How to Make Your Office Equipment More Energy Efficient

Here at BES Utilities, we like to support our customers wherever we can. We regularly provide you with tips to reduce your company’s energy bills, so you can increase your ventures profit margins. This week, BES Utilities looks into how you can make your office equipment more energy efficient.

Why go efficient?

As a small business owner, it is in your best interest to install energy efficiency measures in your office. This will allow you to use less energy without damaging your firm’s productivity, allowing you to streamline your energy bills. How can you go about making your workspace more energy efficient?

We suggest you get a smart meter fitted – if you are a BES Utilities customer, we will do this for you, free of charge. With this, you can see how much energy your business uses day-to-day. This is because smart meters have an in-office display showing you how much power you are using in real-time. Now you know how much energy your business generates, you can work on reducing your energy usage.

Make equipment work for you

One area you might want to look at is your office equipment. You could always upgrade your office equipment, switching it out for energy efficient versions - but this can get pretty expensive. Instead, consider carefully managing how your existing office equipment handles energy. This could provide you with a cost-effective way slashing your firm’s outgoings effectively.

Northern Irish Business Information says that managing your office equipment can make it 70% more energy efficient. But it can also provide other benefits for your business’ bottom line. For example, making your firm’s equipment more energy efficient can increase its lifespan, so you will not have to spend significant sums of money replacing outdated machines.

Easy energy efficiency tips

You do not have to devote a significant portion of time, or possess vast amounts of technical knowledge, to make your office equipment more energy efficient. Here are a few easy-to-implement tips you can utilise to manage your equipment’s energy usage more effectively:

Invest in maintenance: Properly maintained equipment lasts longer and works more efficiently. Therefore if you set up an equipment maintenance schedule, you can ensure your company gets the most out of its machines.

Switch off machines: If machines like laptops have not been used for ten minutes or more, they are wasting energy. Make sure they are switched off when not in use, so your company utilises the energy it generates more efficiently:

Use settings: Machines like computers and printers have ‘power saving settings’ and ‘energy efficient modes.’ If you utilise these settings, your equipment will automatically be more energy efficient, allowing you to make significant savings on your energy costs.

Most importantly, ensure that your employees know how to use office equipment efficiently. We would advise you to provide you staff with training in this area and draw up an office policy on energy efficiency. By actively promoting energy efficiency in your workspace, you can reduce the amount of power your company uses, potentially allowing you to streamline your energy bills.

BES Utilities

BES Utilities are a UK-based, independently owned group of companies, comprising of Business Energy Solutions Ltd, BES Commercial Electricity Ltd and BES Telecom Ltd. With offices in Fleetwood, Lancashire, BES Utilities aims to provide first rate utility services to businesses across the United Kingdom.

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