RSA Conference Exhibitor List 2024 - Exhibitors Data
Steven Fawkes IERC Cork 16 01 13 final
1. Matrix Corporate Finance
Energy EFFICIENCY :
the biggest value opportunity on the
planet?
Dr. Steven Fawkes
16th January 2013
2. Matrix Corporate Finance
Global potential for energy efficiency
$170 bn a year investment would:
-halve the projected growth in energy demand (reducing
demand by ~ 64 million barrels a day)
-produce half the emissions abatement required to keep
atmospheric CO2 at 450ppm
-have an average IRR of all projects 17% (at $50/barrel oil)
Source: McKinsey
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INEFFICIENCY EVERYWHERE
US runs at least 8 large power stations just to
power stuff that is turned off
< 10% of the fuel that makes electricity for pumping
applications actually creates customer value
< 1% of the fuel that makes electricity for a data
centre actually creates customer value
Source: Rocky Mountain Institute
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Just How inefficient are we?
$6 trillion pa
on energy
475
Energy
55
55 services
Source:Source: University of Cambridge, global figures , in EJ
University of Cambridge
Units: Exajoules
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Us ee market
$43 billion EE premium
$5 billion through EPC
Source: ACEEE
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8. Matrix Corporate Finance
Us ee & DR market
$59 billion EE and DR
Source: Climate Change Business Journal
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9. Matrix Corporate Finance
Us real estate
$279 billion
investment opportunity
Source: Deutsche Bank
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10. Matrix Corporate Finance
Global BEMS MARKET
$320 million p.a. by 2020
for utility programmes alone
Source: Pike Research
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11. Matrix Corporate Finance
UK EE MARKET
£17.6 billion p.a.
136,000 jobs
5% pa growth rate
Source: DECC
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15. Matrix Corporate Finance
BARRIERS TO energy efficiency
Many barriers including:
- Supply side domination
- Low priority in many organizations
- Not regarded as strategic
- Split incentives – landlord / tenant problem
- Measurement of results (M&V)
- Limited capacity – technical skill shortages
- Access to capital
- ‘The ribbon problem’
18. Matrix Corporate Finance
Massively scaling up efficiency
Requires three things:
- Expanding DEMAND for energy efficiency
- Expanding SUPPLY of energy efficiency products
and services
- Expanding FINANCE for energy efficiency
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20. Matrix Corporate Finance
Scaling up demand
Requires:
- a sector (and sub-sector) examination of Enabling
Conditions
- market segmentation NOT market classification
- capacity building at all levels from:
- Institutional shareholders
- CEOs and CFOs, energy managers, shop floor workers
- householders
Regulations help but you also need to address capacity
ISO 50001
Electricity market design
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Scaling up FINANCE
Problems:
- Small project size
- Off-balance sheet issue
- Not a recognized asset class
- Mis-pricing of risk
- Contract forms
- Application of private equity model
- Lack of standardization
- Lack of M&V
- Lack of a secondary market
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23. Matrix Corporate Finance
EMERGING technologies
A few examples:
- Adaptive building materials
- Home automation
- Energy analytics
- Micro-generation (mCHP)
- Materials processing
- Integrative, holistic design techniques
- Complete building retrofits
- ‘Intelligent energy efficiency’
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28. Matrix Corporate Finance
BUSINESS MODELS – SHARED SAVINGS
Net savings
– D
Repayment
D O
E O
Total energy C
of capital ST
costs before DU R
O DE
contract
PR N
E Total energy
R IS-U Total energy
LY Mcosts during
E Y contract costs after
ID EL contract
W ID
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Problems with the esPC model
ESPC/EPC model requires client to take on debt
75% of the US market is MUSH
- MUSH has access to cheap municipal debt
Excess margins being made in US public sector
ESCO incentivised to maximise capex NOT savings
Split incentive in commercial offices
Accounting standards (IFRIC 12)
Transaction costs
Projects too small for institutional investors
- project sizes ~ £/€/$ 1m to 20m
- cheque sizes > £/€/$ 100m +
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31. Matrix Corporate Finance
BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
The problem is NOT availability of money
ESPCs are NOT the answer
Need to develop and structure projects in a way that allows
institutional investors to invest at scale
Innovation needed
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32. Matrix Corporate Finance
SOME EMERGING innovations
Energy Services Agreement (ESA or MESA)
- off-balance sheet services contract
- backed by an ESPC contract
PACE
- works in US local tax system
- now bringing in private finance
- now being applied to commercial buildings
On-bill repayment (OBR)
- dependent on regulatory regime
On-bill loan
- Green Deal in UK and others
Aggregation vehicles
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33. Matrix Corporate Finance
AREAS FOR R&D
Technologies
Demand generation
Aggregation of demand (city wide programmes)
Business models (services)
-Buildings
-Transport
Policies to create markets for efficiency
-Enabling efficiency to be used in the electricity market
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34. There are known knowns;
Matrix Corporate Finance
there are things we know we
know. We also know there
are known unknowns; that is
to say, we know there some
things we do not know. But
there are also unknown
unknowns – the ones we
don’t know we don’t know.
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35. Matrix Corporate Finance
summary
Potential for growth in energy efficiency is huge
We need to wake the sleeping giant of energy efficiency by:
- Increasing DEMAND
- Increasing and improving SUPPLY
- Increasing availability of FINANCE
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36. Matrix Corporate Finance
contact
Steven Fawkes
Day One Energy Solutions
+44 77 0223 1995
sfawkes@dayoneenergy.com
www.linkedin.com/in/stevenfawkes
@DrSteveFawkes
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Editor's Notes
Let ’ s now look at the size of the energy resource, and we really have to start to think about it as a resource, just like other energy resources. As with conventional energy resources there is an economic level of reserves and it is those reserves I am interested in exploiting.
