As concerns over climate change continue to grow, the need for energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings has become increasingly important. Banks have a critical role to play in financing various projects, but they face significant challenges, which include shifts in paradigm, digitalisation, data availability, and the complexity of building energy performance, among others…

In this article, we will explore these challenges in more detail and discuss how banks can address them to remain relevant and successful.

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What energy sources are used in the UK to produce electricity? According to the BEIS (2022), the UK’s main energy sources are primary oil (crude oil and Natural Gas Liquids), natural gas and primary electricity (consisting of nuclear, wind, solar and hydro). In a smaller proportion bioenergy, waste and coal complete the UK energy mix.

In recent years, renewable energies have taken on an increasingly important role in energy production in the country. In 2022, the energy sector had an exceptional year, marked by an unprecedented level of energy production from renewable sources.

Institutional support, lower costs, subsidies and emission reduction commitments have contributed to the rapid expansion of clean energy and the shift away from other more polluting energies.

This article delves into the electricity mixes of both the UK and Europe, analysing how they have evolved over recent years through a comparative analysis.

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With the growth of artificial intelligence technologies, new innovations are continuously emerging and surprising us. Recently, ChatGPT, an intelligent language and text generation AI, has raised questions about its use and deployment in our society. What about the metaverse? Will it become a permanent feature of our lives, and what impact will it have on the energy sector, specifically on utilities?

Although the use of metaverses is still in its early stages, it is interesting to observe how Utilities could adopt this technology and support their customers in the near future. In this article, we highlight the potential of metaverses and some of the opportunities that utilities could seize to better distinguish themselves and be adaptable in an ever-changing energy and digital world.

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If you manage a large portfolio of buildings, you might be wondering how to define an accurate baseline for each one. A baseline helps you track energy use and set goals for reducing consumption.

But if you are still manually generating baselines for each building, it can be a time-consuming and error-prone process. Fortunately, there is a better way: you can now automatically generate baselines for your entire building portfolio using Dexma’s Bulk Baseline Generator.

In this blog post, we will show you why it is important to automatically generate baselines for your buildings to start saving energy and how to do it using Dexma’s Bulk Baseline Generator. 

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Saving energy is becoming a top priority for a growing number of businesses. However, calculating and presenting these savings can be a struggle for many professionals for various reasons such as shortage of time, expertise, or proper tools. This issue is addressed in this week’s article, highlighting two key findings from the yearly survey: confirmation of energy savings and rising energy costs. 

So if you are interested, keep reading!

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Over 250 professionals from different types of companies were interviewed for the Energy Management survey. A majority of respondents said they work in companies directly related to energy, including ESCOs, Utilities, and OEM companies as we have seen in the previous weeks’ articles.

However, we also had a quarter of responses from non-energy companies operating in the following sectors: service, real estate, industry, finance, tourism, education, logistics and others.

Of these companies, 28% said they had an Energy Manager role in their company. For the rest, profiles as diverse as facility managers, sustainability managers or simply project managers answered our questions. Even if these roles are not solely dedicated to energy, it is increasingly common for these profiles to devote a majority of their time to energy management.

If you are one of those companies struggling with energy management or looking for cues to improve your energy efficiency, the following infographic will give you an insight into the results of our survey. You can also find all the details in the full report of 13 pages, which we encourage you to download HERE.

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Managing energy is, in many ways, a balancing act. On a tightrope. Under a blazing-hot spotlight. Overtop a shark-infested pool. Okay, maybe not quite THAT bad – but still. Nobody wants to take on the task of measuring, monitoring and controlling something so crucial for every process. For companies without a dedicated energy manager, reducing energy consumption can feel almost counterproductive – as if you are holding back the rest of your team or business from doing its job.

This couldn’t be more backwards! Energy is the second biggest annual cost after manpower for most companies, no matter which sector you work in. So managing it intelligently can deliver some serious savings – but don’t take our word for it! Actions speak louder than words, so here are some real energy management examples that show how your company can cut energy costs while continuing to grow and scale. 

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Utilities are players with whom we all interact. We all contract energy for our businesses and homes, and at some point, we want to compare offers to see who offers the best service. Last week we looked at the annual energy management survey responses and discussed the current challenges and objectives of Energy Service Companies (ESCOs).

We were glad to have gathered data from various Utilities in our Energy Management Report, which you can download here.

In this article, we want to focus on utilities. We will look at the market situation in the UK, and the customer attrition rate and also discuss the energy efficiency services that utilities can offer to their customers.

This article may reflect some of your key challenges if you work for a Utility company. So please let us know if you think what you find in this article is similar to one or more of your own experiences.

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If you follow us on social media or are an avid reader of our blog, you will have noticed that the results of our survey “The State of Energy Management 2022” have been released and that you can now download our report for free.

As in previous editions, this year we also focused on Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), the challenges they faced in 2022, their priorities for 2023 and the trends they believe will shape the energy landscape in the upcoming years. 

In this article, we will have a closer look at the results.

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Last December, we asked you to participate in our Energy Management survey and more than 250 of you responded favourably!

The survey was aimed at companies directly related to energy, such as ESCOs or energy suppliers, but also at companies from other sectors such as the tertiary sector or facility management. The results were analysed and synthesised to give an overview of the opinion of all these professionals on the challenges and trends in energy management. 

To learn more about the challenges, priorities and trends in energy management in 2022, we invite you to download for free our energy report here. 

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The real estate market is a sector that can be qualified as volatile, this is no secret. It went from being a safe, easy and stable investment to high risk.  The increase in energy demand also has a huge impact not only on this sector but also on others, such as facility management.

In this article, we will have a look at what are the challenges faced by these two sectors.

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