Quick wins for Offices

• Go through your energy bills with your supplier so you understand any penalty charges and how they can be reduced or avoided e.g. how much electricity is used at night
• Maintain appropriate temperatures, ventilation rates, lighting levels and water temperatures consistent with industry standards e.g. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
• Make sure any radiators and vents are not obstructed by furniture or equipment and keep any filters clean
• Ensure heating boilers are routinely serviced e.g. gas boilers once a year and oil boilers twice a year
• Ensure ventilation and heating to intermittently occupied areas are switched off when not required
• Do not let heating and cooling operate at the same time in the same area heating should stop at 19 degC and cooling should start at 24 degC
• Ensure light switches are labelled to show the lights they control and lights are switched off when not needed
• Establish a maintenance schedule for the cleaning of lamps and fittings
• Ensure office equipment is switched off overnight and this is done automatically for larger pieces of equipment automatically with timeswitches
• Ensure staff are familiar with the correct operation of controls and equipment and turn off PCs and monitors at the end of the day and over holiday periods