Case Study: DVLA
The core business at the DVLA is maintaining driver and vehicle records. The company deals with over 58.5 million vehicle transactions and 16.8 million driver transactions each year. Currently about a quarter of transactions are electronic.
Energy management Initiatives at their offices in Swansea include: • Estate refurbished to BREEAM standards • New builds are BREEAM excellent • Servers reduced from 136 to 30 in 2 years • 2 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Units • Review of lighting across estate • Sub-metering • Roof insulation Their key challenges are: • Managing energy consumption with increasing numbers of staff and IT • Finding solutions with acceptable pay back periods • Finding more quick wins • Finding solutions that the business is happy with e.g Solaveil The DVLA are currently planning/considering the following projects: • Site wide energy review • Transformers • Possibly Renewables? |