Author Archives: SBrierley

Degree Days – accounting for the weather

The weather – or rather, the external temperature – has a significant effect on energy use, particularly in buildings or for heating energy use.  It is important to consider these factors when assessing energy use or looking for areas of excess consumption. Degree days help us to understand how hot or cold it’s been.  They […]

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Published Periodic datasets

Published Datasets The data held in Energy-Link is fluid – this means that it is continually updated with new information and refreshed data due to withdrawn accounts and re-bills.  These occur frequently for energy due to changes with meter readings and tariffs.  However, to enable Network Rail’s period and budget reporting we also publish static […]

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Energy Management Tools

Energy Management is a complex field, with lots of different elements to be taken into account.  For those with little experience it can be difficult to navigate.  We have developed a range of tools to help guide you through the process. Energy-Link is the primary tool for managing energy throughout the business.  Find out more […]

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Respiratory standard

To enable a sustainable approach to the management of the long term health and wellbeing of our employees, and achieve our vision of Everyone Home safe Every day, Network Rail has published a standard to support the proactive management of employees’ respiratory health. The purpose of this standard is to highlight the importance of identifying […]

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MORR Policy

The Management of Occupational Road Risk (MORR) Policy; NR/L1/OHS/210, has been created to provide guidance on Network Rail’s approach to managing the risk to our colleagues when they are driving on behalf of Network Rail. The new policy has a compliance date of 01 July 2017. The following materials have been made available to provide […]

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Organisation information

The Central Energy Management team at Network Rail sits within Environment and Sustainable Development in Safety, Technical and Engineering (STE) and works within a matrix of connected service providers.  The Central team aims to provide policy, business guidance and strategic direction for the reduction of energy and water consumption across the Network Rail estate, leading to […]

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Energy-Link and Published Data

Network Rail Energy Link is our new easy-access energy management system, through which our energy billing and data is processed, managed and stored.  This new system replaces the Railway Energy Database (RED) and holds detailed information on the metering assets and their consumption. The system can be accessed via: https://nr.systems-link.com/default.aspx To request access to Energy […]

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Utility Standards & Processes

Standards and controls pertaining to utilities are managed and maintained by the Central Energy Management Team.  They are currently being reviewed, and will be uploaded on completion. Route Utility Specialists are responsible for maintaining the utility supply change process. All requests for new supplies, disconnections and changes to supplies MUST be made through them. Route […]

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