Monitoring and targeting

"If you don't measure it - you can't manage it"

Go Green Richmond upon Thames' free training continued with a short seminar on Monitoring & Targeting (M&T) held at York House on the 28th of May 2010.

Keeping an eye on energy consumption is very important nowadays. Businesses are facing a range of pressures on their environmental performance; from high energy costs and environmental concerns but also through increased competition and pressure from customers. A strong environmental track record can differentiate one company from their peers.

Without monitoring, a business cannot know where to target their efforts. Neither can they be sure if they are actually improving their environmental performance, reducing spend and carbon emissions, thereby justifying the investment of time and money in such endeavours.

Effective data collection will aid effective targeting by businesses; to identify the best opportunities and directly improve the bottom line. The focus of the seminar was to help businesses to:

• Avoid energy waste
• Implement simple and effective monitoring techniques
• Estimate energy savings
• Engage staff and customers
• Budget more effectively

The presentation is available to download: Monitoring and Targeting Seminar(pdf, 275KB), Nicolas Souroup, Groundwork.