Within any business sector, energy is a commodity we all require and its monthly invoice an outgoing we would all like to reduce. Whether it features as a high or low percentage of your turnover; understanding where it is used and reducing it, directly affects your operating costs and hence increases your profits. With constantly rising energy prices, understanding your energy usage and any potential savings opportunities should be top of your “to do” list!A Energy Audit or Assessment gives a business a list of opportunities where potential savings can be made with the results used to form an action plan. Ultimately managing your energy can also assist with enhancing your reputation - its common sense! – so what's stopping you?Dependant on the business requirements the introduction of an Energy Management System EnMS can assist with achieving energy efficient objectives and targets on an ongoing basis by covering awareness, legal compliance and reduction of utility usage and wastage. Understanding and actioning these areas will improve the business and bring savings, but more importantly it shows a commitment to a sustainable future and could potentially open new business opportunities, besides which, it makes good business sense.There are multiple legal and voluntary energy schemes already in place with potentially more in the pipeline, so it makes good sense to get ahead of the curve and analyse your consumption and identify ways of reducing it. Everyone already pays Climate Change Levy (CCL) on every unit (kW) of electricity and gas and qualifying businesses can fall under one or more of the following; UK/EU-ETS, ESOS or SECR, all of which require data analysis and can provide the opportunity to reduce not only consumption, but also emissions, now a major factor with the Government's net zero target. Energy Management is now a major headline and that is where Optimised can offer support. Get in touch to see how Optimised can assist through identifying historic billing errors, purchase energy to meet your demands, assist with legal compliance or help you implement an EnMS; all of which contribute to managing your energy and costs.