- When it comes to hot water heating, replace electric hot water units with more energy efficient heat pumps.
- Install timers on instantaneous hot water services to limit their operation to business hours only.
- Talk to a specialist about surveying, designing, supplying, installing and commissioning your lighting needs. energy answers even offers finance packages, to negate the need for capital expenditure. As an example, higher-efficiency tubes use approximately 40 per cent less power than old fluorescent light fittings.
- Install Power Factor Correction equipment which can reduce your monthly electricity charges and help beat hidden running costs of motors and other inductive loads, such as transformers and ballasts. These capacitors work as silent reactive power 'generators' so the total amount of electricity demand decreases.
- Ensure your workforce is aware of, and committed to, your energy management policy or plan. This could include creating an energy management team, encouraging staff to share energy saving ideas, establishing benchmarks or targets and regularly monitoring energy usage
- Undertake a comprehensive energy audit by a specialist. This will not only identify ways to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, but improve your bottom line.
