For business owners, reducing the running costs of their business is always important. This is because reducing the running costs = more profitability. There are a few ways that businesses can do this along with becoming more environmentally friendly.

Taking care of the buildings business’ work from will pay off dividends, not only to the business but to the environment too. Some of the ways to be more environmentally friendly do require a payout to establish the equipment or resources that lead to a reduction in running costs.

Solar Panels 

Having solar panels fitted in all of your buildings will save money on outgoing electricity costs.  Every day that the sun shines, you will be helping the environment by reducing energy consumption within your business. This may not seem like a possibility for your business, due to the high cost of having solar panels installed. However, there is always the possibility of getting environmental grants to become a more environmentally conscious business. When you have solar panels installed, there is also the opportunity to have storage batteries alongside. These will store any excess energy that you don’t use at that moment in time. This is useful because if your business runs outside of daylight hours, there will be backup energy for you to use without the cost. There may also come a point in your energy storage where your batteries are full. Some energy companies will sell the excess energy you have made back to the energy providers, meaning that you end up getting money in return for simply having made too much solar power! Win-win!

Insulation

Making sure your properties are insulated correctly means that you will spend less money on heating and air conditioning costs for your buildings. Having correctly insulated buildings in the winter means you will lose less heat to the environment through windows, walls and doors. There are many cheaper options available when it comes to insulating, such as; cavity wall insulation, roof or loft insulation and investing in properly insulated windows and doors (double or triple glazed). Depending on where your business is geographically located will depend on the level of insulation that you need. This will be reflected in your expenses per annum concerning bills and outgoings.

Looking after and maintaining your business properties should be a high priority. A less intrusive form of insulating can be done by insulating the crawl space underneath your buildings. Insulating the crawl space underneath your buildings protects the structural integrity of your building. By insulating this space you’re preventing damp from attacking the materials that make up your building. Crawlspace Depot has proven to ensure that buildings are not affected by internal damp, due to moisture coming from this space. Meaning the maintenance cost for the building will be lower as you won’t have many (if any) structural repair costs caused by damp from the crawl space.

 As a business owner, it is important to research how to be more environmentally friendly, and if there is a way to be more environmentally friendly and save money at the same time, surely it’s a no brainer.