Renewable Energy Solutions for Commercial Property

Renewables & Energy Saving Solutions

Commercial and public sector facilities management strive to find ways to lower energy costs in today's market. In addition owners of corporate and commercial businesses wish to realise the best asset rating for their premises when marketing property.

There are several ways to improve an energy performance certificate rating, the best way is to introduce a renewable power product. The Green Deal scheme will soon be available to provide grants for homes and businesses, for further information refer to Green Deal.

There are several ways to do this, with obvious constraints on the buildings design and location, however there is usually at least one form of alternative powered device that can help to improve energy performance ratings.

Benefits

The benefits of using a renewable form of energy generation are twofold:

• Reduction of energy usage through your utility energy supplier.

• Reduction of CO2 emissions, leading to an improvement in the asset rating for your property (whether commercial or domestic).

Conservation of lighting and heating energy sources will increase over time, as the world's natural energy resources diminish.

Climate change may be an issue for sceptics, however there can be no doubt that pollution of the atmosphere using fossil fuelled derivatives can hardly be described as "good".

Solutions

There are several methods available that are considered environmentally friendly (eco-friendly) which in some cases have been adopted under the sustainable homes code. Sustainable housing and commercial buildings have the benefit of superior asset ratings due to the nature of construction, and the use of renewable powered equipment.

Resources and Options Available

Renewable technology and advanced systems used in energy production and distribution are constantly evolving. Below are some typical examples of renewable energy conservation methods which can be deployed both in the commercial, and home domestic sector.

Air Source Heat Pumps
Ground Source Heat Pumps
Rainwater Harvesting
Biomass
Biofuels
Biogas
Combined Heat and Power CHP
Renewable Energy
Building Design Products
Solar Ventilation
Waste Water Recycling & Sewage Treatment

Other ideas that can help reduce consumption and improve your energy rating, and lower your carbon footprint:

Evacuated Tube Solar Collectors
Flat Plate Solar Collectors
Photovoltaic Panels
Solar Heating
Solar Ventilation
Wind Turbines
Wind Power

Other renewable environmentally friendly eco-technology:

In many cases a business that invests in a renewable source may be entitled to a grant which can offset most of the capital cost through tax incentives. Investment in such technology can therefore be profitable for a company investing in renewable technology with a reduced payback time due to the provision of subsidies, and tax incentives.

Reducing consumption of gas, electricity and water services can of course, help reduce overheads for businesses, and also re-negotiating your tariff for such as gas, electricity and water services will also enhance your energy saving measures as party of your strategy.

Reduce Business Energy bills by switching your energy supplier for Gas or Electricity. If your business has a high consumption of energy usage consider getting a lower priced tariff by Switching Energy Suppliers.