A North East based energy broker is investing in a new system to make energy management cheaper and easier for its clients – the first brokerage in the UK to offer the service free to all customers.
The Green Energy Advice Bureau, based in South Shields, has invested in Utility Locker – a new dashboard system from which clients can manage and monitor their energy use. The firm is the first brokerage in the UK to offer the new energy management dashboard to all of its customers free of charge.
Utility Locker enables the management of multiple buildings and multi-utilities through a single interface. By accessing the dashboard, clients of The Green Energy Advice Bureau will be able to pull together meter, building environment and system data from multiple buildings to present a holistic view of the estate.
Commenting on the new system, Paul Cobb, Managing Director, said: “Energy management is a journey which can become longer and more complicated with each step – which is why we wanted to create a place where our customers could keep everything they need safely in one place.
“We understand that having multiple suppliers across a portfolio can be a nightmare to manage – Utility Locker makes it simple. Our dashboard means that all bills can be accessed online each month giving our customers a true one stop system regardless of supplier.”
The company’s new dashboard system will work with most existing monitoring equipment and metering systems such as smart meters and submetering systems and can be implemented quickly – removing the need for replacing existing equipment.
Ricky Chaplin, Manager at The Green Energy Advice Bureau’s Liverpool office is one of the people behind the new system. He said: “By providing our customers with the ability to manage assets and buildings centrally, using an easy-to-use interface that is highly navigable and doesn’t need complex and expensive programming, we will save our customers thousands of pounds in operation costs.
“Utility Locker will give our customers the information they need to identify and justify energy savings projects such as LED lighting, research to find out how much can be saved and what the return on investment would be.”
Established in 2015, the company is a success story with origins in the North East and has already made sales of £3 million from the start of this financial year – with clients based in the region, across the UK and Europe.
The business is a member of Utilities Intermediaries Association (UIA), a voluntary Trade Association for brokers facilitating energy purchasing contracts between supplier and consumer. It recently achieved ISO9001 certification and won the Regional Energy Consultancy of the Year award at the North East
Regional Energy Efficiency & Healthy Homes Awards 2017.
The Green Energy Advice Bureau is dedicated to limiting a environmental impact, as well as offering expert advice to businesses with excellent customer service and competitive prices.
The broker provides energy and water procurement, sustainability and energy management and guidance on compliance legislation for businesses.
For more information about The Green Energy Advice Bureau visit www.greenpoweradvice.co.uk.