How Can Freesource Help?
All of our technologies have a role in helping business, but our first step will be to discuss your current energy use and how to reduce it.
Energy Efficiency First
A Freesource we believe in putting renewable energy in context. Almost all of our clients have to go through a process of energy use assessment and reduction measures before they invest in renewables. Follow the next few sections and give us a call on 0800 619 1262 for more help.
Before You Start Consider These Three Things
Process
Building Infrastructure
Behaviour
Working Environment
Ask Yourself These Questions
Why do you need energy?
Have you conducted and energy audit?
Can you find ways to reduce your energy use?
Can you train your staff to change their behaviour?
Have you got an energy or environmental policy?
Energy Efficiency Services
Freesource can now offer Energy Saving services for businesses in the following ways:
Buildings and Infrastructure Auditing
Freesource has teams of highly experienced structural, mechanical and electrical engineers able to assess your carbon footprint, recommend how to reduce it and help you access funds to make changes where neccesary
Employee Energy Training
A brand new service to help businesses train staff and business colleagues how to save energy. Simple, effective and foolproof information designed to leave a lasting effect.
Can be run as part of an energy change strategy or on it's own, either way it could save your business and your employees families thousands of pounds.
Environmental Policy Creation
With crises often come changes in legislation and energy is top of the list for things to change. One area your business can stay ahead of this is through creation of an environmental policy.
What Tools Can I Employ To Save Energy?
Freesource has compiled a list of it's favourite energy saving devices, many of which we recommend to clients to reduce their energy load.
The more you include these within a package of energy measures, the more you will save and get the best from things such as renewable energy and offsetting.
Click here for Freesource Energy favourite Energy saving devices |
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Renewable Electricity For Business
Lighting and power for equipment is one of the biggest areas renewables can help with. Solar Power and Wind Power are excellent options to help you cut your bills and reduce your carbon footprint. Click here for solar and wind powered electricity information.
Renewable Heating For Business
Not so easy, but for certain situations businesses can heat their buildings with Wood or Heat Pumps. Wood fuel is a good room heating source for offices and heat pumps work well with underfloor heated buildings, particularly new builds.
Before you go down this route, examine your exisiting heating and insulation first - it may be possible to optimise this and achieve your objective. Click here for renewable heating with heat pumps and solar information.
Renewable Hot Water And Large Scale Water Heating For Business
A smaller issue for most businesses, but where you have hot water needs solar thermal is a great cost effective solution.
If you have large bodies of water to heat, such as swimming pools in a leisure facility , solar thermal can save you a lot of money.
Click here for solar hot water solutions.
Green Energy tarrifs For Business
Seen as a last resort by many, but in truth is often the only practical and cost effective solution for many businesses. It is possible to have 100% of your electricity even if you can;t make it yourself. Click here for green energy tarriff information
Carbon Offsetting For Business
This genuinely should the last resort for anyone looking to relieve their buden of Carbon emmissions. There are many professional organisations seeking investment in their carbon offsetting projects, some in the UK and some overseas. Click here for carbon offsetting information.
Can It Wait ?
Due to a vast number of qualified sources projecting scenarios for our climate in the future there is no time like the present.
Our operating conditions are changing faster and faster and business must change just to stay still.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable energy can help business now and in the future, protecting you with enhanced energy security in an uncertain future.
What To Do Next
If you would like to know more about
Renewable Energy for Business
Energy Audits,
Employee Energy Training
Environmental policies
Call 0800 619 1262 or fill in the form on our Contact page.
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