Energy Management

Energy Management is the process of monitoring, controlling, and conserving energy in a building or organisation.

Why is it important?Energy management is the key to saving energy in your organisation. Much of the importance of energy saving stems from the global need to save energy - this global need affects energy prices, emissions targets and legislation, all of which lead to several compelling reasons why you should save energy at your organisation specifi cally.

Expense Reduction Analysts provide practical, engineered solutions to ensure they provide workable, measurable and tangible results and a speedy ROI

1. Behaviours - If you get this sorted, you’re 60% of the way thereSimple changes in behaviour can quickly lead to signifi cant energy savings but such changes will only happen if the people are aware of the energy consumption that they have the power to control. Most people will only be motivated when you can demonstrate just how much energy they are wasting and just how much potential there is for them to improve.

2. Use smart technology to do more with lessWhether this involves investing in simple high effi ciency energy saving lighting, installing active lighting controls or improving your boiler effi ciency we can assist you to evaluate which of the technologies present the biggest opportunities and what fi nancial benefi ts they will deliver. Whether it means simply replacing light bulbs or a full blown building management system, our energy management specialist will help you to make the right choice.

3. Unit rates for EnergyAre you paying competitive rates for your gas and electricity? Our dedicated team have the expertise and industry contacts to ensure you get the most competitive rates

4. Sustainable Energy SourcesWhether you are considering solar thermal water heating, photovoltaic electricity generation or even wind turbines, choosing the right system that delivers actual benefi ts and a return on your investment – Expense Reduction Analysts can help you to fairly assess the benefi ts without being infl uenced by the sales talk.

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Making Sense of the UK’s CRC Energy Effi ciency Scheme

The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Effi ciency Scheme is a government-managed carbon-trading scheme that aims to reduce the energy consumption of larger UK businesses and public-sector organizations.

The CRC scheme can seem complicated but our energy management specialists will cut through the jargon and help you through the minefi eld.

“You don’t need your building’s occupants to gain a holistic awareness of energy consumption, you just need them to understand enough to stop wasting energy themselves!

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Sustainable Energy

To continuously improve your energy management, you need to be able to measure and manage your energy consumption – how can we help you to do this?

1. Measuring your energy consumption

2. Finding and quantifying opportunities to save energy

3. Targeting the opportunities to save energy

4. Tracking your progress at saving energy

Managing your energy consumption effectively is an ongoing process...

Our robust management tools enable us to provide concise data to assist you to manage the information without overloading you with large amounts of data.

Most buildings can easily cut their energy bills by 5 to 10%. Many can save 15% or more.

Typical examples Investment Saving ROI

Burner management unit £3k 16% 6 months

Warehouse relamping £68k 46% 2.6 years

Install building management system £15k (supplied FOC) 19% 1.8 years

Behavioural change Low 10% Immediate

Expense Reduction Analysts custom toolWe can measure and report on your results as regularly as you like which will enable us to;

• Study your patterns of energy usage to identify wastage, to fi nd opportunities for change and to suggest areas for improvement.

• Look for changes in your energy performance to evaluate the effect of improvements that you’ve made, to check whether your targets are being met and to provide evidence of your progress.

Such monitoring and targeting will improve your energy effi ciency, reduce your carbon emissions and increase your profi tability.

To fi nd out more, talk to ERA’s Energy Management specialists Ian Morrison & Steve Clamp, please contact your ERA Associate:

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We provide you with the information, so you can you make reliable choices about where to focus your time and money to deliver the best possible energy management results.

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What caused this spike in energy usage?

Is equipment being lefton overnight?

The business is closed on weekends – what’s using

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