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ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) is the UK Government’s approach to meeting Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive which has set energy efficiency reduction targets of 20% by 2020. The scheme is mandatory for all businesses with over 250 employees or a turnover and balance sheet of €50 million and €43 million respectively.
In simple terms it requires organisations to carry out?an energy audit of their operations and produce a report showing compliance by 5th December 2015. This means understanding its energy sources and consumption and carrying out a representative sample of site surveys to identify actionable energy reducing measures.
ESOS is likely to greatly affect the data centre sector as the power drawn on the IT Load and supporting infrastructure will be subject to compliance and Keysource is urging businesses to get specialist advice.
Keysource’s audit specialists have also consulted with the Environment Agency to gain clarification on how this new legislation affects colocation data centre operators. It found that both the provider and client are likely to have obligations within a colocation data centre due to both having ownership of equipment that draws energy. In fact The Environment Agency suggested that, where both the operator and tenant are within the scheme, ESOS compliance should be the responsibility of the party who would be most able to easily action the measures recommended during the audit.
Justin Busk, Head of Safety, Health and Environment, at Keysource, said: “This legislation is complex and it can be hard for organisations to see how it will impact their business. We would advise them not to view this as just another piece of compliance legislation, as we believe it provides great opportunities for both a reduction in operation costs and power usage as well as an increase in resilience.”
Keysource has teamed up with Ricardo-AEA, an expert in energy and climate change, to advise companies on ESOS compliance. In addition Keysource has also developed a white paper entitled “Delivering real savings and reducing risk whilst ensuring your ESOS compliance,” providing further information. This can be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/pde9mpz
