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Utilitywise: Account Care and Energy Health Check Explained

Utilitywise, one of the largest energy consultancies in the UK, helps businesses save money by lowering the amount of energy they use and thereby reducing the amount that is wasted. Many business owners do not realise how much energy is wasted, simply because their employees are not educated. Utilitywise helps these businesses to change their processes and procedures so that they can reduce their carbon footprint, while saving money on utility expenses.

One of the ways that Utilitywise helps customers is by taking a look at the contracts or tariffs that are currently in place. Energy experts at Utilitywise know exactly what to look for and will spot overcharges and other flaws, if there are any, in these current contracts. Accuracy is an absolute must when it comes to the amount of expense money being given over to utilities. The business owner is then informed of the changes that should be made in the current contracts in order for money to be saved. This process is called Account Care. It is the first process energy consultants at Utilitywise will do after someone becomes a customer. These experts have years of experience dealing with fluctuating costs in utilities, spotting inaccuracies in contracts and recommending ideas for change. Utilitywise technicians will install new equipment and help employees learn how to use them, in addition to educating them on why it is needed.

Regardless of the industry or size of the company, when a business saves on energy costs, it reduces operating costs. This allows for the “extra” money that would have been spent on utilities to go to other needed areas of business. Companies that strive toward better understanding of energy control within the confines of their business are not only helping themselves by lowering expense costs but also the environment, the planet and the people.

The Energy Health Check is the second process Utilitywise uses. Energy consultants take the result of the energy consumption report and compare it against other businesses that are in a similar industry, have a similar size and are located in the UK. By averaging the energy consumption by all similar businesses in the UK, Utilitywise is able to pinpoint a target amount of energy that is being wasted. Energy consultants will then meet with the business owner, help them to understand what must be done and make suggestions as to how to go about initiating the proper money-saving changes.

Utilitywise Helps Businesses Lower Energy Costs

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Utilitywise is one of the UK’s leading energy and water cost management consultancies and has been hailed by the London Stock Exchange Group as a company to inspire Britain. In 2006 Utilitywise started as a procurement business, but soon realized that their clients needed more help to reduce costs. Now, they not only help with procurement, they also offer products and practical advice to businesses to help them reduce poser, gas, and water consumption, at the same time, lowering the carbon footprint of the bus Utilitywise iness.

Utilitywise manages thousands of energy meters all over the UK, with clients ranging from high street shops, to city councils, to large, multi-national businesses, and on average, signs up 60 new accounts daily. By helping businesses reduce their power and water consumption, Utilitywise helps them remain competitive. Utilitywise have created a highly specialised team to help manufacturing and engineering businesses to get the most value out of their energy contracts. Lower power and water costs means businesses can remain competitive in an economy that sees sharply rising energy costs.

Utilitywise Sector Services help businesses identify energy problems facing the industry. Reducing energy costs increases the margin, without the need to increase sales. Utilitywise work with educational establishments, from small primary schools to large universities. They also work with organizations such as football clubs and boutique hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, and a host of other businesses, helping to lower energy costs, understand the common energy pitfalls and legislative requirements faced by organisations in this sector.

Utilitywise understands energy problems and can offer organisations comprehensive energy management services, covering every aspect of energy use. For example, businesses operating in the leisure and hospitality sector face complex energy issues. These can range from large sites with a mix of building types and ages, to areas used intensively and some used only occasionally.

Utilitywise starts with an Energy Health Check, a system by which a company can quickly benchmark their energy consumption against similar businesses across the UK. This gives an accurate understanding of the level of energy consumption, and what cuts in that consumption are realistic for that business. This is just one of the ways that Utilitywise works with businesses to manage and lower their energy costs, which in turn, makes that business more profitable, simply by lowering the energy consumption, and thus, lowering costs. This is just one of the services offered by Utilitywise to help cut costs.

