The final presentation at the CREST conference was by Sheryl French the Project Director for Cambridgeshire's MLEI project.

1. This project is being developed as part of the Climate Change Skills Fund. The fund is
managed by Sustainability East on behalf of Improvement East
Mobilising Local Energy Investment
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Energy Performance Contracting for school and public buildings
Sheryl French, Project Director

2. Why MLEI?
28% of Cambridgeshire’s energy needs
can be delivered locally from renewables
Investment needed: £2 - 6 billion by 2031
o Significant numbers of smaller scale projects
driving high transaction costs for investors
o Asset owners lack understanding, knowledge
and confidence to progress investment
o Piecemeal investment into energy infrastructure
creates an uncoordinated approach that can
prejudice future investment
o Investors are focussed narrowly on
technology and sectors
o Lack of understanding of economic and
social value created by investing in the
low carbon economy
£145 million of investment in energy
efficiency measures in non-domestic
Buildings by 2030

3. Project Summary
To develop the right finance and delivery framework for
Cambridgeshire to secure increased investment into energy
infrastructure.
• Set up a finance mechanism/ fund for investment into low carbon
energy infrastructure
• Identify and set up appropriate delivery mechanisms
• Deliver an investment programme of public sector and community
energy projects of at least €17.03 million via the Fund and delivery
mechanisms

4. Decision Making Progress
CCC has agreed to
invest £15million in schools
and its offices
Procuring an ESCo for
Energy Performance
Contracting
A Local Authority
investment Fund
is agreed as part of
a MLEI Fund strategy

5. Case Study: IVC

6. What is the process?
#mleicambs
@cambscc

7. What sort of savings?

8. Energy Performance Contracting

9. Pipeline Development
*Energy Performance Contracting
• Procuring an ESCo to deliver Energy Performance Contracting
• for schools and public buildings via the REFIT 2 Framework by July 2014
• Access agreements being signed with GLA w/c 3/03/14 for REFIT 2
Framework
• MOU being negotiated with Local Partnerships to advise on the mini
competition , tender specification and lesson learnt to date with REFIT 2
• Workshop booked 8th April, with CCC asset managers, facilities managers,
property commissioning, finance and schools finance to be clear about the
process, risks, remaining barriers
• Engagement with schools has started– direct contact with 90 schools to
date and expressions of interest from 84, appointments to see Bursars,
Headteachers and governors in the diary March/April /May 2014
• First school signed up (via governors) to pilot EnPC and work with us on the
finance arrangements and contracting models
• Finance models for loaning capital to schools under discussion e.g. loans,
managed service arrangements – COMPLEXITY
• Identification of CCC and other offices via the EPAM and MAC projects

10. What is on offer to schools?
• Access to an Energy Performance Contracting supplier (procured by CCC )
• Technical assessment of your energy needs and potential income opportunities
• A list of measures that can be installed to make savings and generate income
• A managed service or loan from CCC to invest upfront into the energy measures
• A 10 year contract that guarantees savings, the supplier pays the difference
• Technical expertise to manage and monitor the equipment to optimise its use
and energy savings
• 10 year contract that maintains and replaces the equipment
• Support from relationship manager – Ron Dsouza, to help solve any problems
But
Some of the details are still being worked through e.g. finance models for
‘managed service’ options

11. For more information:
Sheryl French| MLEI Project Director | Cambridgeshire County Council
+44 (0)1223 728552 |sheryl.french@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Ron DSouza | MLEI Business Development Manager| Cambridgeshire County Council
+44(0) 1223 699448| ron.d’souza@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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