More than 525 small and medium sized pubs, restaurants and hotels are set to receive free support to cut their energy bills through the extension of a government-funded energy and carbon reduction tool.
An innovative new digital energy saving tool has already helped slash the average energy bills of 90 hospitality businesses by nearly £2,500 during a 12-month trial period, by reducing overnight energy consumption for some trialists by up to 66%, News Cover reports, citing the UK government's official website.
With support from government, Zero Carbon Services delivered behavioural change focused energy saving plans tailored to participants through the digital tool, providing real-time alerts to reduce unnecessary electricity use from wasted energy hotspots including extraction systems, fridges, ovens and lamps.
Following the success of the trial, it is now being extended to hundreds of hospitality businesses across England – with applications now open - supporting the government’s clean energy mission while helping business owners cut costs.
Participants of the trial included a pub in Bromley that cut its energy usage by 26%, saving them £48 per week - over a year, that reduction will prevent nearly £2,500 of yearly profit being lost to energy waste.
Another smaller pub in Caterham, Surrey saw its overnight energy use fall by 66%, meaning savings of over £1,500 a year.
