With the lines of communication and reporting requirements of finance, building services, energy and environmental departments seemingly more and more overlapping the need to consolidate is becoming greater.
The expense of running separate in-house software packages places considerable burdens on businesses with the constant need to meet regulatory requirements increasing time and work pressures upon staff. With these issues in mind an ideal solution is the outsourcing of the laborious tasks to professionals who focus on the needs of all the above named departments.
Due to the complexity of energy bills the majority of validation carried out equates to ensuring the bill “adds up” and the readings follow on from the previous invoice. Managing invoices to ensure you won’t overpay or don’t offset large accruals is one of the main aims of our Energy Management Bureau Service.
Government figures show savings of around 3% of total utility costs can be achieved by keeping track of this most time consuming area of almost every business. We also pride ourselves in the speedy manner we resolve queries due to the many years experience we have gained from working within utility companies.
As it becomes easier to change supplier you can end up with no ongoing historical records of consumption. This makes it difficult, if not impossible for the energy manager to manage targets or compare year on year reports as previous data were supplied by a different utility company.
It is also particularly difficult at contract change to accurately migrate accounts or to keep track of acquisitions or disposals across timelines which overlap supply company contracts. This often leads to invoices from more than one supplier for the same property. Keeping track of these is another priority within our bureau, particularly where you have requested we carry out your contract negotiations.
Our secure energy database ensures you can seamlessly continue to set, meet and exceed targets, enabling you to carry on the battle against increasing consumption and therefore cost.
For further information on our Bureau services please contact us.