Assembling greater energy efficiency within your business can save you money allowing you to increase your profits and grow your business. While not every business recognises environmental values, however if they are shrewd operators they should certainly identify putting a stop to squandering money. The potential saving of energy on a business especially at an industrial scale should spark your attention as in many cases can be significant and rewarding. The large supermarket giant Sainsbury’s recently identified energy efficient gaps within their own operation of stores. Forward thinking they spotted that through installing renewable ground source heat pumps which harness heat generated from the rear of the storage fridges will allow them to heat the entirety of each store. Now your business doesn’t necessarily need to invest large sums of money to create lucrative savings, below we have listed the most cost effective and easy to reach energy saving tips across any size business.

Carry out your own office energy audit

To begin with you should analyse your business energy expenditure, highlighting areas which could easily be improved upon. This should include a physical examination of the building infrastructure, noting down problematic areas that you believe are instrumental in squandering energy. Once you have gathered your findings you can begin to organise a scheme that would help to reduce any excessive energy waste. You should aim to prioritise your findings in a descending merit of balancing reward vs expense. At the end of it you should have a delightful looking chart or list how ways you can improve your energy expenditure, from this you can decide how and which categories you will execute, some may simply not be worth the initial expense.

Upgrade to energy efficient devices in particular electrical ones

Outdated devices and in particularly electrical ones can often consume a great deal more electricity than their present day successors. It doesn’t matter how silly or insignificant you might think they sound, they soon add up. For example perhaps in your eyes an insignificant inefficiency is using paper towels in the staff toilets. There is of course the labour and cost of refilling the dispensers. An alternative would of course be an low energy consumption hand dryer that requires no maintenance what so ever. An other example would be investigating the efficiency of your computer monitors. You can readily purchase a brand new LED monitor with 2 year warranty for under £60. Through upgrading your offices computer monitor you should expect to be saving around 80% in running costs in comparison to an outdated flat CRT monitor which depending on use can typically costs around £80 in electricity per year.

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Optimising your heating 

Maintaining your workspace heating will account for a decent proportion of your business expenses so it pays dividends to posses an efficient heating system. A great advantage is equipping your business with a sophisticated programmable heating system. Commercial electric radiators provide you with an upper hand in that you can pre program your heating requirements around your business hours leading to little waste. You can change your heating schedule as regularly as you like most commonly in accordance with annual seasons. Moreover you have the peace of mind knowing that your heating system is fixed to your working hours meaning that there is little chance of having the misfortune of it being left on overnight. In addition if you have accidentally left a window open the radiators are capable of detecting this and adapting their energy consumption leading to minimal wasted energy.

Minimise the use of synthetic light

You should take a close look at the type of lighting within your business, asking yourself the question is that level of lighting essential. Try to use as much natural window light as possible, turning lights on throughout the day during lighter periods of the year may prove unnecessary. In instances where artificial lighting is essential you should investigate the possibility of fitting dimmers and adjusting the intensity of light to a more efficient and workable level. Another advantage would be to equip your rooms with lighting sensors that will detect monition within an unoccupied room signalling lights to come on. Again if a room is unoccupied the sensors will turn lights off, this is particularly beneficial when occupants accidentally depart a room without turning lights off. If you haven’t heard of LED lights then you have been living in the dark ages for too long. Retro fitting dated energy light bulbs with LED ones should save you a considerable sum over the course of the year.

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Consider solar panels or other renewable free clean

If you have carried out an audit on your business premises you may have noted the potential use of an unoccupied roof space. Whether your property is a warehouse construction, an office or a retail store you may begin to consider the benefits from installing solar panels or alternative clean renewable generator. With your very own 100% renewable energy supply you can offset your energy bills since you will not need to purchase as much electricity from the grid.

VOIP as much as possible saving transport emissions

in 2017 you should look to take advantage from the latest technology that permits you to hold a face to face live conference stream. There are lots of applications such as Skype that you can download within minutes and be creating live camera conferencing any where in the world. This itself being huge savings in carbon emissions. Just think that instead of physically getting into your car and driving to a meeting or even flying to your destination it’s possible to have a comparable interaction at a fraction of the emissions and cost. Nearly all modern iPhones now come preinstalled with an application called face time, this application uses the inner ‘selfie’ camera to capture your face and surroundings.

Recycled printing paper in a nutshell

Does it require more energy to produce recycled paper than new paper. The answer to this procedure also would be yes the process does require more energy to manufacture due to the essential cleaning element. Having said that if we place a magnifying glass over the remaining energy expenditure in processing wood chips into pulp then the production of recycled paper immediately presents 50% less energy than using new trees! Most modern printers now posses the ability to automatically print documents on both sides of paper without you having to manually do it. All you need to do is select from the drop down menu in the print review print both sides, it really is as easy as that. Regardless of whether you decide to purchase new or recycled paper, If you surrender the consumption of half the amount of paper through merely utilising both side when printing, then how easy is that!