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Here you will find a library of resources to help you in your energy career and the business that you work for. The energy market is consistently changing and it can be challenging for businesses to keep on top of its energy costs, consumption and regulatory requirements. With the help our energy experts at Energy HQ, we have created a suite of practical tools and resources to help you navigate and understand what energy means for your business and ways you can reduce your business’s consumption, cost and carbon emissions.

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Building business back greener: The road to Net Zero

06/07/2020
By Wayne Mitchell

Following the Prime Minister’s pledge to ‘build back greener’, and ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s more detailed statement on the economic recovery plans, npower Business Solutions (nBS) consulted with 60 organisations, including manufacturers, professional services firms and the public sector, to assess whether they believed sustainability should form a central part of the proposals.

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Future Report 2020

29/06/2020
By Ben Spry

What does the future hold for energy? While it's impossible to know for sure, looking back on how things have evolved can provide useful insight into what's to come - and help businesses decide what support they will need as they navigate a path to Net Zero.

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Your business electricity invoice explained

21/05/2020
By Helen Inwood

Businesses are often surprised to discover that the actual energy component of a typical electricity invoice makes up less than a quarter of the total cost. So what else is included? Our guide will help you understand.

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Getting to grips with SECR

06/04/2020
By Phil Griffiths

The government’s new Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) obligation is now live, so eligible businesses need to start preparing to comply. To help you make sense of what is required – and how you can use SECR to your advantage – Phil Griffiths shares useful insights and provides clarity on some potentially confusing elements.

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Carbon Psychology

14/01/2020
By Ben Spry

Ben Spry explains how understanding and implementing behavioural change initiatives, can be a key driver towards energy efficiency in the workplace, while saving your business money.

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Top tips for non-commodity charges

10/01/2020
By Helen Gardner

Non-commodity charges make up the lion’s share of overall energy costs and are set to increase significantly over the next decade. As a result, understanding and, where possible, minimising these costs is vital for everyone responsible for managing energy.

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Demand Side Response

10/01/2020
By Dan Jerwood

Dan Jerwood provides a comprehensive guide on Demand Side Response (DSR), in which he explains what it is, the benefits it brings and how our DSR offering can help your business generate revenue, while saving energy costs.

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Managing Triads

10/01/2020
By Ben Spry

Ben Spry explains how managing and maximising Triad season is one way to help control business energy costs, but understanding what they are, when the season runs to and from and how to navigate it, may not seem like the most simple of the tasks.

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Top tips for a successful new connection

10/01/2020
By Jamie Roche

Setting up a new connection can prove challenging and it is essential all goes to plan to avoid costly delays. With the right knowledge, forward-planning and partner support, it is possible to get connected smoothly.

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New energy connections

10/01/2020
By Jamie Roche

In our new Energy Know How guide, Jamie Roche explains: “we’ve worked hard to identify all the key milestones and simplify the process to ensure each business customer gets a new connection delivered safely, to required specifications, on time and to budget."

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Making the business case for a long term strategy

10/01/2020

Making the business case for a long term energy management strategy

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Strategic energy management tools

We have created a presentation template to support you in securing senior management buy-in for the implementation of a long-term, integrated energy management strategy for your business. To help you even further you can request supporting speaker notes and our experts have also provided you with an energy management checklist. You can download and request these tools below.

Making the business case for a long term energy management strategy
Supporting speaker notes and instructions
Energy management checklist

Cost Predictor

Our Cost Predictor tool can provide a personalised forecast of your business’s future energy costs and then help you identify the best way to make savings.

Use our Cost Predictor tool