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What can I do to start saving today?
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There are many simple, tried and tested ways to save your organisation money by making resource efficiency improvements. You may have heard of these techniques and, like many organisations in Scotland, you may be implementing many of these already…
How can I save even more?
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Great, you’ve made some of the easy, quick-win savings. You now want to find better ways of making even bigger resource efficiency improvements and to reduce your organisation’s energy, water and raw material costs even further…
I want to be a Green Champion
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So you want to gain specialist skills and training to help you unlock the biggest energy, water and raw material savings in your organisation and across your entire supply chain…
Check your bills and take a baseline
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Understanding your waste, water and energy bills is a key part of setting up a measuring and monitoring scheme, but a quick check of your bills may also highlight some immediate savings opportuniti
Ensure working environments are at an appropriate temperature
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Space heating and air conditioning are major expenses for many organisations. The temperature that a room should be at in a workplace is also a sensitive subject amongst staff.
Fix draughts, leaks and blockages
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Draughts, leaks and blockages can build up slowly over time and be costing your organisation money without you even noticing.
Improve office procurement
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Ten things you can do today to help reduce the amount of money spent on the procurement and disposal of your office equipment.
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Develop and share an environmental policy
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Developing and sharing an environmental policy is a great way to improve the way you manage your resources, achieve cost savings and enhance your corporate image.
Measure and monitor waste and water use
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Measuring and monitoring the resources used by your organisation and the waste it produces will show you the true cost of waste and help focus efforts on areas where the biggest cost savings can be
Set up a recycling system
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Start recycling your waste to potentially reduce your waste management costs and to comply with legislative requirements.
Dundonald Links
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Business benefits can be achieved by developing and sharing a company-wide environmental policy.
Sectors
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Resource Efficient Scotland works with a number of key sectors to provide strategic, tailored support to businesses working within these areas.
CMS Enviro Systems
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Martin McCrimmon from CMS Enviro Systems shares how their company has saved over £160,000 through undertaking resource efficient measures.
APS Group Scotland
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Saoirse Hickey from APS Group Scotland shares how their company has made full use of the free tools and support available from Resource Efficient Scotland.
Dundonald Links Testimonial
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Amanda Dorans from Dundonald Links shares how their company successfully achieved zero waste to landfill and saved over 50% on their waste costs.
Work with your supply chain
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Reach beyond the boundaries of your own operations and work closely with your supply chain to identify further cost savings and environmental improvements.
Increase building fabric thermal efficiency
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A building’s thermal efficiency is largely decided in the planning and design phase of construction but there are changes you can make to your building’s fabric to decrease your heating a