Energy Saving at Work

Painting rooms in light colours makes a huge difference to natural light reflection, reducing powered lightling bills.

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I was honoured to be asked to talk to the South Leicestershire branch of the FSB last night on Energy Saving in the Workplace. With ever increasing energy prices and a raft of new legislation to encourage business to be more energy aware, there’s no better time for companies to control their consumption closely. 
Energy monitoring is [...]

Avoid the battle between air conditioning and heating.
Check that heating and air conditioning do not come on together. This is a common mistake whereby companies turn on heating in the morning after cold night but a sunny day follows over heating the building and setting off air conditioning units.

Hold an energy awareness meeting, quiz or fun day and invite wider members of your organisation. Invite a speaker from your local energy saving advice centre or local council’s energy team to come and talk to your business.

Computer monitors use twice the energy of the PC itself.  If the computer cannot be turned off, them turn off the monitor.

Many companies invest in trendy Plasma screens for their reception to cycle standard presentations selling the virtues of their company. But consider this; on average a traditional cathode ray tube television uses 100 watts of power when in use and 2 watts on standby. Newer LCD and Plasma screens are higher users of energy, with [...]

In summer, use fans wherever possible instead of air conditioning and ventilate at night this way when practical. Using fans with air con allows you to raise the thermostat temperature, using less energy. In addition, fans cost far less to buy and run than air conditioning units.