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Andy Dews, VP energy and sustainabi ty servi your energy


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Once an audit has been carried out, it’s important to leverage the benefits. Here are five actions that companies should take after auditing to ensure energy efficiency success and ongoing compliance:


1. Be prepared for a compliance check. Once your notice of compliance has been submitted, youmay be required to provide evidence of how you have


complied with the scheme. You will need to keep an evidence pack which contains all aspects of your audits – this needs to be available for the compliance period to which it relates and two subsequen t periods


oday’s business owners are under pressure tomake their facilities operatemore efficiently amid falling generating capacity, rising energy demand and cost. Operating costs remain high in many regions and energy driver for businesses seeki OpEx. Energy efficiency re


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also pushed owners into understanding and reducing workplace energy use .


REGULAT R REGULA ORY ATORY BACKGROUND


Nations Conference on Cli In the years leading up to


Paris, participating nation increasingly focused on re


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the 2015 United mate Change in


ducing fossil- s became


fuel-based emissions. Improving the energy efficiency of businesses became a critical component of these plans. To this end, themember states of the European Union (EU) passed an important


regulation: the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). As a quick refresh, the EED is follow-up legislation to the EU’s climate and energy package (EEP). It is designed to drivemeasurable chan ge across th e energy spectrum– fromproduction to consumption to tracking and analysis. If successful, the EED will bridge the gap between existing framework directives and national energy efficiencymeasures to help the EU achieve its 20 per cent by 2020 reduction target.


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Energy audits aremandatory first steps to compliance under these directives andmust be repeated at least every four years to maintain compliance.Many companies, are finding difficulties allocating internal


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resources for audits, not tomention needing the qualifications required for carrying out investigations thoroughly. In a recent poll, Schneider Electric revealed that over 40 per cent of respondents find understanding obligations the greatest challenge. Germanmanufacturing giant Alfred


Kärcher was looking to ensure sustainabl e energy conservation and legal compliance by undertaking energy audits in line with the EED. Schneider Electric conducted a survey of the company’s energy usage data and created a roadmap for achieving its goals. By turning to a partner, Kärcher could rely on the process beingmanaged centrally and for requirements to


be delivered holistically. any technical


By working with a reputable, qualified partner, businesses stand to benefit significantly fromenergy audits B y implementing the changes identified businesses can help their bottomline with regards to reducing energy bills, as well as improve performance in other energy efficiency schemes such as the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) and the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).


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Energy audits are mandatory first steps to compliance


Energy audits are


mandatory first steps to compliance


2. Use the data you found. Collecting the full scope of energy use was often the most challenging task for businesses in addressing their obligations. Using the data found and continuing to collect the data fromthe defined sources will greatly improve visibility of your energy performance as well as facilitate the next round of obligations


3. Use the ECMs savings towards an EnergyManagement System The firs t steps to implementing an EMS, such as ISO 50001, is to analyse your energy data, to identify ECMs, and to track the progress. With little investment, you could introduce an EMS by 2018, providing exemption fromyour next phase of obligations


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4. Keep tracking your legislative obligations. Take care of interim requirements such as annual


qualification asses sments (changin g fromSME to non-SME) or the


requirements to submit annual results fromECMs. Accura forecasting legislat


ive requirements will tely tracking and


ensure strategic decisions can bemade well in advance, allowing time to budget and plan accordingly


5. Find a trusted partner to support the continuing drive for energy


efficiency throughout your business. Truly being energy efficient requires going beyond energ y audits addressin g procurement strategies, sourcing of efficient equipment, and raising energy management best practice and awareness


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