| Making tough property decisions. | | | | a single member of staff came to work over an hour |
| One such tough decision is to seek help: In times of | | | | before anyone else and helpfully switched on the |
| recession management consultants seem to | | | | heating and all the lights so it was 'warm and cosy' |
| proliferate, each offering their individual brands of | | | | when everyone else came in. Just managing this |
| wonderful solutions. However, a newer breed of | | | | situation resulted in savings on energy bills of 15%. On |
| consultant, energy management consultants and | | | | top of this there were the lights; left on all day, even in |
| environmental consultants, offer more practical, straight | | | | summer, when there were enough windows and |
| forward solutions to cutting costs without | | | | enough daylight not to need them. |
| compromising the business. Using one of these | | | | You may think these things are fairly obvious. On the |
| companis offering energy management solutions | | | | surface, yes they are, but it's amazing how easily we |
| where this saving is guaranteed is not a touch decision | | | | can all get used to something and not give it serious |
| at all! | | | | thought. It often needs a fresh pair of eyes, and a |
| There are huge benefits that can arise from a detailed | | | | detached view to identify these things. |
| energy assessment of commercial and industrial | | | | Any sensible business owner should always be on the |
| property. These can save clients thousands of pounds | | | | lookout for ways to reduce costs and increase profits; |
| not only by looking at ways the property itself can be | | | | reducing energy bills, with energy efficiency and |
| improved to avoid wasting energy, but also looking at | | | | energy saving advice and recommendations from a |
| the way occupiers use them; it's amazing what they | | | | company offering Energy Management Solutions, is a |
| find! | | | | step in the right direction. |
| As an example: At one property, we discovered that | | | | |