{"id":110291,"date":"2022-11-23T11:54:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T10:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/?page_id=110291"},"modified":"2023-02-02T22:16:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:16:03","slug":"get-winter-ready-and-reduce-your-energy-use-with-business-supports-from-the-seai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/get-winter-ready-and-reduce-your-energy-use-with-business-supports-from-the-seai\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Supports From The SEAI"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland provides grants<\/strong> and supports<\/strong> to help your business get winter ready and reduce your energy use.<\/p>\n SEAI Supports & Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Read the SEAI\u2019s Energy in Business for 2022 December ezine for news & updates available here.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n War and conflict are affecting energy prices right across Europe. By reducing our energy use at work, we can limit our reliance on expensive, imported fossil fuels. Working with businesses, SEAI understands the impact of rising energy costs and the need to reduce your energy use and save money.<\/p>\n An average SME could potentially reduce its energy bills by up to 30%, by implementing energy efficiency measures; 10% savings can be achieved with little or no capital cost. Here are some key actions that your business and employees can take now to get winter ready and become more resilient to rising energy costs.<\/p>\n Heating<\/strong><\/p>\n The longer your heating is on and the higher your thermostat is set, the higher your bills will be. Remember heating costs increase by 8% for every 1-degree increase.<\/p>\n Draughts<\/strong><\/p>\n Up to 30% of heating costs can be saved by preventing cold air entering a building. So, controlling this is one of the easiest ways to reduce your heating energy bills.<\/p>\n Lighting<\/strong><\/p>\n For many businesses lighting is one of the most energy intensive parts of the business and can be responsible for 40% of a building\u2019s electricity use.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland provides grants and supports to help your business get winter ready and reduce your energy use. SEAI Supports & Resources Encourage your staff to join the SEAI Energy Academy where they will learn about the basics of energy efficiency, helping you embed a sustainable energy use culture within your … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17395,"featured_media":107195,"parent":110285,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110291\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isme.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Tips for SMEs on how to reduce your energy costs<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n