If You Can Commit to Pensions, You Can Commit to Energy Management

Organisations invest time and effort in procuring a pension provider, taking time to consider set-up fees, admin fees, consultancy fees, payroll integration costs, and additional employee fees.

Those same organisations go without energy management for years.

Providing a pension demonstrates a commitment to employees’ wellbeing and recognising their value, as well as ensuring that the organisation is compliant with regulations that mandate auto-enrolment in a pension scheme for all eligible employees.

Using energy without oversight and management shows a commitment to allow spiralling costs and unknown waste.

Pensions are all about future savings. In the UK, auto-enrolling employees into a pension scheme became mandatory for large and medium employers to roll out between October 2012 and June 2015, and for small and micro employers between June 2015 and May 2017.

Energy management is about making savings that start now and carry on into the future.

Implementing changes that lower utility bills, create tax savings and lower your organisation’s carbon footprint.

It doesn’t have to start with a significant capital investment, either. An Energy Manager will identify low-cost and no-cost areas for improvement that will generate the funds needed to implement larger projects, the cost of which can appear daunting at first glance.

They’ll look at your current energy consumption and identify areas that will deliver change but won't affect the day-to-day running of the organisation. It’s as simple as turning off a light switch or as complex as an overhaul of where energy is used.

Having an Energy Manager, or access to Energy Management, should be viewed as an essential resource, rather than a “nice to have”. Unlike other expenditures, the costs to obtain an Energy Manager will be recouped once your organisation has implemented the initiatives and measures they have put forward.

If an organisation can commit to pension schemes which won’t see a return for years, then it can commit to energy management projects that will deliver returns in months.

Commitment to energy efficiency should be seen as strategic, value-protecting and unavoidable corporate responsibility, much like pensions.

LCE is here to support you on your journey to energy efficiency, whether you’re an organisation in need of an Energy Manager, or an Energy Manager in need of additional support. Schedule a consultation to find out how LCE can help your organisation https://www.lowco2.uk/schedule-a-consulation