Energy in Buildings & Industry, a UK monthly magazine, features in its June issue a report by the electricity company npower that shows that UK businesses are missing out on significant energy savings by not having trained staff in place to procure energy. The average SME spends about €225,000 per year. The report said that 88 % of the companies with an energy specialist on staff made significant savings. Yet only 21% of the companies have a formalised energy strategy and 81% said they spend more time on administrative duties than procurement. Wayne Mitchell of npower said that “businesses are missing a trick when it comes to having a positive impact on the bottom line by not positioning energy as a board level concern and having a strategy in place to manage its procurement.”
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 