Reducing your energy costs

CIBSE offers a range of energy saving tips for commercial buildings.

100 Hours of Carbon Clean Up

To help plan your activity to reduce your company''s carbon emissions visit our 100 Hours of Carbon Clean Up website for energy efficiency measures which can be carried out at little or no extra cost.

Addressing behavioural and system integration issues, or planning and implementing a refurbishment to improve energy efficiency.

The key to achieving your aspirations will be truly competent advice. To build a shortlist of appropriately qualified and competent individuals access the CIBSE Directories below. If you want help with a major refrubishment we suggest you select a Low Carbon Energy Assessor (EPC) or Low Carbon Consultant and if you want an expert in improving the way you run your building select an LCEA (DEC) or Low Carbon Consultant.

• CIBSE Register of Low Carbon Energy Assessors (LCEA)
• CIBSE Register of Low Carbon Consultants (LCC)

Funds limited?

You may beneft from undertaking a Voluntary Display Energy Certificate. This will involve a survey by an accredited CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessor (DEC) who will visit your premises, examine your energy use and monitor particular areas or equipment. They will provide you with a certificate detailing your energy use and how that compares with benchmarks for good practice for a building of your type. You will also receive a recommendations report suggesting a variety of options to reduce your energy consumption at low or medium cost and achieving maximum impact. The survey will identify any areas of egregious energy wastage in your organisation which can be eliminated immediately.

• To get a voluntary DEC find a shortlist of competent, qualified DEC providers from the LCEA (DEC) Register here.
• To get a free or subsidised energy audit contact the Carbon Trust