Energy Efficiency for Buildings

Improve the efficiency and sustainability of your assets

Energy efficiency for buildings
Energy efficiency for buildings

International laws and directives for energy use are becoming increasingly stringent. Customers are increasingly conscious of their role in global energy consumption. Building owners and operators need to consider evaluating the benefits of their investments into energy-efficient systems against potential utility savings.

TÜV SÜD provides expert intelligence and onsite energy efficiency advice for commercial, industrial and residential real estate on both existing building structures and systems as well as in the pre-construction phase. Our experts also help you optimise your facilities and processes.

Our Services

Energy and media efficiency (TÜV SÜD EME standard for real estate and production infrastructure)

  • TÜV SÜD offers an integrated approach to energy efficiency that analyses the entire building envelope, systems and components.
  • Our services help to reduce energy consumption, operating costs and CO2 emissions, while at the same time ensuring production quality, and compliance with legal requirements, standards and directives.
  • We support you in realising corporate objectives and strategic direction, assessment of systems and more.
  • This integrated approach includes energy audits, on-site workshops and more.

Energy audits

  • Our experts study your building’s use of energy to identify opportunities for energy conservation and establish an energy management programme.
  • This begins with a thorough energy efficiency audit to determine ways to reduce the building’s specific energy consumption (SEC) and ends with an assessment that quantifies the savings potential for each of the proposed measures along with the costs and return on investment.

Energy consultancy for buildings

  • Our energy efficiency consultants provide reliable evaluation of a building’s potential for energy optimisation and help clients understand energy consumption and areas of wastage.
  • We identify opportunities to resell excess energy back to the national grid or neighbouring developments.
  • TÜV SÜD offers full mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) design capabilities to deliver a complete service from initial audit through to the installation and commissioning of the revised building systems.

Energy management system consultancy

  • TÜV SÜD helps you set up an ISO 50001-compliant Energy Management System (EnMS) that will enable you to integrate energy management best practices into your current management system.

Energy modelling and simulation

  • Our experts use 3D computer modelling and dynamic simulation modelling (DSM) to conduct energy efficiency and energy simulation studies for an accurate representation of a building’s energy consumption.
  • This helps building owners and operators understand the relationship between various systems and may be used to support decisions to adopt green measures.

Lighting simulation

  • Using advanced lighting simulation software, tools and techniques, our experts can recommend ways to maximise the use of natural lighting to reduce lighting energy costs by up to 60 per cent.

Certification

  • TÜV SÜD provides energy efficiency certification for ‘Energy-Efficient Enterprise’, lift systems, plants and systems, as well as heating, refrigeration and air-conditioning products.
  • Your building will receive the TÜV SÜD certification mark if it fulfils all criteria.

Training

  • Our customised training programmes include EnMS awareness training, energy auditor training, technical energy manager training and M&V protocol training.

Your Benefits

  • Save money - by improving the cost effectiveness of your building and its systems. Our experts pinpoint potential areas for energy savings and make recommendations to maximise the efficiency of your assets.

  • Safeguard your investment - with sustainable energy schemes and certifications that can significantly enhance the value of your assets.

  • Gain legal compliance - by improving the transparency of your production processes to comply with increasingly stringent national and international statutory requirements, and climate change regulations.

  • Strengthen your competitive edge - with a TÜV SÜD certified commitment to sustainable development that serves as a powerful marketing tool to help your company stand out.

  • Profit from our holistic approach - with a customised service package and objective expert reports on energy-related issues.

  • Offer tenants a better quality of life - with a sustainable energy policy that enhances your building’s value and motivates building occupants to implement their own energy conservation efforts.

  • Save time with an expert partnership - that delivers these services effectively and on schedule, allowing you to focus on your core business goals. Energy efficiency is a core competency of TÜV SÜD.