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Watt a Waste: 32p in every pound powering IT and general office equipment
We’re all under pressure to ramp up productivity and cut costs but if strategic investments are to be protected, then productivity gains will need to derive from the supporting operational systems and infrastructure. read more
How businesses can save money on their energy bills
There is no doubt that companies are becoming increasingly energy-conscious, especially when you consider that wholesale prices show no sign of decreasing. If you throw in a growing environmental agenda and a gloomy economic backdrop, then we shouldn’t be surprised that a key priority for businesses is to save money on energy usage. read more
What can businesses do to reduce energy costs?
If business owners weren't committed to reducing energy consumption before the recent price hikes, many are now given the significant opportunity to save expenditure. read more
Kilo-What?
Research by the business savings experts, Make It Cheaper, shows that only 15% of small businesses know what rate they are paying for electricity and only 16% of businesses managed to switch supplier each year. read more
Managing Sustainability Profitably
For most large businesses it is understood that managing greenhouse gas emissions is no longer an activity that is optional or even a low priority. read more
Energy Consultancy Question CRC Progress In Connecting With Businesses
M&C Energy Group, the UK’s largest energy consultancy, has criticised the progress made in connecting with participants in the new CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and questioned the government’s effectiveness in communicating impending deadlines. read more
Energy Efficiency Becomes Priority For Businesses
Business owners are pushing energy efficiency higher up their agenda when choosing potential new premises, in a bid to cut costs. read more
Greening Your Business
There has been a lot written and discussed about how we in business are going to have to clean up our acts in relation to how we use power, resources and deal with the waste from our businesses. With the introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment we are now facing legislation to enforce greener behaviour or face financial penalty. read more
Energy Efficiency In The Workplace
Amanda Beard of The Phone Co-op outlines some of the strategies that the co-operative has used to cut energy consumption — and costs — over the past couple of years despite significant growth in employee numbers. read more
Three Golden Rules To Going Green In 2010
Sustainability experts Envirowise are encouraging businesses to put three golden rules for resource efficiency high on their agenda during 2010. read more
