The document provides various energy-saving tips for businesses as winter approaches, including using energy-efficient lighting, monitoring appliance usage, and reducing unnecessary printing. It emphasizes the importance of proper heating, accurate bill monitoring, and the potential savings from switching energy suppliers. Implementing these strategies can lead to significant cost reductions and more efficient energy use.

1. Energy Saving Tips
preparing your business for winter
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2. Start off simple with a bright idea...
As within the home, energy saving lightbulbs are the
quickest way to start saving energy in your business.
Also consider using motion sensor lighting in areas
that aren’t used as frequently, such as staffrooms,
stockrooms, or hallways.
Make sure to remove any unnecessary light fittings,
and clean them yearly so they always perform at their
best level.
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3. Freezing hot
If your business uses chill cabinets at all, think about
where you keep them. Are any of yours near a
doorway or in direct sunlight?
This causes them to work harder to keep their
contents cool and as a result end up costing you
more money.
Consider installing blinds if the unit can’t be moved
from the sunlight to help keep things cool.
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4. Wave goodbye to wasted money
Is there a microwave in your staffroom? Turning it off at the wall after everyone’s had
their lunch will save you energy as it’s no longer powering the time display.
Keeping an eye on the kettle is also a good idea, make sure no one boils more than they
need, descale it regularly, and you’ll soon be on the way to saving more pennies for the
staff Christmas do.
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5. Turned on, or turned off?
Another idea for the staffroom is to put up posters
reminding staff to turn appliances off after they’ve
been used, and to turn the lights off when they leave
the room.
Maybe consider running a competition to see who
can offer the best ideas for helping your business
save money and energy.
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6. Every little helps
Offices are usually the biggest culprits for wasted energy - and the bigger the office, the
worse the problem.
Do you really need to print that email? Could you make a note of it somewhere safe?
Printers use a lot of electricity so cut down the use where possible.
Consider keeping a tub of scrap paper by the printer for things that need to be printed but
aren’t official documents, and you’ll be helping the environment as well.
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7. Energy savers?
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away,
it was considered that screen savers were
pretty efficient for helping to save energy
(as well as avoiding screen damage). That’s
no longer the case with modern screens
and computers.
Encourage everyone to use the most
economic settings, and more importantly,
turn the computers (and printers!) off at
the end of the day.
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8. Ice, ice, baby...
Does your building use a lot of heating? Is
that heating often left on outside of working
hours?
Make sure you set the timers properly so
that you’re not heating up an empty shop,
restaurant, or office.
Also consider using a thermostat to maintain
a constant temperature, but keep in mind
that every degree increase is costing you
more money.
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9. Set yourself reminders
It really is surprising the amount of businesses that pay their bills
blindly each month.
If you’re not providing accurate meter readings, checking your bills,
and looking at your consumption then you’re throwing money away.
Read your next bill when it comes in, and compare it to what your
meters say. Get in the habit of sending a reading each month.
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10. Now for the important stuff
Something as simple as paying your energy bills by
direct debit can help you save up to £100.
Make sure you talk to your provider to be certain that
you’re getting the best deal.
Some suppliers also offer discounts for little options
such as receiving your bills online instead of the old
fashioned way in the post.
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11. How can EAL help you?
Even bigger savings can come if you haven’t switched your supplier recently.
You could be on the higher out of contract rates without even realising it.
Switching saves customers an average of £200 a year, thanks to the competitive rates
offered to entice new customers.
So what are you waiting for? Give us a ring and find out what you could be saving.
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