Energy Efficiency

The world is not about to run out of conventional fuels, although it is certain they are going to become increasingly expensive due to increased competitiveness and environmental taxes. By adopting energy efficient technology and methodology, Real Alternatives can ensure that your use of these valuable resources does not cost you the earth.

We recommend that anybody thinking of reducing their energy bills or concerned about their carbon dioxide emissions should look at energy efficiency first.

All energy, including renewable energy is valuable and should be used rationally, so we apply a common sense approach that gets the most out of your existing system or forms part of your wider energy ambitions:

1. Education: a basic understanding of your existing energy system can save 20% of your bills and it costs little.

2. Low Costs: through the application of simple low cost technologies such as insulation, draft proofing and low energy light bulbs you can save a further 20-30% of your bill.

3. Short-term Payback: there are technologies you can apply that have a cost but which save sufficient energy to make them worth the money i.e. more effective heating controls, smart metering.

4. Long-term Payback: these technologies are a little harder to justify economically, although they can increase the value of your property and have other knock on benefits i.e. upgrading your heating system.

Services:

Real Alternatives can offer the following energy efficiency services:

- we can visit your facility be it a home, school or business and assess your current energy practices and make recommendations as to how you can reduce your energy waste

- by 2008 it will become law that every home being sold or rented meets a minimum energy standard. Real Alternatives will ensure that your property exceeds the minimum necessary standards.

"Real solutions in a changing world"

(10% of all our profit goes directly on making all of Real Alternatives activities carbon neutral)