Contributed Article: World Kinect
Looking for ways to reduce your business costs can be a daunting task, especially when it involves hours of online research to understand the utility market and its pricing. But don’t worry, our trusted partner World Kinect can help you improve your business energy efficiency with simple changes that will increase your savings.
Their energy-saving tips will help you become more informed and make better decisions. Here are some of their tips:
1 – Monitor your usage
It might sound obvious, but the easiest way to better energy efficiency is simply by using less of it. To do that, you need to start by monitoring your consumption so you know how much you use in the first place. Don’t worry; with help from an effective energy manager like World Kinect, monitoring and analyzing your site’s usage is surprisingly straightforward, and it will help you identify plenty of ways to reduce your consumption.
2 – Sensitive lighting
We can’t live without lights, but it’s relatively easy to make them more efficient. Switching to LED and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) can really slash your electricity bills, meaning you’ll quickly recoup your initial outlay then save every day going forwards. You can reduce your bills even further by using daylight sensors, so lights don’t come on unless they’re actually needed.
3 – Keep the warmth in
The biggest single cost to your business during cold months is almost certainly heating. Effective insulation is important here, of course. It will trap the heat inside and help you keep your premises at a consistently comfortable temperature. Walls, floors and roofs can all be effectively insulated, and so can hot water tanks and pipework too. Double or even triple window glazing is another good idea, and don’t forget to minimize any drafts, for example by fitting excluders in doorways.
4 – Efficient appliances
Having old furnaces properly maintained is important for energy efficiency as well as safety, or, better still, replace old furnaces altogether with newer, more efficient, ones. Modern technology means the latest furnaces are far more energy efficient than old ones, which means you can quickly recoup their initial cost through the savings you make in lower energy consumption.
5 – Think ‘efficiency’
Try always to keep in mind the different everyday ways you can save energy or use it more wisely. Even little changes in habit can make a big difference over weeks, months and years, especially when they’re repeated by all your staff members. For example, try turning down the thermostat by a degree or two: you’ll be surprised at how much this can lower your bills without anyone even noticing. Other easy ones to remember are not leaving appliances or machines on standby and closing internal doors.
Knowledge is power
World Kinect can help you lower your bills in the short, medium, and long term. Their comprehensive service can create a detailed overview and step-by-step energy plan that considers every single element of your relationship with energy.
That means everything from lighting, heating and powered equipment right through to your buildings’ insulation, your staff’s activities and habits, and even any seasonal variations in usage.
World Kinect’s energy solutions are based on real-world operations, taking the unique circumstances and goals of your business into account. Their team will begin with a full and honest assessment of your energy supply and consumption, then recommend changes that are perfectly achievable within your budget and timescale. They might even employ independent consultants for extra detail and clarity.
As well as reducing your bills by shrinking your energy consumption, there’s a whole range of additional energy services World Kinect can help you with too. This includes using its knowledge of energy markets and expertise in brokering to find the perfect supplier for your business: a great way to save you some time as well as cut the unit cost of your energy. World Kinect’s advisers can also help with areas like improving your site’s sustainability.
For more information about World Kinect and its services relevant to businesses like yours, book a no-obligation consultation with your local energy expert Philip Orend at +1 412-716-7830 or click below. world-kinect.com/request-call
