Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a mandatory scheme to facilitate the United Kingdom to reduce its carbon emissions as far as practicable.
Organisations which fall within the CRC scheme will be required to monitor energy consumption, then purchase allowances annually to cover the associated carbon emissions. The money raised, will then be recycled by the Government back to participants at the end of each year, which will be represented in the form of a league table. Better performers will gain capital credit. Poor performers will incur a capital loss.
Does your organisation fall under the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme? Do you pay electricity bills?
If you are a company or body which owns or occupies large property portfolios such as; NHS trusts, Local Authorities, retailers, property companies or hotels then the answer is likely to be yes!
Based on your 2008 energy consumption,
If your half hourly bills add up to more than £500,000 per annum (exceeding 6,000 MWh per annum) you will be required to participate.
If you are part of a multi-divisional organisation, then all divisions and subsidiaries must be accounted and collated.
If your organisation offers franchises, it is the franchisor who is responsible for aggregating consumption and complying with CRC.
If so, you need to act now to be prepared for when this mandatory carbon trading scheme becomes live in 2010.
You need to:
List all your building and their locations where you pay the electricity bills,
Identify the electricity, gas and oil meters for each of these,
Recognise which of these you pay the bill for,
Start monitoring you energy consumption.
CRC involves calculating carbon emissions over each year and will cover all building energy, such as; electricity, gas, oil, coal, but does not include transport fuel.
How we can help you.
Redhills have a team of energy specialists who can measure and interpret CO2 emissions data. Using your half-hourly data we can tell you where energy is being wasted, where building systems aren’t balanced and ultimately improve building and process efficiency to reduce costs. With our web-management package you can remotely monitor your energy consumption, providing real time tracking.
If you don’t have half-hourly meters, Redhills can provide and retro-fit our uniquely design half-hourly Opti-Pulse GMS meters, which will instantly upgrade your existing meters, which can be directly linked to our fully web-enabled Smart Metering service.
Our specialists will highlight prioritised energy reduction and efficiency solutions. Fundamentally our aim is to reduce energy demands and deliver reduction in emissions outputs. This reduces costs, helps meets corporate objectives and delivers your CRC compliance management.
Call Redhills today to find out how we can help you on 01306 631820 or email us and we will contact you shortly.
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