10 Simple Energy Saving Tips For Your Business

Saving energy is one of the most effective ways of cutting down your business costs. Making even seemingly minute changes to the way your business utilizes energy could result in huge savings. To get a better understanding of how much energy your business is using and where it could make the biggest energy savings, try to take regular meter readings.

To help you get started on saving money in your business, the following are our top tips from Corgihomeplan for low-cost and no-cost energy efficiency measures that are easy to carry out.

Involve your Employees

The most effective way to save energy in any organization is to involve everyone within it. 5% to 10% savings are common, usually through the staff suggesting and implementing the measures listed below. Find out more about Carbon Trust’s recommendations for developing an energy awareness campaign.

Control the Heating

Try to lower your heating temperatures during winter months by just one degree. This can effectively cut your heating bills by up to 8%. Conversely, during the summer months, consider increasing the set point for your air conditioning. Make sure that the thermostats are accurate by placing them away from direct sunlight or draughts. Click here to learn more about HVAC technology.

Avoid Heat Wastage

Keep the windows and doors closed when the HVAC system is running. Fitting draught excluders and ensuring that your premises are insulated should be cost-efficient, with very short payback times.

Reduce Artificial Lighting

When you keep your skylights and windows clean, you’ll cut the amount of energy spent on lighting. In case you’re only working in one part of a room, isolate any artificial lights in that area only. Ensure that all switches are labeled so that employees only turn on the lights they need. Consider installing daylight and presence sensors to turn the lights on or off automatically. Learn more about light-related energy-saving measures here.

Switch off Office Equipment

A single monitor and computer left on for 24 hours will cost about $50 a year. Switching it off for out-of-office hours or enabling standby features will reduce this to about $15 a year. You could install seven-day timers to make sure that equipment such as copiers, printers, and water chillers are turned off at night and during the weekends.

Compress the Air Costs

Usually, compressed air is produced at maximum pressure. Lowering pressure by 10% could lead to a 5% savings in energy. Make gradual and incremental reductions, making sure that operations are not affected. Be sure to also test for and fix any leaks regularly, consider even the tiniest of leaks could end up costing you a lot of money in wasted energy. Learn more about how to save energy when dealing with compressed air.

Check the Motors

Since most motors are located inside the machinery, they are easy to forget, and may easily be left running even while not in use. You can generate significant energy savings by turning off motors during job changes or breaks. To generate even more savings, motor driving fans or pumps can be controlled with variable-speed drives. Find out more about how to save energy with drives and motors more effectively.

Shut the Cold Room Door

It will cost you an average of $4 every hour a freezer door stays open. For refrigerated cabins, you may consider fitting inexpensive PVC curtains or blinds. Learn more about reducing your overall refrigeration costs.

Maintain Equipment

A common factor across all the measures listed above is the fact that you need to maintain your equipment to ensure that it is working efficiently. This ranges from cleaning fittings and fixtures to keeping filters clean, checking seals, and fixing any leaks or holes.

Measure your savings

Ensure that you read your meters regularly to stay on track with your savings. It will let you identify how effective the measures are and where energy is still being wasted.