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Whether your organisation qualifies to participate in the CRC or not (click here for news story), all businesses, large or small, should apply energy saving practices.

The Business Link guide to Climate Change offers the following advice:

• Take regular meter readings and compare consumption to previous months

• If you're comparing fuel used for heating your premises, take into account how cold it has been. The colder the period the more energy you will use

• If you're comparing energy used in production, take into account how much has been produced. The best way to do this is to record energy use per product item

• Take regular readings of energy consumption and product output. Plotting these against each other over time will allow you to monitor any patterns and identify any changes

• Regularly monitor your business processes, which will highlight where you can reduce energy use.

Consult with your employees and consider appointing an 'energy champion' to find new ways of reducing energy use

They should:

• Report any waste that they notice, e.g. equipment left on unnecessarily

• Contribute any ideas for improving the way things are done

• Report any concerns they may have regarding equipment operation and maintenance