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Monday 10 September 2012

Saving electrcity in your commercial or industrial site

This Blog post is written by Jonathan Anstey of Carbon Management Services and explains about an emerging technology for business to save money on electric and reduce their carbon footprint.

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Businesses could be wasting up to 20 per cent of the energy you pay for?


Around 90 per cent of electricity consumers pay for more than they need. Power supplied by the distribution network isn’t at the optimum voltage, so your equipment is being over-supplied with subtle but significant consequences.
 This can be expensive, however it can be corrected by fitting a Voltage Optimisation System. 

How does it work?

Most electrical equipment in Europe is designed and manufactured to run at 220V but most buildings are supplied voltage much higher than this. Around 90% of UK buildings use more electricity than they actually need - simply because their power is not optimised.

If your power is not optimised, you are paying up to 20% more electricity than you need and at the same time, emitting up to 15% more CO2.

In one stroke, the “Enviro-Volt ™ Voltage Optimisation System" can, cut energy consumption, reduce your costs and emissions, and protect your equipment – going green has never been more profitable. 

Why should you optimise your supply?

Electrical equipment (such as motors, HVAC and lighting) performs inefficiently when exposed to excessive voltage and poor power quality. Take a normal 230V rated lamp – when run at 240V, it will fail after 550 hours instead of 1000, drawing nine per cent more energy. Now imagine that problem spread across an entire site, with every single component failing faster and wasting energy.
That’s expensive and can be corrected by fitting an “Enviro-Volt” Voltage Optimisation System.

If you'd like to find out more about Voltage optimisation, We invite you to have a survey carried out at your site/ sites; which is complimentary and will allow us to put together a proposal detailing how much money and CO₂ the site stands to save.




Jonathan Anstey
Business Development Manager
Carbon Management Services

M: +44 (0) 7590 679 477 T: +44 (0) 207 296 0000

Cheaper Electricity & Gas costs covered by loyal customers


Cheaper electricity and gas offers are costing long standing loyal customers over £150 more than they should be paying every year, MPs have been told.
However cheap deals for switching to another energy company are soon lost when energy firms ramp up their prices to claw money back, the Commons Energy Select Committee were told
About eight out of ten families that stay with the same provider – do so not knowing that the extra cash they pay out is used to attract new business.
Labour MP John Robertson said: “There are 85% of customers who don’t switch. What do they get for being loyal?” He added: “The perception of you guys is that you’re all a bunch of money-grabbing so-and-sos.”
Robertson’s remarks came after Stephen Fitzpatrick, the head of new provider Ovo Energy, told MPs that Britain’s big six energy giants were abusing loyal customers who did not like switching tariffs.
Fitzpatrick said: “We’re seeing an increase in the big six selling products to new customers at a loss in order to squeeze out new competition.”
He added: “It is predatory pricing to stifle competition.
“This is the biggest problem in the electric and gas sector. You could have two houses next to each other, using the same amount of energy, with one paying hundreds of pounds a year more than the other.”
He added that the poorest and most vulnerable people were those least likely to switch energy suppliers. Many of the cheaper gas and electricity deals are given on 'internet only tariffs' customers who don't switch are the older generation may not have access to the internet so keep paying more, yet they are the ones who need it most!
Britain’s top energy chiefs yesterday rejected Mr Fitzpatrick’s claims – but there was an admission they had not always treated customers properly.
85% of customers are paying too much for their bills to cut the costs paid by 15% of new customers who switch. Customers should be spending around £150 a year less.
EDF director Martin Lawrence admitted the big six had been “too clever” trying to rake in more profits in the past. He said: “(Have we) woken up and smelt the coffee? I think you’re right.”

Only time will tell, however there is one supplier that is different in the UK...