Utilitywise: Energywise is Good for Business

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Utilitywise is one of the UK’s leading energy and water cost management consultancies and has been hailed by the London Stock Exchange Group as a company to inspire Britain. There is good reason for the great reputation Utilitywise has worked so hard to build. Utilitywise began back in 2006 as a procurement business, but quickly realised that its clients needed help in reducing their energy costs. Now, they not only help with procurements, they offer products as well as practical advice to businesses on how to lower their gas, electricity, and water consumption, while at the same time, lowering their carbon footprint.

Over 15,000 businesses of all sizes across the UK rely on Utilitywise for their energy management needs, with an average of 60 new accounts being added every day. Utilitywise has access to prices from every major gas and electricity supplier in the UK, allowing them to find energy prices for the businesses they serve. They also offer help with energy reduction. They do this by conducting an energy audit, which helps organisations identify areas of high energy usage, then suggesting ways to make practical changes that significantly reduce energy consumption. By helping businesses reduce power and water consumption, Utilitywise helps them reduce their overhead costs, and helps them to remain competitive. Reducing energy costs increases the margin without having to increase sales.

Utilitywise starts with an Energy Health Check. This is a system that a company can use to quickly benchmark their energy consumption against similar businesses across the UK. This gives the business an accurate gauge of their level of energy consumption and what cuts in that consumption can be made realistically for that business.

Utilitywise works with businesses and organisations of all types; from high street shops, to city councils, to large, multi-national businesses, helping them to reduce energy costs and improving their competitiveness. Utilitywise also work with educational establishments from small primary schools to large universities. Businesses of all kinds have benefitted from the comprehensive array of services offered by Utilitywise, including the leisure and hospitality sector. This sector has complex energy issues, which Utilitywise understands intimately. They work with small hotels to large sites with a mix of building types and ages, and even with those areas used intensively, to those used only occasionally. Utilitywise is a company that truly cares about the future of the UK.

Utilitywise and Carbon Reduction

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Utilitywise is finding a robust need for its services, helping companies to reduce their energy consumption. Utilitywise’s clients range from small boutiques to large multi-national corporations. Services provided by Utilitywise range from negotiating with energy suppliers (to get the energy rates), installation of monitoring devices; providing usage data and analysis; and advising on increasing energy efficiency and carbon reduction. Innovative services offered by Utilitywise has caused the company to rise to become one of the UK’s leading energy monitoring consultancies in just eight years since its founding in 2006.

The UK is committed to reducing carbon emissions to 50% of 1990 levels by 2025 and Utilitywise is leading the way in helping companies to reduce their carbon footprint through reducing energy consumption.

The term “carbon footprint” is commonly used to describe the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions for which businesses and individuals are responsible. Carbon and greenhouse gas emissions are produced whenever energy is consumed. Whether a business employs one person or 1000, that company is responsible for carbon emissions.

Calculating a business’s carbon footprint is more complex than it sounds. Utilitywise can analyse a company’s organisational and operational boundaries, making sure the correct parts of the business are included in the calculation.

One of the ways Utilitywise is accomplishing this task is through the use of their newly globally patented Edd:e. The Edd:e device offers Utilitywise clients a circuit-level analysis of energy use, allowing unrivalled energy management and control. It enabled Utilitywise customers to reduce energy consumption by as much as27 per cent, and in at least one case, by as much as 48.4 per cent.

Edd:e permits businesses to identify where, when and how energy is consumed on site; identify unexpected, unusual, or above average levels of energy consumption. This, in turn, allows Utilitywise energy surveyors to work closely with the company to show ways of lowering their energy consumption and lower their carbon footprint.

As Utilitywise CEO Geoff Thompson puts it, “Edd:e uses a web-based reporting platform that gives customers real-time updates. With help from our energy consultants, they can carry out fast an accurate assessments of ways in which they can improve their energy use.”

The final report shows current electricity, gas, and water consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions. The object is to target physical and behavioural changes that will reduce energy consumption, cut costs, and reduce the carbon footprint.