Lots of studies show the huge potential for profitable investment in energy efficiency. This study from McKinseys showed that $170bn a year investment would halve the projected growth in energy demand – reducing demand by 64 million barrels a day (compared to current consumption of about 80 million barrels a day), and produce half the reductions in emissions needed to keep CO2 levels at 450ppm, and have an IRR of 17% at $50 per barrel oil. And as we know, oil if a lot more than $50/barrel.
The potential to become more efficient , and become more efficient profitably, is everywhere – you just need to put on the right pair of glasses to see it.
Here are some amazing statistics; US runs 8 power stations to power stuff that is turned off Less than 10% of fuel burned at the power station for pumping produces economic value Less than 1% for data centres
It may surprise you to learn just how inefficient we really are. Research from the University of Cambridge shows that we put 475 units of energy (fuel, nuclear, everything) in and we actually only usefully use 55 units – a total efficiency of about 11%. Isn ’t that amazing – all of our technology and the best the world can do is 11% efficiency! Now, we can never of course achieve 100% because of the laws of physics but we can do much better than 11%.
Buildings account for a large % of total energy use, c.40%, 20% of water use and savings of 20-40% are possible economically according to many studies.
Buildings account for a large % of total energy use, c.40%, 20% of water use and savings of 20-40% are possible economically according to many studies.
So it is true there is money lying on the floor, and flying out through the windows everywhere you look.
There are many barriers, however, to picking up that money profitably and again there has been many years of research on the barriers.
These are some of the barriers that have been identified. The least well known of these is the ribbon problem…..
The ribbon problem is that energy efficiency is not very photogenic and it is hard to get photo ops for politicians. It is much easier to get photos of politicians next to sexy win turbines or solar arrays. Energy efficiency can’t be seen so it can’t be photographed, photos are usually low energy lamps or boxes of some description.
So how do we wake up what Angela Merkel called the sleeping giant of energy efficiency….how do we massively scale up energy efficiency investment and activity?
Well, breaking down the problem we need to do three things: Massively expand demand for energy efficiency across the economy Massively expand the supply of energy efficiency products and services Massively expand the availability of finance for energy efficiency
We are going to concentrate on finance but I do want to quickly talk about demand and supply. Creating demand for energy efficiency is difficult, especially in the residential sector. Nobody wakes up in the morning and says I want to buy some energy efficiency today. Even when energy efficiency is offered with no capital cost and net savings people still don’t buy it. Hassle factor, lack of visibility, lack of engagement. Energy efficiency is not sexy or cool We need to understand the drivers of energy efficiency demand in each sector much better than we do at the moment.
Scaling up demand requires a sector by sector, and sub-sector by sub-sector approach. It needs market segmentation. Most energy efficiency professionals use market classification rather than market segmentation. It needs capacity building at all levels from shareholders to CEOS to CFOs to energy managers to shop floor workers and householders. Regulations help drive demand but unless the capacity issues are addressed you don’ t get real action. Standards like ISO50001 can help a great deal. Sensible design of the electricity market can encourage energy efficiency through market mechanisms.
Scaling up supply means increasing improving technologies, and building capacity in the energy efficiency industry – especially in 2 key areas, M&V and holistic design. Explain both.
Scaling up finance has many problems some of which are shown here: Projects are very small, even large projects may only be 20m £, € or $. There is a need to aggregate projects to match investor requirements to invest large amounts of money, in the hundreds of £, € or $. Putting things off balance sheet is more difficult than it used to be and changes in accounting standards will make it harder still Not a recognised asset class Mis-pricing of risk
Describe
A now famous case study on benefits of systems thinking ESB – a difficult building to retrofit >38% savings 3.1 year pbp on incremental capital Achieved because a very knowledgeable, and forceful client insisted that his service providers worked together and took a holistic approach
The NEST This is a thermostat that has caused a sensation in the USA. It was described as the thermostat that Steve Jobs would love and was designed by a former Apple designer This is a $249 item that was sold out in the USA between November and January – I have one sitting on my desk if you are interested in a grey market one It provides lots of feedback to users and learns to adapt to your house and your lifestyle Not a new idea but 1 st one that has captured public imagination in any way
Envision Charlotte This is a scheme in Charlotte – a unique public private collaboration in which information on energy use in the buildings in Uptown Charlotte is collected and displayed on displays in lobbies and public areas Collaborators include Duke Energy, the utility, Charlotet Centre City Partners, Cisco, US Green Building Council and others Goal is to reduce energy use in uptown area of Charlotte by 20% in five years
A transportation example – Twin Cities metropolitan area – Minneapolis and St Paul Initiative includes several intelligent transport solutions include Priority lanes toll system with differential pricing Prices based on occupancy Dynamic message system showing availability of lanes, toll rates and travel speeds - real time transit information including next bus arrival information
This is a familiar model – shared savings - it is widely reproduced but it is widely misunderstood.
The most familiar version is ESCO / EPC model which came largely from the USA. Never has a model been so well promoted with so little understanding The model developed in the US MUSH market where projects are financed by cheap debt. The host takes the capex on their balance sheet as debt. US public sector can still raise cheap debt, most people can ’t. In the 1980s/90s/00s USAID were very successful in spreading the word about ESCOS and EPC around the world. They financed missions and training everywhere from Eastern Europe to China. Unfortunately they could not bring with them the cheap debt so in most places progress has been slow despite the huge potetial.
Some ESCO companies will tell you the problem is a lack of money. This is totally wrong. Even today there is far more money available than we need to scale up energy efficiency.