Checklist for workplace energy efficiency [free resource]
As part of our Energy Pioneer Award, our team have developed a set of criteria which helps to determine how much progress an organisation are making in terms of energy efficiency and carbon reduction. The criteria falls into 8 key sections: Section 1: Energy data collection and analysis Section 2: Energy and carbon reduction goals…
How to reduce energy use in a manufacturing business
Every business or organisation could improve their energy efficiency, reducing energy use, running costs, and environmental impact. But different measures and actions make sense for different business types and premises. For manufacturing businesses, the main area of energy use is likely to come from equipment and appliances, which are often running constantly and need to…
Our top 3 tips for reducing energy use in the workplace right now
1. Power down when not in use When our team visit businesses to assess their premises, we often see energy-using appliances – computers, photocopiers, water coolers, fans, vending machines – that are left turned on constantly, even when there’s no one in the room or the building. Making sure these items are switched off when…
How to de-carbonise your organisation’s heating bills
Heating usually accounts for up to 50% of the energy use in a building, so it’s a significant area to consider when exploring energy efficiency improvements. In this webinar Moira Dorey and Michael Esvelt (both part of the Environmental Information Exchange team at Oxford Brookes University) explored different ways to de-carbonise heating within the premises…
Understanding the energy usage of your organisation
A crucial step in the process of making energy efficiency improvements to a building is understanding your existing energy performance and use in order to identify improvements. Oxford Brookes’ Environmental Information Exchange team (one of our three project partners) are experts at undertaking energy assessments and audits, and in this webinar we were joined by…