Public Sector

The public sector estate is as vast as it is varied. From historical, listed courthouses to brand new hospitals, council offices, town halls, community centres and more.

They all need to ensure they are comfortable, safe and that public money is spent responsibly.

CILS have a massive amount of experience in this sector – reducing their energy consumption, lowering their carbon footprint and, perhaps most importantly, freeing up more of their capital for frontline services.

CILS have completed an extensive portfolio of public sector projects, including schools, court houses, gala theatres, community and leisure centres, commercial and industrial buildings etc. We have worked with local governments across the country – Luton, Durham, Peterborough, to name a few.

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Smart public sector buildings

Our Internet of Things (IoT) platform means these buildings can access a host of efficiency tools, in addition to saving money on energy.

Imagine a building that guarantees that light levels are calibrated to the task at hand. And where not only the lighting turns off when you leave a room, but the heating and cooling can be adjusted; even selected small power outlets can be turned off automatically.

The same system could automate your emergency lighting testing and reporting. It can also tell you where all your hospital beds, ventilators etc are, the temperature in any given part of a room; it can even tell you how much those fixed desks are actually being used.

With the ability to write custom software, there are few limitations on how CILS can help you become more efficient, across the public sector.

Lower energy costs from lighting

LED lighting greatly lowers costs and combined with IoT controls and smart sensors, automatically adjusts light levels for occupancy and daylight settings. You can reduce your public sector buildings’ lighting energy consumption by up to 90%.

Save on heating and cooling

Realise significant savings using smart sensors, automatically reducing heating or cooling in unoccupied spaces.

These additional benefits can be delivered via software rather than hardware changes. Heating controls, for example, can be accessed via a mix of Enlighted plug load controllers for local electric fan heating and smart TRV controls for radiators.

Decarbonised heating

Integrate decarbonised heating systems such as air source heat pumps to reduce your CO2 emissions.

Reduce maintenance costs

Council and public sector facilities can reap significant additional maintenance savings from optimising their lighting.

Reduce the need of constantly changing lamps with the installation of LED lighting. Using smart sensors, plan cleaning schedules by use of space and occupancy.

Emergency lighting can be integrated to enable smart automated testing, reducing the need for manual inspection.

Increase productivity and comfort levels

Optimise light and temperature to create comfortable building environments – all year round.

The LED lighting is flicker free and most fittings have a universal glare rating (UGR) of 19 or less – reducing eye strain, improving concentration levels, and therefore improving the building environment, staff output and customer wellbeing.

Embedded smart sensor technology guarantees that light levels are calibrated to the task at hand. And in more relaxed settings, to levels that feel most natural to the eye.

Analyse space utilisation in real-time

Identify occupied/unoccupied areas for energy savings, safety and use data-driven information to determine the best use of space.

Using smart sensors, plan schedules to suit the use of space and occupancy. Data can also be used to contact trace occupants or locate missing equipment.

Solar PV

Generate your own electricity to lower the cost of energy and demonstrate to the public that you’re on track to achieving net zero.

Valuable data driven by smart sensors

Smart sensors and IoT systems go way beyond reducing energy consumption. Actual energy use measurement, basic heat-mapping, real-time location services, asset tracking – all can improve security and provide valuable data for building management analysis.

This is a solid basis for data-driven decision making, for future upgrades and building optimisation.

See our public sector case study

Luton Town Hall in summer, fountains on the foreground

Luton Borough Council

Luton Council has pledged to be a carbon-neutral borough by 2040. CILS has been instrumental…

TESTIMONIALS

We highly appreciated the professional attitude of your team.

The Client [University of Antwerp] is happy, so we all are happy.

BeLux 9

Werner TIPS

Project Manager

Over 4,000 units were installed, energy consumption has been reduced and disruption was minimal.

We have been pleased with the level of customer service provided.

University of Winchester

Matt Jane

Energy Manager

I can only say how happy I am with the system, the team that carried out the changeover from manual to automatic operation, and how a weight has been lifted off my shoulders regarding energy costs.

Wigmore Primary School

Pat Addison

School Business Manager

We were very impressed with your team and have been singing their praises to everyone about the way they have completed this project.

We are delighted with the first set of data reduction figures too, long may it continue!

Putteridge Primary School

Cecilia McCarthy

Business Manager

I have worked with CILS on a number of projects and am always impressed by their ability to produce high quality results on each and every project. The team provides us with innovative solutions and it’s a pleasure to work with a company which is so committed to helping us solve complex problems

Luton Council

Sue Davies

Strategic Energy Manager

CILS refurbished the lights at Peterborough Register Office from the initial discussion and walk-round to removal and installation.

They produced detailed but easily readable plans, communicated excellently, got on with the job and made no mess. The difference it has made to our working environment is much appreciated.

Peterborough City Council

Ruth Hodson

Registration Manager

I am delighted with the result – you could say its ‘blinding’ – it’s so much better than it was before!
We have now the right light levels for the job, and we are saving a load of energy. And to make things even better, I’ve got a 10-year warranty on the lights. As far as I am concerned getting the lighting sorted has been a very good move!

Barkers Motor Works

Richard Barker

Proprietor

Inspire Sports Village is a great example of a project where we invested our own money in order to provide a better sustainable position for the organisation, and also to provide the client who owns the building something that was future-proof. Those intelligent sensors could allow us to reduce further our cost base and be more efficient in the longer term.

Our savings are over 80%. It will provide a better lighting platform for the next 10+ years.
We want to save money so that we can reinvest into the organisation and into the community.

Active Luton

Stuart Trower

Director of Operations

So far, the lighting that we now have has saved us 87%. If a colleague headteacher were to come to me and have a discussion about the whole process, I would urge them to plan this into the development of their school.

Icknield Primary School

Joanna Farbon

Headteacher

I would like to thank you all personally for your professional completion of the Honeywell Leicester office transformation. What has been achieved within such a tight budget is outstanding and a credit to your ingenuity and commitment.

The changes have greatly enhanced the productivity of our meetings and it’s a pleasure to be able to see the details on a spreadsheet at the back of a room. Thanks again for all your support.

HONEYWELL

Matthew Eastwood, BEng (Hons), MIEE

UK Managing Director