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Our Trial Process, Saving Tips and Hospitality Energy Waste Secrets: An Interview with Miles Browne, GridDuck’s Sales Manager
This week, we caught up with GridDuck’s very own Sales Manager, Miles Browne. Miles shares his insights on how hospitality businesses and consultants can save energy, findings from recent trials and different use cases for our technology.
Women in Energy Is Still A Work in Progress
To mark International Women’s Day, GridDuck spoke to Dhara Vyas, deputy director for policy and advocacy at Energy UK. As a senior woman in a field dominated by men, we asked Dhara how more women can be included at the top table and what might be stalling progress in 2022.
The Holy Trinity of Money-Saving: Water, Gas and Electricity Monitoring in Hospitality
Energy prices have doubled in the last year whilst water, gas and electricity waste are a key environmental concern. What’s more, consumption of each utility significantly affects that of the others. Here’s how you can cut costs and make your hospitality business more sustainable.
GridDuck’s Ultimate Guide to Greenwashing: Where It Came From, What It Looks Like and How to Avoid It
Everything you need to know about Greenwashing, including our advice on how to avoid buying into false promises.
2021: The Year in Energy and GridDuck’s Highlights
GridDuck is looking back, looking forward and talking about all things new years! We review the year in energy, alongside giving a round-up of our 2021 journey.
Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism Are Here to Stay, Here’s Why.
This week, we discuss the trend of sustainable hospitality and ecotourism, alongside the benefits of running green businesses and why now is the perfect time to adopt more environmentally friendly practices.
Energy Managers: What They Do and Why They Matter
Energy Managers play an important role in helping businesses to minimise overhead costs, meet sustainability credentials and run efficient operations. In this week’s article, we explore how they do it and why now is the perfect time for your business to invest in energy expertise.
5 Ways to Make Your Farm More Energy Efficient and Save Money
Running a farm can require a huge amount of electricity, making energy costs one of the biggest overheads in the agricultural sector. Many of GridDuck’s customers tell us that it’s their most expensive overhead after labour costs. This can affect profitability. Energy costs are also rising dramatically. Yet many farms have very little data about their energy consumption and how much is being wasted unnecessarily.
Why It Pays to Be a Sustainable Business
There has been no better time to make the business case for sustainability. Just recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that included some stark warnings about acting now to stop some of the most devastating effects of global warming.
Can smart buildings contribute to net zero?
According to the UK Green Building Council, the built environment contributes about 40% of the UK’s total carbon footprint and almost half of this comes from energy used in buildings and for infrastructure that has nothing to do with their functional operation.