Technology
Voltage Optimisation
Optimising the incoming voltage to your site to improve quality, saving energy and costs.
Sheffield Hallam University
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Customer
Sheffield Hallam University has always strived to reduce its impact to the environment through a variety of projects, both in environmental as well as energy efficiency. One of the main areas the University campus targeted was the Student Union, for the electricity consumption as well as to reduce the high-level light tube failures.
We carried out a full site survey and recommended their unique Powerstar voltage optimisation unit to help improve the University’s energy efficiency and increase the life expectancy of their lights.
CHALLENGE
Having identified that the Student Union voltage was high, and that the power quality received by the building was poor, it was left to the Powerstar team to design a system which would not only reduce the University’s energy consumption but also significantly improve their power quality. The Powerstar unit designed and manufactured for the Student Union, is required to remove high levels of harmonics (electrical noise) from the supply, and its unique design, provided both the energy savings required as well as the minimisation of harmonics, thus improving the power quality at the building.
SOLUTION
The installation of Powerstar at Sheffield Hallam University was completed in March 2008 with minimal disruption to business. Just the reduction in the maintenance costs at the building paid for the system in less than 24 months. With the energy savings, the University’s payback is just over a year.
Results
The failure in light tubes was monitored 18 months before and 18 months after the installation of the Powerstar system and has saw a considerable reduction in direct carbon emissions. Powerstar’s Voltage Optimisation offered a significant reduction in light failures and a 9% kWh Consumption saving. Improving energy efficiency at this university campus building.
75%
reduction in Failure in Light Tubes
9%
kWh consumption Savings and 10% reduction in maximum demand
Customer Quotation
We are absolutely delighted with the Powerstar system which has reduced our direct carbon emissions by 16%. In addition, the significant improvement in the life expectancy of our electrical equipment due to Powerstar has shown that the overall carbon savings from this project are considerably higher than originally anticipated. I have no hesitation to recommend Powerstar to others.
Stephen Ward, Senior Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Sheffield Hallam University
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