You can reduce your consumption of electricity and heat in two ways:
• Investing in more energy-efficient technology, which often – especially in
the light of the high oil prices – is repaid in a limited number of
years.
• Changing employee behaviour and equipment and machinery use – which
does not necessarily cost anything.
The Climate Compass offers useful advice on energy efficiency improvements in three areas:
You can look for advice and guidance on energy efficiency improvements at several energy companies. Some energy companies offer financial support to the realisation of energy savings.
The Energy Service Company (ESCO) provides an energy efficiency improvement service where the company assumes responsibility for everything from preliminary analysis, solution design, financing, solution implementation to actual operations. If the project does not achieve guaranteed energy savings, ESCO will compensate the company for the difference.
At www.energiledelse.com (Danish), you will find a guide to how companies can take a systematic approach to energy efficiency improvement.
At www.energiguiden.dk, you will find specific advice and examples of energy savings in many different types of companies.