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Develop an energy plan

how does your business use energy?

Knowing how your businesses uses energy and how you can improve offers many benefits – as well as reducing your carbon footprint it will contribute to reduction of costs, increased productivity and efficiency and enhanced staff wellbeing.

The EECA website has a great range of resources to help you start saving energy, develop an energy plan, and get your team involved.

 

Helpful Resources

Develop an energy plan

Advice on how to develop an action plan for efficient energy.

Saving energy

Advice on efficient energy use - workplace, heat systems, equipment and renewable energy.

 

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Solid waste

Use the 6 R's (rethink/reinvent, refuse, reduce, reuse/repair, recycle, rehome, rot) to manage your solid waste so it doesn't go to landfill.

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Measure your carbon footprint

you can't manage what you don't measure!

Measuring your carbon emissions will give you a clear picture of the amount of carbon created by your business, and from which sources. Once you have this information you can think about the specific things you can alter to reduce your emissions. There are many tools available to help you do this.

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Identify harmful substances

protecting the environment

We need to minimise the harmful substances that we discharge into our environment.

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Reduce your carbon emissions

set targets to make progress

Once you are measuring your carbon use, the next step is to develop a plan to reduce your carbon footprint.

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