Energy Efficiency - First & Second Priority
The Carbon Trust reveal that poor energy efficiency is putting emission targets at risk and that energy efficiency should be first and even second priorities!
The UK’s Carbon Trust’s new report concludes that increased investment in the energy efficiency of non-domestic properties is needed to reduce the carbon footprint of commercial and public buildings by a third.
Enigin Distributors can use information like this to stimulate business by helping their clients to become energy efficient as the report is sure to reflect the situation within their own territories
The report argues that a programme of energy efficiency improvements for commercial and public buildings offers one of the most cost-effective means of cutting carbon emissions.
The report also reveals that national energy efficiency programmes can potentially reduce the carbon footprint of non-domestic buildings by over a third, in the case of this report it would bring massive savings to the UK economy of $6.5bn.
The head of buildings strategy at the Carbon Trust, Stuart Farmer, stated:
"Commercial and public buildings offer a big-bang for its carbon reduction buck. But it won't just happen on its own; energy efficiency needs to be the first and second priority."
CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Director of business environment, Neil Bentley, stated that government intervention is essential to improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings. These sorts of incentives are now being offered or considered by many governments.
"Many businesses face major barriers in finding the capital to invest in energy efficient measures such as energy management systems, efficient lighting and heating systems," said Bentley.
"Government needs to work closely with business to provide the right incentives to help overcome the upfront costs,” he concluded.
As an increasing range of incentives are implemented while environmental regulations increase, business owners and organisations can easily comply and benefit by turning to Enigin Distributors to be able to make sure they set energy efficiency as first and second priorities.
