Tips and Advice for Saving Energy For Your Business

Owning a business means that a lot of responsibility rests on your shoulders and now, thanks to the introduction of EPCs for all buildings with a useful floor space of 1000m2 you have the added responsibility of thinking about the energy efficiency of your business premises. EPCs or Energy Performance Certificates are now required by law for all buildings that fit into a certain category (for more information on this speak to CR Energy who have fully trained Energy Assessors who are able to discuss your EPC needs with you). These EPCs not only inform yourself and the public about the energy efficiency of your business premises, they also contain a report with recommendations on how you can save energy within your business. If you want to save energy in your business here are a few ways that you can do this: • Take notice of the recommendations made on the report with the EPC. If you have not got an EPC for your building check with CR Energy to see if you need one for yours and if so book in for one of the professional Energy Assessors to visit and perform the assessment. • Choose energy efficient electrical appliances and products for your business as these will save energy each year. You can see the energy efficiency of a number of electrical goods as they are now stickered with a rating. • Make sure that all of your employees know about the importance of saving energy and make them aware of how they can do this every day at work. • Turn down the thermostat in your building as this will save energy. • Make sure that the building that you are in is correctly insulated, this might only be possible if you actually own the building. • Make sure that all electrical equipment is switched off each night, when you are the business owner this is quite easy particularly if you are the last person in the building at night. • Don’t keep computers, printers and photocopiers on when they are not in use. Contrary to popular belief switching equipment on and off does not use up more energy than leaving them in standby. By doing this you could save around £10 per item that you would normally leave in standby per year. • Use timers on electrical equipment and lighting that does not need to be on all the time, so during the night and at weekends energy is not used needlessly. As you can see there are plenty of ways that you can save energy in your business and save money at the same time. If you are in doubt about how to save energy in your business you need to speak to CR Energy who will be more than happy to assist you.