Energy Efficiency and Your Business: What can be Gained?
 With the ever-increasing prices of energy, it is always perplexing news to hear that small businesses often fail to make themselves energy efficient. A recent survey commissioned by energy supplier, E.ON, suggests that upwards of £7 billion could be saved by small businesses becoming more efficient.
Notwithstanding the environmental concerns surrounding energy usage, small businesses have tight profit margins and tough economic times to be concerned with, which should dictate that energy consumption should be well-regulated in the workplace. But, no matter how many times it is mentioned, small businesses fail to take on board the message that less is more.
E.ON claims that businesses can save up to 20% on their energy bills by using ‘basic low or no-cost energy efficiency measures.’ Businesses don’t use energy monitors, leave windows open with the air conditioning or heating turned on, leave electronics plugged in unnecessarily over night, failing to use energy efficient lighting and wasting gas by not having proper insulation.
These small things can add up to big savings and take minimal effort to implement. For many businesses, it defies logic that money should be wasted unnecessarily, but for others energy-saving measures come at a cost.
The measures that save the most are often expensive and time consuming and can disrupt the business for a few hours. Such measures include insulation, installing more efficient heating and solar panels. However, even these expensive measures save money over time and could help to drive down your costs.
Regardless of the businesses financial situation, however, some energy-saving measures can be implemented.
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