17. Harvey Sinclair, CEO E Energy PLC
On this episode Tim talks to Harvey Sinclair, a technology entrepreneur and CEO of E Energy PLC about the fast-moving world of lighting and also electrified heating discussing how schools can save energy and indeed costs by changing their electrics.
On this episode we cover:
Harvey’s background in the industry
Schools struggling with capital investment
Efficiency upgrades always way down the list
Switching to LED to fund savings
Salix being attractive but fraught with problems
Offering a Salix advisory process
Need a high quality energy services provider with experience in schools
Most schools considered LED lighting but not gone through with it
Can be a partner for advising and auditing
Launched the new fund to support the 0% funding solution
Investing 5 million into their business model
Having a seamless data collection process
Collecting date in an unobtrusive way
Capturing data quickly and accurately
The number of pupils can roughly give an estimate of costs
Calculating by room by zoning buildings during operating hours
Installing over 70 calls in 8 weeks of summer holidays
Having the capacity to do 20-30 schools a month
The 3 year plan to fit 3000 schools
10% of the schools market
Looking into electrified heating as well as lighting
Being a specialised energy company
Will conduct a no win no fee survey that will turn into complete proposal for the school
Cost of delay is the biggest value driver of any energy project
They can be on site within a week
Then two weeks later a report will be finished
Having exclusive products specific to education market
A ten year warranty and within a week delivery
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