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Utility Audit & Invoice Validation

We offer an energy efficiency service to charities to help charities
reduce their energy dependency. Over the past 2 years, our partner has
installed over 700 smart meters and helped charities reduce their energy
bills by over £4 million.


The service is provided by experienced Energy Efficiency Managers.
Energy Efficiency relies on accurate real time data about your energy
usage. This can only be delivered by the installation of smart-meters to
provide automatic meter readings.


How does the service work?

  • Install and maintain high specification smart‐meters for gas and
    electricity at selected high usage sites. We assign you a dedicated
    energy efficiency manager.
  • The meters are programmed to send meter reads every 30 minutes to
    our data centre. This data is then used to generate accurate billing and
    energy efficiency reports.
  • Over the first 6 months, we use the data to build up a profile of your
    energy usage.
  • We provide full utility efficiency management report highlighting
    usage abnormalities and identify wastage. This report is produced on a
    monthly basis.
  • The energy efficiency manager validate all utility invoices on an
    ongoing basis.

What are the benefits?

  • Accurate billing based on accurate meter reads
  • Comprehensive data enabling you to make informed decisions on
    energy usage
  • Invoice validation
  • Reduction in your energy bills of up to 15%
  • Reduction in carbon emissions
  • Reduction of man hours required for utilities procurement and
    management

What does this cost include?

  • The installation of electric AMR or gas data logger.
  • Network Provider.
  • SIM card.
  • 5 year warranty of meter and the SIM card.
  • 5 year maintenance inclusive of battery replacement costs.
  • Tariff validation (electricity)
  • Accurate Billing.
  • Web Facility for accessing reports.

We will on lower usage sites

  • Check invoices
  • Monitor profiles against tariffs
  • Collect (as far as possible) meter reads
  • On domestic properties where the charity pays the bills monitor meter
    reads tenant ingress/egress
  • Where tenant pays the bill monitor Ingress/egress of tenant and
    advise. Provide tenant with lowest possible domestic tariff.
  • We can also offer water saving solutions and invoice validation.

 

If you are interested in the service then contact us by completing the online form so that we can assist you.