The "Double Footprint," encompassing an energy development project's carbon and water footprints, is a crucial indicator of a project's sustainability and optimisation. Every energy project presents a unique blend of emissions and water resource challenges that must be managed and minimised to consider the project as optimised and sustainable truly.
EPConsult Energies (EP) supports the Carbon World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the World Water Forum and the UK government scheme designed to improve energy efficiency and cut CO2 emissions for high energy users: the Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme.
EP makes use of its vast experience and analysis techniques when supporting its clients with strategies and technologies that will help them implement responsible energy solutions that are smart, clean and efficient.
EP can take full ownership from start to finish in managing the Double Footprint assessment and the sustainable development solution as an independent consultant or we can work in an integrated team.
Society, the environment and industry require energy solutions that are suitable, sufficient and sustainable. Our approach follows these guiding principles:
- Suitable in a way that the carbon footprint can be justified and that the water footprint that is left behind is acceptable and environmentally responsible.
- Sufficient such that energy supply and demands are understood, managed and monitored, and that security of energy supply, transmission and distribution are not compromised, and
- Sustainable – such that we improve our understanding of how the long-term solution is adequate from a resource, supply, economics, environmental and social perspective.
The success of humanity’s long-term balance between energy consumption and the ecosystem depends on understanding and applying the Double Footprint approach; and this applies on a local, regional and global scale.
In addition to the above, there are also very real benefits to companies that embrace the Double Footprint concept in that by being proactive and investing a little time and effort at the design stage, long-term savings can be achieved.
EP specialises in supporting organisations and the industry in deriving Double Footprint solutions.
At each Energy Development stage we verify that the suitability, sufficiency and sustainability checks are in-sync with pre-set development requirements.
EPConsult Energies applies many technologies, techniques, processes and study methodologies to support our Clients in deriving technically feasible and economically viable energy solutions, See also Concept Selection.
To discuss how EP can assist you in realising the benefits of implementing the Double Footprint concept, we invite you to propose a call or a meeting and you may contact us here enquiries@ep-consult.co.uk
