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often be cheaper and more carbon neutral than adding to already power-sapping and costly data servers. Although maintenance is relatively low demand, the sheer amount of power being used to simply maintain something which could be exported to cloud providers is astonishing. Cloud providers are now so secure, the fear over losing often confidential or business-specific information should now not be so much of a concern. Consider ventilation: Many
facilities use HVAC systems, fans or extraction units, but could more natural ventilation be the answer? Fifty-two per cent of a company’s energy costs can be eaten up by using HVAC systems. Can intelligently-designed working environments or ways to improve natural airflow be installed to combat such huge costs? It’s worth considering. Think about back-up power:
Many also find that installing a more efficient UPS (uninterruptable power source) can work wonders for energy efficiency. Instead of relying on back-up power or no power at all, having this kind of continual supply on hand can mean companies aren’t incurring unexpected costs when normal
power is knocked out or suffers from outages. It is sometimes baffling that
businesses do not address this as an issue earlier. In regard to the 2050 targets, many individual regions are bypassing this 30-year wait and are addressing their carbon footprint aims earlier. For example, the Greater Manchester region’s mayor, Andy Burnham, has announced that the region will be aiming for more than a decade earlier, in 2038. This is mainly being achieved through encouragement of behaviour change amongst residents, but will be a great tool to motivate SMEs and larger concerns in the area to take action too. The biggest hurdle we often have
to overcome is apathy and mindset. Unless SMEs take this issue of carbon neutrality seriously, then the fight to make it happen is difficult before it even begins. Once major players get involved, it should be a relatively easy win, but until then we simply do not know. Add to this the uncertainty on
the energy industry as we approach Brexit and there is more than enough reason enough to sit up and take notice of what could be a very interesting year indeed.
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