Energy Reduction Plan

Energy Reduction Plan - September 2024

Our thanks to Andrew Shadrake for encouraging us, and for leading us to the plan you see below. We also thank Sue Simmons and Debbie Fletcher (Climate Action: Bovey & Heathfield) for researching and producing the text below.

This plan helped us obtain a Green Business Grant from Teignbridge District Council and we would like to express our thanks to TDC for this.

Key issues

Bovey Tracey Paradiso Arts Ltd. is a charitable Community Benefit Society. The project is still in development and the restaurant and auditorium are yet to be completed. It has therefore not been possible to provide accurate projections for future energy use, although this plan describes steps which we believe will have a significant impact on the building’s carbon emissions. The figures quoted are based on 2023 when the project was partially completed.

The Board of Bovey Tracey Paradiso Arts is committed to reducing the project’s carbon footprint.

There is no use of coal for heating at Paradiso. However, there is quite a high use of gas currently for heating and there will continue to be a high use for cooking for the near future. We had hoped to cook with electricity but have been unable to have a sufficient three-phase electricity supply installed.

Three scopes of emissions

The plan addresses the National Grid’s three scopes of emissions:

Scope 1 emissions

Scope 1 covers emissions from sources that an organisation owns or controls directly – for example from burning fossil fuels. In this case Scope I covers gas usage.

Scope 2 emissions

Scope 2 are emissions that a company causes indirectly and come from where the energy it purchases and uses is produced, including emissions caused by the generation of electricity.

Scope 3 emissions

Scope 3 encompasses emissions that are not produced by Paradiso but are the consequence of purchasing decisions, eg. for catering purposes.

Scope 1 - at Bovey Paradiso

There is a gas boiler which heats the central heating on both floors and hot water. Gas will also be used for cooking for the restaurant. This is being addressed in a number of ways.

Energy use	Tariff	Annual Total
Gas (kWh)	Standard	46,488.60
Heating Oil (Litres)	n/a

There could be some savings on gas of around 850 kg CO₂e per year from improved controllers (including timers and boiler temperature monitoring).

The gas supplier is Ecotricity which is now developing green gas from grass cuttings (Ecotricity green gas), so that a proportion of the gas used by Paradiso will be green. This proportion is likely to increase.

Funding has been obtained (from TDC) to install an air source heat pump (ASHP) which will heat the ground floor (where there is hot-water-circuit under floor heating). Once the ASHP is installed there will be less or no need for the gas boiler.

It would be reasonable to assume that heating is 25% of the usage, so the installation of an ASHP there could lead to a saving of 11,600 kWh, which equates to about 2,100 kg CO₂e per year.

The plan had been to cook with an induction hob using a three-phase electrical supply. However, when this was installed it was not possible to have higher than 37 kW, resulting in an induction hob not being practical. If the electrical supply changes in the future we will rethink cooking with gas.

Scope 2 - at Bovey Paradiso

There are a number of ways in which Paradiso will reduce its use of electricity.

Energy	Tariff	Annual Total
Electricity (kWh)	Standard	15,328.00

Paradiso’s electricity supplier is Ecotricity, which invests in new sources of renewable electricity.
There will be an array of solar PV slates on the roof which will generate electricity throughout daylight hours. These slates are activated by light, not necessarily sunlight, and will therefore generate even on dull days.
The solar slates will generate much of the power need for the specialist ASHP (funded by TDC) which will operate in the auditorium. This pump will warm or cool this space through air vents as needed.
There is a new glass roof over the restaurant. This is double glazed.
There is a very high specification of insulation, both thermal and sound, throughout the building.
All lighting is LED and much of it is movement sensitive.
All heating is thermostatically controlled.
Once we have some results from the solar PV slates, including monitoring of the output at different times, we shall be able to make a decision on whether to invest in a battery.
However, there are some obstacles to doing this including not being permitted to install double or triple glazing in the original part of the building as it is in a conservation area and is a Grade 2 listed building.

Estimated financial benefit from import savings and export income in year one is £2,128 (without a battery).

We anticipate that there would also be a reduction of 2,471kg of CO₂e per year.

This will be monitored and recorded.

Scope 3 - at Bovey Paradiso

There are many ways in which we plan to address Scope 3 emissions.

We shall monitor and measure water usage, with a view to considering the recycling of rainwater in the future.
We are committed to sustainable purchasing.
- No single use items, e.g. cutlery or crockery
- A high level of recycling
- Using second hand furniture where possible and appropriate
- Local and seasonal sourcing of produce and ingredients for the restaurant
Encouraging active travel for visitors
The building project has endeavoured to reuse materials where possible, including stones and boulders to be used to build an outside wall, and old bricks to build a ramp at the entrance.

We believe that this decarbonisation plan will enable us to significantly reduce our carbon emissions over the coming years.

Bovey Tracey Paradiso Arts Energy Reduction Plan for Action in 2024/25
Action	Target Date	Potential Carbon Saving (Kg CO₂e)	Target Savings (£)	Investment Required	New Technology Y/N	Comments
Action 1: Installing solar PV slates	30/09/2024	2471	1702	Secured	Yes	Solar PV slates on south-facing roof. The target savings are compared with imported electricity, and will apply whether or not local generation is used to power ASHP. See also comment under Action 2. NB Using solar to power the ASHP is likely to be of more benefit in summer (when generation is higher and there is a cooling requirement for the auditorium), but see comment under Action 3.
Action 2: Install ASHP to supply heat for underfloor heating and all water	31/2/25	4252	?	£ 10,663.00	Yes	The cost of fossil electricity to operate the ASHP would be approximately the same as gas, because the efficiency saving roughly offsets the high import cost of electricity. While solar PV will be used where possible, the saving from this compared with imported electricity has already been accounted for in Action 1.
Action 3: Install ASHP to supply heat and cooling in auditorium	31/03/2025	0	N/A	£ 7,597.00	Yes	No financial or carbon savings are shown in this iteration of the plan because the auditorium is not yet in use, and so did not contribute to baseline energy use. The savings will be against potential emissions and energy costs.