1. Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Working to Reduce Energy Consumption
Nathan Travis and Geoff Sallis

3. Utility Efficiencies
Usage of utilities ultimately lies with the end user and your support and assistance in achieving a greater awareness is paramount, educating everybody to take responsibility. The following points will help:
Ensure all doors, windows and skylights are closed throughout cold
periods
Always turn heating, lights, computers and monitors off when not in use
Temperatures within the Appliance bay are to be kept at above freezing
and set at no more than 10°C, turning a thermostat down by 1ºC can cut
the heating bills by up to 10 per cent and save the Service around £40
per year

4. Please make every effort to support efficiencies and
Check the water temperature as detailed in the Water hygiene report.
The cylinder thermostat shouldn't need to be set higher than
60ºC/140ºF
Return to the station with the appliance fit for operational deployment,
utilising the hydrant local to your call-out.
Only boil as much water as you need (but remember to cover the
elements if you're using an electric kettle).
A dripping hot water tap wastes energy and in one week wastes enough
hot water to fill half a bath, so use the log book to fix leaking taps and
make sure they're fully turned off.
Please make every effort to support efficiencies and
Reduce energy usage

8. Station Group Comparisons
Wholetime Stations

9. Station Group Comparisons
One Pump RDS Stations

10. Station Group Comparisons
Two Pump RDS Stations

11. Capital Works Community Development: £200,000 over four years
Upgrade of toilet facilities (male and female)
Fitting motion sensors for lighting and taps.
Fitting eco flush cisterns
Appliance Bay Doors: £240,000 over four years
Insulated and double glazed
Auto time return (self closing)

12. Efficiency Works Inspections
Station
Heating
(Type)
Thermostat setting
Lighting
Insulation
(Loft/Cavity)
Doors
(Self closers)
Windows
Comments
Lydney
Boiler - Gas and Electric Heaters
PIR in Gents and Female WC
Hyflex applied
No insulation
Rear door requires self closer
UPVC
Wooden front and rear door
Extension - End cap for guttering
Coleford
Frost stat in gents wc
PIR in Gents & Female WC
Fully insulated to L2 regs Hyflex
Adjust/replace kitchen closer
Wooden front doors
Thumb latch required
AIB ceiling damaged
Window in smoke Ch
Cinderford
Combination boiler (20yrs)
Overhead heating in App bay
No PIR
Galvanised pitched roof - No insulation
UPVC and wooden doors
UPVC & wooden windows
Design front office to accommodate three computers
Newent
Combination boiler and 2 electric heater
Re locate from Lecture Room
1 to front office
New Appliance doors 2006
Steel framed windows and wooden doors
Redecorate wooden panel near rear door

13. Efficiency Works

14. Efficiency Works GFRS selected Hyflex 10 Plus insulation which meets:
Approved documents L2B of the Building Regulations

15. Efficiency Works

16. Efficiency Works

17. Three Year Comparison by Station Groups

18. Three Year Comparison by Station Groups

19. Three Year Comparison by Station Groups

20. Local Performance Indicators
5% reduction year on year across energy units:
2005/ ,596 – 1.13%
2006/07 – 595,967 – 7.65%
2007/08 – 623, %
2008/09 - ?

21. Ongoing Work