In his address to the Conservative party conference, Chancellor George Osborne expressed a desire to protect businesses from financial pressures, such as the rising price of energy. He also commented that the UK should not be expected to reduce its carbon emissions any faster, or slower, than the rest of Europe.
This means high energy users will still have to participate in the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC EES) and be taxed on their carbon emissions, as well as finding the funds to pay for more expensive energy. Consequently, it now makes even more commercial sense to take control of energy consumption.
However, as many of the 90% of CRC EES participants who have submitted their first reports have found, gathering and analysing the necessary information can be time-consuming and expensive in its own right. And without information on how and where energy is being used, it’s impossible to manage it effectively. And, of course, all of this pain is before anyone has been asked to produce their Evidence Pack!
So any tool that can make this process easier, reducing management time and costs while also improving the effectiveness of energy management has to be worthy of consideration. The CRC management module in Causeway’s Sustainability iQ suite does just that.
