e4.ZERO MONITORS AND LEVERAGES REAL-TIME ENERGY AND CARBON CONSUMPTION, PRIORITISING ENERGY RELATED ACTIVITIES AND PREPARING BUSINESSES FOR FUTURE MARKET DEVELOPMENTS
Energy & CARBON Management
Climate change is driving legislation, impacting public perception and influencing supply chain decisions. However, with the energy and environmental sector constantly evolving, it can be difficult for organisations to see the value and justification of investing in an energy and carbon management system.
As we see more businesses committing to ISO 50001, it’s clear that energy management solutions will play a huge role in their journey through Carbon Neutrality to Net Zero. Getting to that point can only be achieved by taking a systematic approach that incorporates a robust monitoring and measurement platform.
e4.ZERO is an energy management software that helps teams work collaboratively, monitoring and leveraging real-time consumption data, prioritising energy related activities and preparing for future market developments. Through our technology, we enable businesses to manage energy and carbon consumption holistically, break down silos and utilise the data available to make more informed, sustainable decisions.
CRUCIAL STEPS TO TAKE ON THE PATH TO ENERGY AND CARBON EFFICIENCY
1. UNDERSTAND
Understand the context of the organisation and create the required processes and policies. Then, establish an energy policy that considers both the risks and opportunities and undertake an energy review that analyses all energy and carbon data. This will allow businesses to accurately predict trends, Significant Energy Uses (SEU’s), energy baseline(s) performance indicators and objectives.
2. IMPLEMENT
The next stage is the implementation of your energy management action plan, introducing reduction techniques and drawing on the data analysis to inform and drive new standards of reduced energy and carbon consumption. Third-party expertise is often required here to help pinpoint the more technical energy and carbon saving opportunities.
3. VERIFY
Rigorous monitoring, measuring and analysis of energy and carbon data is vital at this point in any energy management review. It is also important to quantify these results against key objectives and targets. This phase will act as the vehicle that will drive continual improvement and provide verification of the results from the previous phase.
4. EVOLVE
In this final phase, with support from the top down, businesses can ensure continuous improvement in the Energy Management System, whilst highlighting any errors or discrepancies. These measures are driven by data analysis and detailed review of the successes and failures.