GE Aviation Services

Services

- Energy studies and asset management

- Maintenance and facilities management

- Mechanical & electrical services

What was our client looking for?

GE Aviation, one of the world’s leading producers of jet engines for commercial and military aircraft, have been working with MITIE since 1991 on a range of services valued at more than £47m over the last 20 years. In 2009 MITIE won a contract to maintain the 200+ air conditioning systems on site that were in a poor state of repair. In less than 12 months all the systems had been serviced and a full F-Gas register had been compiled.

In 2010 MITIE reached agreement to introduce a pro-active phase out plan to remove these inefficient R22 systems and replace them with the environmentally friendly R410A systems.

How did we help?

MITIE based a dedicated team of technical and supervisory staff on site to work alongside the client’s environmental, health and safety teams. We targeted 28 systems per year to replace, grading systems from the most critical to the least essential. We compiled an agreed schedule of rates and kept all costs transparent. Every new system has a built in time clock to suit the environment and PIR sensors were installed which will only allow the system to run if it senses that the space is occupied, reducing energy costs even further.

The results

Working with MITIE, GE invested a considerable budget on more sustainable equipment and this has reduced energy bills by more than 20% per annum. The payback period for this investment is less than 5 years.

Overall this project represents a partnership with the vision to look beyond the initial capital cost and realise the long term benefits and energy savings that were there to be made.

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