What is ‘green electricity’ and how can it help your business?
Electricity in the UK is generated in a variety of ways. Some of them are environmentally friendly; most of them aren’t.
21st April 2017
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North East businesses are paying 21% too much for energy
Apathy towards their energy bills is costing North East businesses significant amounts of money. That’s the message from Great Annual Savings Group (GAS), after analysing the savings it generated for North East customers in 2016. GAS’ response to the figures has been to introduce a new tool to help businesses.
7th February 2017
Why so crude? Oil prices explained for businesses
We see it on a weekly basis in the news – the price of crude oil has risen or fallen. Despite the continual increase in the cost of living in the UK, the cost of oil genuinely fluctuates. Indeed, it hit a 14 year low at the start of 2016.
14th December 2016
Big 6 raising tariffs again: What does this mean for businesses?
We’re now well-accustomed to headlines about energy price rises. Last week’s news issued a warning that tariffs have risen by an average of 16% across the ‘big six’ since September. Consumer switching service Uswitch issued the report, suggesting the increase is a result of rising wholesale prices and the falling
29th November 2016
What is Biomass fuel? And how can it save me money?
Biomass is the fuel used in wood-fuelled heating systems, it can be in the form of pellets, chips or logs. This essentially takes the place of your existing fuel, which may be oil, LPG or gas.
17th November 2016
Automatic Lighting Sensors
Automatic lighting sensors are a cost-effective way of removing wasted energy and expense on lights. You might have been in a room before, perhaps working late at your desk, and the lights have inexplicably gone off by themselves. “Make sure you turn off your lights when not in use…” –
4th November 2016
Carry out an energy audit
You’ll have to invest some time or money to conduct a full energy audit, but the results will be worth it in the long term. Having an expert assess your premises in detail will throw up numerous areas for improvement. And, at GAS, we believe in recommending a range of
3rd November 2016
Reduce your heat loss
Most people consider heat loss in their home almost constantly. But it probably won’t cross their mind as often in the workplace, where it could cost you more money faster than it does at home. It’s a real problem too. Your building’s front door is probably open and closed a
2nd November 2016
Optimise your heating controls
Yesterday we covered ‘Voltage Optimisation’ – so the posts aren’t sounding much sexier! But they are still useful. In fact, you may even have this installed in your building without knowing it already. Many standard units already offer this functionality but are underused.
1st November 2016
Voltage Optimisation
Don’t be put off by the fancy name, voltage optimisation is a simple concept. The Electrical Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 state that electricity supplied to a building should be 230V with a 10% margin for error. This means the electricity supplied to your building could be anything between
31st October 2016
