Run your business on cleaner, cheaper energy
Energy is one of the few overheads most businesses can actively shrink. Cutting waste, electrifying vehicles and heat, and sourcing low-carbon power can lower bills, reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices, and answer the carbon questions customers and lenders increasingly ask.
Six ways in
Each guide explains how the technology works, where it pays back well, where it doesn't, and the questions to ask before you commit money.
Electric vehicles & fleets
Company car tax, workplace charging, electric vans and how to compare total cost of ownership honestly.
Read the guideLow & zero-carbon electricity
Rooftop solar, power purchase agreements, green tariffs and what REGOs do and don't prove.
Read the guideMoving beyond gas
Heat pumps for buildings, electrifying process heat, and why fabric and controls come first.
Read the guideEfficiency quick wins
Low-cost changes to lighting, controls, compressed air and behaviour that often pay back within a year or two.
Read the guideFunding & schemes
The types of grants, tax reliefs and finance that exist, and how to check what's currently open.
Read the guideSavings estimator
Plug in your own mileage, gas and electricity figures for an illustrative view of cost and carbon.
Try itA sensible order of play
Businesses that get the best results tend to follow the same sequence. Doing things in the wrong order is expensive: a heat pump sized for a leaky building costs more to buy and run than one sized after draught-proofing and better controls.
- Measure. Get half-hourly or smart meter data, read the bills properly, and find out what runs overnight and at weekends.
- Cut waste. Controls, lighting, leaks and settings. Cheap, fast and it shrinks everything that follows.
- Electrify. Move vehicles and heat off fossil fuels as they reach end of life, not necessarily before.
- Clean the supply. Generate on site where it fits, then buy the remaining power with credible low-carbon credentials.
Why it matters beyond the bill
- Price resilience. Gas and oil prices can swing sharply with world events. Electricity you generate yourself, or buy on a long fixed contract, is more predictable.
- Supply chain requests. Larger customers and public-sector buyers increasingly ask suppliers for carbon data and reduction plans.
- Finance and valuation. Lenders and landlords pay growing attention to energy performance, and minimum standards for rented commercial buildings already apply.
- People. Staff and recruits notice. Workplace charging and a comfortable, well-controlled building are tangible benefits.