Operational costs are an essential element of any business, big or small. In some industries, these costs are heavily impacted by energy consumption: cooling, heating, machinery, transport – all necessary to deliver a final product and all responsible for a significant share of expenses in the balance sheet.
The good news is, today’s technologies allow for companies to save energy and reduce environmental impact while staying competitive. More than that: today’s energy efficiency regulations demand such improvements, requiring businesses to report their environmental performance and comply with the minimum standards of the Energy Efficiency Directive.
However, a question grows in many managers’ minds: where to start? Which energy-saving measures to implement in their business, considering that there is no one-size-fits-all? And how to streamline reporting, ensuring that it does not take a toll on human resources but remains accurate?
Thinking of them, BUSINESS2ACT is developing an energy efficiency support program for businesses that respects the uniqueness of companies while guiding them through regulations, energy system implementation steps, and reporting:
Templates and roadmaps
Project partners will develop guidelines and templates that companies can transfer to their case and streamline the implementation of energy-saving measures proposed by audits.
Self-assessment tools
The tools developed by the projects will help manangers understand in which energy consumption their business fits and which legal obligations apply. They also allow for self-assessment of digital maturity, providing an estimation of how ready a business is for the ISO 50001 certification.
Overview of legal obligations
Depending on their size, different companies must comply with different standards. Our partners help managers understand what are their obligations and how to fulfill them.
Cost-effective recommendations
Our partners assess the reports from energy audits and support companies with prioritising, ranking recommended measures according to their impact on the business.
Benchmarking
BUSINESS2ACT aggregates anonymised data from companies and builds threshold-categorised cases to find trends.
Training
Based on real-life testing, our partners will offer courses and webinars to support companies with accelerating and streamlining the implementation of energy management systems.
Whether your business is a heavy energy consumer or a small-scale workshop, energy efficiency is not only a legal obligation, but also a weapon of market competitiveness. Apply today and get free support!
