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As you will no doubt be aware, the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) will soon be with us, with all of its regulatory demands and obligations, with the purpose of reducing the carbon output of an organisation, and at the same time reducing energy costs for companies that are being proactive. For companies that have not yet started to prepare themselves, there could be considerable financial and reputation impacts.
We at Monument Info Search have several years experience in the area of Energy management and sustainable energy saving techniques. Aslow carbon consultants in design, operation and simulation, we can formulate an energy saving strategy that will reduce your carbon emissions across the whole organisation.
We can help with the implementation of an energy management system to BS EN 16001 that drives down energy use and cost, ensuring that there is buy-in from the top down, which will incorporate energy specific training for the relevant staff.
Now is the time to act the longer that this is left, the worse it will get. Don’t delay contact us for a no obligation discussion and find out how we can help you reduce your carbon emissions and energy costs the painless way.
The below table indicates the approximate additional monthly cost that an organisation will need to pay in addition to the current fuel cost, from April 2011.
It is already estimated that 20% of organisations that qualify for CRC are not prepared for these changes and are waiting to see what will happen, which as you can see from the above, will be quite a costly additional expense.
The strategy that most organisations will employ will be to install a few more energy meters, in what may seem like the right places, then initiate an energy awareness campaign, that will involve a switch off exercise, that will produce immediate results. The only problem with this approach is that it is a short sharp shock and in a short period of time old habits will return.
Energy awareness campaigns, such as switching lights and computers off will give an immediate reduction of between 10-15%, but the major energy consuming equipment, if approached in the right way could offer energy reduction of an additional 20% plus.
The Carbon Reduction Commitment encourages organisations to engender a culture of continuous energy reductions month on month, year on year, but without the right skills and advice, there will be lost opportunities and wasted money.
The Carbon Reduction Commitment is designed to do what it says – reduce carbon, but there are many financial pit falls for the unwary, e.g. failure to register and declare the correct carbon emissions could cost organisations up to £70,000. In addition to this are the allowance costs, which in the first year is set at £12/TCO2, (See above table), which is predicted to increase as the emission caps come into force and allowances are traded on the secondary market.
The transition does not need to be painful if you have the right support, unless you are one of the more fortunate organisations and have a full time energy manager that has several year of experience in dealing with a host of complex and diverse situations, time and money will be wasted, while you learn from very costly mistakes.
