Combined Heat and Power Association celebrates Innovation - ENER-G Holdings plc

March 14, 2010 - PRLog -- The CHPA’s Gala Dinner and awards ceremony, held at the Banqueting House in Whitehall on the 25th November, showcases the latest achievements within the field of combined heat and power technology over the last 12 months. Hill Dickinson’s specialist energy team was recognised for its work within the field, winning the coveted Innovation Award.

The ceremony, which was attended by several key MPs and representatives of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, rewards those projects or ventures that have demonstrated a significant technological, commercial or financial advance. The award was presented by Lord Whitty, President of the CHPA, to Hill Dickinson for the legal services they provided to National Museums Liverpool (NML) in relation to the recently-completed project to provide energy facilities for the Museum of Liverpool.

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Working with Cynergin Consultants, Hill Dickinson advised NML on the outsourcing of the design, installation and operation of new energy facilities for the Museum of Liverpool. Following a competitive tender process, ENER·G Combined Power Ltd was selected as NML’s preferred partner for the project. The Museum of Liverpool has been designed to replace the former Museum of Liverpool Life and the award recognises Hill Dickinson’s innovative approach to this complex energy facilities project.

The services Hill Dickinson provided for this project involved drafting a complex set of agreements between NML and ENER·G, which set out ENER·G’s commitment to design and install its proposed energy solution for the Museum by early 2010. The contract also outlines ENER·G’s obligation to operate and maintain the installation for a term of 17 years. Hill Dickinson also negotiated for NML a guarantee by the contractor that £500,000 worth of energy and operational costs will be saved annually, against the energy expenditure which NML had projected it would have spent at the Museum, had it not outsourced its requirements to an external contractor.

On the award, Stephen Lansdown, Head of Commerce & Technology at Hill Dickinson, commented: “This complex energy facilities project included a number of features and benefits that have not been realised on other similar projects in the past, so to win this coveted award highlights our expertise and experience in this area and our innovative approach.”

Tony Allen, Executive Director of Finance at National Museums Liverpool, concluded: “The savings that this energy facilities project guarantees will allow funds, which would have gone towards powering, heating and cooling the Museum of Liverpool, to be put towards showcasing NML’s outstanding collections in the best possible way. That the innovation this project demonstrates has been recognised is a tremendous achievement for the Museum, Hill Dickinson and all the other parties involved.”

Hill Dickinson’s energy team is a leading provider of legal services in the field of energy facilities projects involving CHP technology across the UK. Since 2004, the team has completed 13 energy facilities projects involving CHP technology in the public-sector, meaning they have worked on more such projects than any other UK law firm. The team, whose expertise and experience covers sectors as diverse as healthcare, museums and higher education, is currently working on several new energy facilities projects.

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