Attendees of Platform Event Construction & Design and Facilities & Estates Management Platform, Off Grid Energy Ltd, have been making significant waves in terms of savings in the UK Construction sector with their Grid-to-Go product – see below some of the recorded savings due to the application on just 1 construction site.
GRID-to-GO by OFF GRID ENERGY LTD – www.offgrid-energy.co.uk
How much can Grid to Go save?
The table below summarises performance of a live UK construction project where one 16kVA Grid-to-Go was installed together with a 40kVA generator for a rental period of 81 days. The data shows the savings that were made in fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and costs.
| Performance Summary | Total hours in period |
Recorded generator run hours in period |
Fuel saving in litres* |
Saving £ @90p/litre |
CO2 Saving |
Other savings** |
| Actual period: 81 days (19/07/13 to 8/10/13) | 1944 hours | 774 hours | 7,078 litres | £6,370 | 18,757 Kg | £800 |
| Equivalent 30 day period | — | — | 2,621 litres | £2,359 | 6,945Kg | £296 |
| Equivalent 12 month period | — | — | 31,458 litres | £28,308 | 83,340Kg | £3,552 |
* Based on 40kVA generator consuming 6.05l/hr at 25% load.
** Reflects reduced maintenance costs for fewer running hours.