The global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is reshaping the UK’s industrial sector — is your organisation ready?
The UK’s industrial sector faces rising pressure to reduce its environmental impact — this transition isn’t just about compliance; it’s about doing the right thing for future generations that are depending on us. But beyond that, effective energy management and usage reduction can provide a competitive edge and protect your organisation amid rising energy costs and changing regulatory requirements.
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ESOS vs. ISO 50001: What’s the difference?
The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is an energy assessment and reporting program in which all large organisations (more than 250 employees or at least £44M in annual turnover) must participate by completing mandatory annual audits. Failure to comply can result in an initial fine of £5,000 plus daily penalties as high as £500. Companies that achieve ISO 50001 can obtain exemptions from these requirements.
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Both ESOS compliance and ISO 50001 certification require engagement with third-party experts and investments in your energy management strategy. But it’s clear that the benefits of the ISO certification significantly outweigh basic ESOS compliance, providing your organisation with significant competitive advantages:
Financial
Energy prices continue to climb — reducing consumption lowers operational costs and decreases companies’ reliance on increasingly unstable sources
Regulatory
Regulations around industrial energy use continue to evolve and tighten — ISO 50001 certification helps future-proof your operations against coming requirements
Environmental
Reducing energy consumption and harmful greenhouse gas emissions is the most significant step businesses can take toward protecting our environment
Environmental
A growing number of consumers are basing purchase decisions on corporate values — ISO 50001 certification demonstrates a commitment to social and environmental responsibility
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Adapting your energy management doesn’t have to be a burden.
Yokogawa’s Enterprise Energy Management Services can help your organisation streamline energy management efforts, achieve regulatory compliance, and realise the many other benefits of intelligent energy use.
- Simplify ESOS audits with a single, integrated system
- Gain real-time insights into energy performance
- Reduce energy consumption and lower carbon emissions
- Future-proof operations against regulatory changes
- Leverage ISO 50001 certification to bypass ESOS audits
Enterprise Energy Management Services: How Does It Work?
EEMS is a cloud-based software platform that allows users to visualise their energy footprint by collecting and consolidating consumption data from a wide range of assets across a site or facility. This solution is entirely hardware-agnostic and can gather data from a wide range of sources and display it as usable information. Convert consumption data into insights on cost, associated emissions, or use forecasts.
Turn data from all your assets and systems into actionable insights:
1) Smart Building & Office Module
Extend your company's energy management capabilities from industrial facilities to the enterprise market, such as commercial and industrial buildings, data centers, and offices.
Power Management
Energy Bill Analysis
Power Demand Analysis
Air Quality Management
Occupancy Management
Floor Level Energy Analysis
2) EEMS Modules | Smart Factory
Monitor and analyze the energy consumption of your plant assets, such as pumps, compressors, chillers, boilers, blowers, and agitators.
Plant Asset Energy Monitoring
Chiller Water Management
Carbon Footprint Monitoring
Pump Energy Management
Boiler Energy Management
Compressor Energy Management
Why should you choose Yokogawa’s EEMS?
There are lots of energy management solutions out there for UK businesses to choose from — what does EEMS have that other platforms don’t?
Take the first step toward a future-proof energy strategy today!
There is no time to delay — the DESNZ is currently offering £186 million to help UK businesses adopt decarbonisation technology, but that funding won’t last forever. Book a no-obligation consult with Yokogawa energy management experts today and learn how EEMS can support your net zero plans and provide an immediate return on your investment.
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Energy Management
- Even with significant reductions on the cost of energy, energy is still typicall one-third of industrial facilities operating costs. Due to this, significant gains can be made by ensuring the efficient and effective use of energy whilst still achieving your production goals.
- Yokogawa provide a comprehensive array of energy measurement, analytics, control and financial optimization solutions. This covers the full scope of consulting, implementation, execution and support.
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Enterprise Energy Management Services
A cloud-based energy management service that manages the energy consumption of utilities and energy processes without the need for extensive and expensive equipment modifications.
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OpreX Asset Health Insights
Unified cloud-based asset management and monitoring service to eliminate unplanned downtime and increase operational efficiencies.
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