WATTBLOCK ENERGY

Prepared for:

REPORT

Body Corporate
513-519 Wattle St
Ultimo, NSW 2007

Block Type:

High Rise (9-79 Levels)

Total Floors:

Total Units:

62

Age of Block:

1 - 10 Years

Date: 08/09/2015 | Common Area Consumption: $ 2,000 of electrical

energy p.a.

ENERGY SAVING
OPPORTUNITY

ESTIMATED
ENERGY COST
REDUCTION

ESTIMATED
COST SAVING 
(PER ANNUM)

RECOMMENDED
PROJECT COSTS

ESTIMATED
PAYBACK
PERIOD
(YEARS)

57%

$1,133

$50,942

45.0

Wattblock recommends
proceeding with energy reduction
projects for your block.

COMMON AREA

ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Understanding which assets are
likely to be contributing to your
blocks energy consumption is the
first step in building an energy
reduction roadmap

Residential Floor
Lighting: 15%

Common Exhaust
Fans: 21%

Garage Doors: 2%

Commercial Floor
Lighting: 6%

HVAC

Mechanical

Lighting
Carpark Level
Lighting: 17%

Lifts: 23%

Common
Foyer/Lobby
Lighting: 6%

Residential Floor Lighting

Fire Exit Lighting:

11%

Est.
Consumption

Est. Cost

Asset Type

15%

$ 300

Lighting

Est.
Consumption

Est. Cost

Asset Type

Commercial Floor Lighting

6%

$ 117

Lighting

Carpark Level Lighting

17%

$ 338

Lighting

Fire Exit Lighting

11%

$ 212

Lighting

Common Foyer/Lobby Lighting

6%

$ 117

Lighting

Lifts

23%

$ 456

Mechanical

Garage Doors

2%

$ 44

Mechanical

Common Exhaust Fans

21%

$ 416

HVAC

1,250

COMMON AREA
ENERGY SAVINGS

The following is a typical energy

consumption footprint for 513-519
Wattle St Ultimo, NSW and a
Best-in-class block based upon
similar blocks which have been
analysed.

1,000

Best Block
Your Block

750

500

250

0
Lighting Mechanical

RECOMMENDED
PROJECTS

The recommended projects for

HVAC

Water

Leisure

Best Block

Your Block

Difference

Lighting

$314

$1,083

$769

Mechanical

$500

$500

$0

HVAC

$52

$416

$364

Water

Leisure

EST. PAYBACK: IMMEDIATE

Request strata manager to provide a paper or electronic copy of electricity bill to the
Owners Corporation on a quarterly basis
Cost Estimate: $0

your block have been sorted

based upon their typical payback
time to assist you with prioritizing
future projects:

Delamp unnecessary foyer/lobby lights

Cost Estimate: $0
Delamp unnecessary lighting in carpark (e.g. twin tubes)
Cost Estimate: $0

EST. PAYBACK: 3 MONTHS

Move onto an energy contract or negotiate a market rate energy contract
Cost Estimate: $0
Engage an energy billing expert to do an energy supplier and tariff analysis
Cost Estimate: $250

EST. PAYBACK: < 1 YEAR

Upgrade residential floor lighting with LED
Cost Estimate: $390
Install timer so that exhaust fans only run for a limited time each day
Cost Estimate: $600

EST. PAYBACK: < 18 MONTHS

LED lighting upgrade on commercial floors
Cost Estimate: $5,000
LED lighting upgrade on carpark levels including dimmable LED tubes over carspaces
Cost Estimate: $10,800
LED lighting upgrade in fire exits with dimmable LED tubes
Cost Estimate: $7,902
Install a 25kvar power factor correction unit to reduce peak kVA demand
Cost Estimate: $25,000

EST. PAYBACK: < 2 YEARS

Engage an energy auditor to run a complete energy audit of your building
Cost Estimate: $1,000

OPTIONAL
PROJECTS

The following projects are

worthwhile investigating for your
block from a feasibility
perspective. They have not been
included in recommended
projects due to their cost and
estimated payback time.

EST. PAYBACK: 14 YEARS

Install solar energy for common areas
Cost Estimate: $60,000

ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSIDERATIONS

The rationale for proceeding with

energy cost reduction projects
outlined above makes sense from
an economic perspective. The
following gives some insight into
the environmental impact of a
typical block similar to your block:

PROPORTION OF
POPULATION
LIVING IN THIS
BLOCK TYPE

AVERAGE
OCCUPANCY
RATE
(PEOPLE / UNIT)

ANNUAL
ENERGY
(ELECTRICITY +
GAS)
PER UNIT MJ /
YR

ANNUAL GHG
EMMISSIONS
PER UNIT
TONNES
CO2/UNIT YR

2%

1.92

49,063

10.4

ANNUAL GHG
EMMISSIONS
PER PERSON
TONNES
CO2/PERSON YR

NUMBER OF
BLOCK
RESIDENTS

BLOCK CO2
EMMISSIONS
(TONNES/YR)

5.4

119

645

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