Why ESOS compliance is essential
The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory government scheme which affects up to 10,000 United Kingdom organisations.
The scheme has been designed to increase awareness of energy consumption to make it easier for businesses to act, to lower their energy bills and reduce carbon emissions across the UK.
What is ESOS phase 3?
The scheme runs in 4 year phases. Phase 2 closed in December 2019, and it is now in Phase 3. The deadline for compliance is 5 December 2023. ESOS requires all large businesses to produce reports on energy usage and efficiency every four years. ESOS is a mandatory government scheme which affects up to 10,000 United Kingdom organisations.
Who is affected by ESOS?
ESOS applies to organisations for which one or more of the following criteria apply:
- Employ 250 or more people
- Have an annual turnover in excess of €50 million (£44 million) and an annual balance sheet total of over €43 million (£38 million).
If you’re very close to the qualification threshold in either direction, or if the size of the business has changed substantially in the past few years, you should check the full government guidance with ESOS.
What you need to do:
Organisations that qualify for ESOS must carry out ESOS assessments every four years. ESOS assessments are audits of the energy used by buildings, industrial processes and transport to identify cost-effective energy saving measures. There are threats of large fines for non-compliance.
A Different Approach to ESOS phase 3
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is in phase 3 with the threat of £50,000 fines for non-compliance – so it’s time to act now.
Moving beyond just compliance, our ESOS consultancy services will help you deliver real savings through our unique approach – so ESOS is no longer an administrative cost but can add real value to your business.
How we can help & what makes us different
We believe the government’s ESOS initiative is a good thing for businesses and the planet. Unfortunately, too many ESOS consultants have rushed in to provide compliance certificates, making money from this, but offering their clients little more than the minimum requirement.
Our approach is different. For the same cost as a typical standalone ESOS audit, we have combined the requirement for an ESOS audit and compliance with our unique Savings Opportunity Report Tool (SORT) and ability to fund and deliver installation projects.
More than just an ESOS assessment
Many of our blue-chip clients already use the SaveMoneyCutCarbon SORT as their evidence for ESOS. Most clients use the tool as the roadmap to make a real difference in reducing the actual energy they use, reducing their bills and improving their bottom line.
This unique, web-based tool helps you to map out all your energy and water savings opportunities across a building vs industry best practice. The report clearly shows the best order of payback by project, providing detail on required investment and savings, and holding all the associated documents for each project with the ability to activate any or all projects through a single major vendor.
Peace of mind comes from the fact that the same company that completed your survey are delivering your projects via our experienced and trusted UK-wide field service team. There are none of the hidden costs often created through using multiple vendors. See some of the latest field service projects here.
We can even fund your projects if capital is not available.
The cloud-based tool is available to you and your team to log into at any time. As well as meeting your ESOS compliance needs, we provide you with a road map to material energy and water savings across your estate; a long-term planning tool, especially useful when applying for sustainability and CSR budgets or reporting on future ESOS stages.
What others can do:
- Measure your total energy consumption
- Identify areas of significant energy consumption
- Consider available routes to compliance
- Ensure areas of significant energy consumption are covered by a route to compliance
- Make a notification of ESOS compliance online
We do all this, and more …
SaveMoneyCutCarbon ESOS+
Our in-house ESOS team can help you through the ESOS maze, with access to auditors & lead assessors to deliver compliance.
- Appoint an ESOS lead assessor
- Measure your total energy consumption
and identify areas of significant energy consumption - Full asset list produced
- With the use of SORT you can access your data 24/7 with all the information you need at your fingertips
- Recommended products by proven, trusted, quality brands which we know will help reduce your consumption
- See the total cost for supply, installation, payback and carbon reduction for energy efficiency measures
- No hidden costs
- Adhere to your brand standards
- Ensure areas of significant energy consumption are covered by a route to compliance
- Make a notification of ESOS compliance online
- We can look at your current energy supplier and source you the best tariff (for now or the future)
- Road map & blue print for your organisation’s energy & water reduction & sustainability criteria. Lowering bills and providing more profit for your organisation whilst helping the planet.
FAQs
Q – I’m close to the qualification threshold – what should I do?
A – If you’re very close to the qualification threshold in either direction, or if the size of the business has changed substantially in the past few years, you should check the full government guidance with ESOS.
Q – When is the deadline for assessing whether or not I qualify for ESOS?
A – 31 December 2022; if your company meets the conditions for ESOS on that date, you must comply
Q – My business qualified for ESOS phase 2 but doesn’t qualify for phase 3 – what should I do?
A – You must inform the Environment Agency (the administrator for the scheme) by emailing ESOS@environment-agency.gov.uk .
Q – I have an ISO 50001 certification, do I need to carry out an assessment?
A – If you have an ISO 50001 energy management system that’s certified by an accredited certification body and covers all your energy use as defined under ESOS (for the whole corporate group in the UK), this counts as your ESOS assessment. If not you will still need to have an assessment.
Q – I am an international company do I need an ESOS?
A – If you employ more than 250 people across the UK, Yes
Q – SaveMoneyCutCarbon undertook an energy efficiency survey for us already, am I ESOS compliant?
A – Talk to your dedicated account manager