Checklist: using energy efficiently
Efficiency steps you should take to help your business to save as much money and energy as possible.
Using energy more efficiently will save your business money by cutting your energy bills. To help identify potential savings you should:
- Conduct a walk-round survey of your business to spot immediate money and energy-saving opportunities.
- Assign responsibility for energy efficiency to someone within the business and give them the necessary time and resources to do the job thoroughly.
- Take regular meter readings to get an accurate picture of how much energy your business is using and where the biggest savings could be made - see how to monitor your energy use.
- Contact organisations like the Carbon Trust. They offer telephone consultancy and on-site visits to businesses that use a lot of energy - see energy efficiency: sources of advice and financial help.
- Check that you are on the correct energy tariff. For example, if you have a 'day/night' tariff but do not use electricity overnight, it's likely that your bills are higher than they need to be.
- Talk to alternative suppliers of energy about the tariffs they could offer you and whether these beat the terms offered by your current supplier.
- Consider inviting energy companies to tender for your business.
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