To some degree, the expenses you incur when leasing a commercial property are informed by the nature of the said lease. For the most part, your operational costs are your own to carry. Fortunately, there is always a cost-effective alternative to most standard expenses.
Professional options in heating oil for commercial properties along with modern thermal regulation techniques, can cut down your utility bills. This option is one example of the relative simplicity with which you can make a measurable impact on your expenses.
It is also an example of an eco-conscious approach to common business practices. Let’s face it; the problem with going green has long been the implicit costs. Recent technological developments combined with the natural economics of market competition mean that this cost barrier is rapidly dissolving.
While there are more general strategies one can employ, we are interested in the more nuanced aspects of business premises that can be enhanced. It is also vital that these options make economic sense. There is, after all, little imperative to make significant changes that are not financially justifiable.
Better HVAC Systems
Better HVAC systems are a perfect example of an easy, cost-effective upgrade to commercial premises. Modern eco focussed HVAC systems are in truth, the result of R&D efforts to decrease the costs of using such systems by increasing efficiency.
The real environmental advantage is in the method by which this level of efficiency is notable. Modern HVAC systems utilise thermal resource management. What this means is that these systems beneficial in conjunction with thermal storage solutions.
Thermal Storage
Thermal storage is a relatively new and novel approach to reducing energy waste by storing thermal energy, i.e. heat, in what is referred to as thermal batteries. This stored energy can then be utilised by systems like smart HVAC systems to recycle thermal power rather than generate any more.
Aside from HVAC systems, this makes for a fantastic solution to heating water. Thermal batteries are not yet at a point where they can maintain temperatures that see the technology capable of boiling water independently.
However, it can be used to support higher water temperatures, reducing the additional power needed to bring it to boiling point.
Address The Basics
Discussing office basics seems like a bit of a copout at this point, but in our research, we found that it is the most fundamental aspects of commerce that have the most significant environmental impact. Keeping in mind our criteria that measures also be cost-effective, we would be remiss to leave this point out.
From office stationery to the cleaning products used on the premises, one of the least costly and most effective green measures you can take is to utilise only eco-friendly general goods actively. Simply cutting down on pens made from non-biodegradable plastics may make a more significant impact on your environmental footprint than both the tips mentioned above.
Although the idea may seem somewhat tedious and time-consuming, tasking the appropriate members of staff with taking the necessary measures to implement such measures makes for a comfortable, low-cost green solution that can be implemented in just about any form of enterprise.
