned by our expert managed services. 5GN Networks owns and operates data centres in a number of locations including Sydney, North Sydney and Melbourne where they securely host customer servers and data.

Our Role
Northmore Gordon worked through all the complexities of the Victorian Energy Upgrade Program to maximise the financial incentives. Northmore Gordon worked tirelessly to ensure all the regulators requirements and queries were satisfied. This included created the measurement & verification (M&V) plan, collected site data and supporting evidence, and built the baseline and operating energy models to calculate the energy savings. Northmore Gordon also provided us with price certainty to ensure the customer received the payment they had forecast.

Challenges
• Competitive pressures to provide high quality service whilst minimising underlying costs
• Energy bills represent a substantial cost to data centre operators
• Aging equipment could impact reliability

Key Facts

Certificate Value: ~$85,000, Payback: ~ 4 Years
Equipment Upgraded: UPS, BMS, Aisle Partitioning
Annual Savings: Energy: 310 MWh, Carbon Abatement: 335 tCO2e
OPEX: ~$50,000
Project Value: CAPEX: ~ $300,000
Program: Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU)
Method: Project Based Activities (PBA)

Additional Benefits
• Better equipment UPS reliability
• Better computer equipment operating conditions
• Faulty and inefficient auxillary equipment (pumps) identified during the measurement and verification approach

The Project
To stay competitive in the market 5G Networks concluded that energy efficiency upgrades were required at their recently acquired Melbourne Data Centre. The upgrades included the installation of two new high efficiency Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), a new Building Management System (BMS), and temperature set point and chiller optimisation. In addition, a hot aisle / cold aisle approach was implemented to optimise airflow and cooling of the equipment.

For more information contact: c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

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