Business energy audits
Investing in a business energy audit is a great first step in any energy reduction or cost efficiency strategy. Your audit provides a strong baseline to build on, helping to create a plan to implement measures that improve the efficiency of your sites, reduce your energy demand, and lower your costs and carbon footprint.
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Business energy audits
Investing in a business energy audit is a great first step in any energy reduction or cost efficiency strategy. Your audit provides a strong baseline to build on, helping to create a plan to implement measures that improve the efficiency of your sites, reduce your energy demand, and lower your costs and carbon footprint.
audit to action ▪ compliance ▪ benchmarking
Business energy audits for commercial buildings
Commercial energy audits serve as a health check for your business, assessing all energy consumers, and helping to develop a ‘check list’ of measures to reduce your energy consumption. Completed onsite by one of our expert energy auditors, our audits help you discover quick wins, understand the efficiency of your systems, and identify energy and cost savings. Whether you’re taking the first step, or reassessing your energy strategy, a business energy audits is the perfect place to start.
Why choose an Ennovus business energy audit?
There are lots of templates and checklists for conducting your own energy audit online, so why get Ennovus to conduct one for you? Ennovus business energy audits are completed by trained professionals with a deep knowledge of energy management, to official auditing standards, and go much more in depth than most internal auditing. Our audits can form part of compliancy reporting or lay the foundations for cost and energy reduction strategies.
Ennovus’ energy auditors complete your assessment onsite, reviewing areas such as:
- Building fabric
- Heating and cooling systems
- Lighting and controls
- Large and small equipment
- Ventilation/extraction
- Metering
- Building control and management
- Generation and renewables
- Operational practices
- and much more!
Our business energy audit process
Our process varies depending on the type and level of energy audit you choose, but generally we follow the below process.
01
Understand your goals
Our team will meet with you ahead of your audit to understand your key goals and drivers. This will help us prioritise focus areas for your report.
02
Conduct your audit
One of our qualified auditors will travel to your site to conduct the audit, assessing multiple areas of consumption to create your report, using British Standards aligned methodology
03
Detailed report created
We will then write up our findings in a full energy audit report with recommendations on improvements your business can make. You’ll be able use this to make informed investment decisions and plan any changes.
04
Implementation
With your report completed, you’ll be able to start implementing changes immediately. Our energy audits are designed to help you prioritise changes and can be used as part of your sustainability or compliance reporting. Did you know, we can also help with the implementation of some of these changes? Reach out to our team for more information.
The benefits of business energy audits
Not sure if a business energy audit is right for you? Check out some of the benefits of business energy audits below, or get in touch with our team to discuss your options.
Reduce costs and improve efficiency
Conducting a professional business energy audit creates a checklist of actions, big and small, that will help you reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Make informed investments
Our audit reports list out recommended actions alongside estimated costs, savings and payback periods for each item. This allows you to make educated decisions on what to action first.
Meet regulatory standards
If your business needs, or chooses to, report on energy consumption or emissions, our business energy audits can be conducted to align with regulatory standards.
Understand your business's energy usage
For many businesses, energy audits are the first piece in the puzzle in their drive to cost and carbon reduction. Understanding the energy systems within your building, and which systems are either the highest consumers or have the scope for the largest energy savings, is very important when building out an energy and carbon reduction plan.
Following on from your business energy audit, our engineering team can work with your business to develop solutions and implement changes. Why not take things a step further and explore how multiple technologies can work together for significant energy, cost, and carbon savings?
Why choose Ennovus Solutions?
As your strategic renewable energy partner, we’re here to support your business throughout your carbon reduction journey. Whether you’re looking to reduce costs, become more sustainable or gain more energy independence, our team are by your side every step of the way.
Care and personalisation
We take time to understand the needs of each individual site and design the best solution for each of our customers.
Supporting you on your journey
We offer a high level of support before, during and after installation. We’re here as a long-term partner, not just an installer.
Giving you peace of mind
We give customers peace of mind that they’re getting the best quality, ethical products when they choose us for renewable energy solutions.
Choose from 3 levels of business energy audits
We offer 3 different levels of energy audits depending on your business needs and goals.
Level 1 walkthrough
Ideal as a quick evaluation to understand key improvement areas.
Visual inspection of buildings and processes.Initial review of energy usage.
Interviews with key stakeholders.
Full audit report highlighting energy and carbon savings with costs and benefit ranking.
Level 1 + ESOS requirement
Ideal for businesses required to comply with regulatory standards e.g. ESOS.
Everything from Level 1 plus additional data analysis and calculations for ESOS compliance.
A full energy audit report in line with ESOS requirements.
Output forms part of the final ESOS submission report.
Level 2 in depth survey
Ideal for organisations ready to make investments or those wanting a deeper understanding of top energy consumers and carbon emitters.
Builds on Level 1: more detailed analysis and can include specific measurements such as temperature, light levels, or air flow.
Full energy audit report detailing the concept solutions with calculated costs and benefits.
Complimentary services
Our complimentary technology and services for business energy audits help to maximise your savings, take things a step further, or can increase your carbon reduction potential.
Got a question about business energy audits?
Check out our FAQs below, or reach out to one of our friendly team for more information.
How much does a business energy audit cost?
Our energy audit costs, for a level 1 walk through audit, start from just £1,800. This provides a fantastic low-cost route for businesses to start taking control of their energy usage and spend, as well as serving as the next step on a net zero journey.
Why are energy audits important for businesses?
Businesses are finding increasing pressure to reduce their energy spend and carbon footprint. An energy audit provides businesses with a clear understanding of implementable measures to help reduce both costs and carbon. Energy audits can also give significant weight to making fit for purpose investment decisions.
How long will the auditor be on site?
Our business energy audits are very detailed, so even a level 1 walk through audit for a small site will likely require a minimum of half a day on site. Our auditing team will also conduct interviews with the relevant stakeholders and write up the findings in a full energy audit report.
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