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Ten Commandments of Solar Energy for Business

Ever considered switching to solar energy for your business? Here we’ve outlined the top ten rules to bear in mind when making that move, to ensure you don’t make any big errors.

1.Motivation

What do you want to achieve from switching to solar energy? There’s not really any right or wrong answer in regard to this but you must ensure you understand the goals. This will help you ensure you don’t put too much effort and time into the wrong type of system for you and your business.

2.Understanding.

You need to make sure that you’re aware of the energy requirements for your business. Use a lot of energy primarily through the day time? Solar is definitely going to be of benefit to you. However if you use up a lot of energy during the night time then maybe that’s not the best avenue for you to go down.

3.Carbon offsets.

You may very well be worried about the impact your business’ energy usage is having on the environment. If that’s the case then you really need to be aware of your carbon offsets and subsequently the levels of pollution stemming from the usage. Check through your energy bill, it will give you an idea of the levels of carbon that you’re producing.

4.Social responsibility.

In the current climate, current and potential consumers love businesses and companies to be loud and proud about their ethical and green business practices. Using solar energy will make your company a lot more attractive to prospective clients, so make sure you’re shouting about it from the rooftops, or better yet, your website.

5.Understand your bills.

Don’t be taken advantage of by energy brokers looking to prey on your ignorance. You need to make sure you fully understand your current energy bills; inclusive of what you’re using and where exactly your money is going.

6.Not a simple switch.

Switching to solar energy can affect almost all the elements of your energy bill, aside from the charges that are fixed. You can’t just take the bill and divide the content. The use of solar energy can affect your service access charges etc

7.Don’t be tricked.

Remember, an offer that sounds too good to be true, more than likely is. Nobody is credibly going to be able to offer to slash your bills by half, not outright anyway. Be aware that some people will be less than honest to get your custom.

8.Seek out quality.

You need to ensure you utilise high quality products. Don’t be swayed by companies offering cheap products, that generally means their service is also cheap in nature and not of the quality required to succeed in business.

9.Do your background checks.

Make sure you bet your installer, request a history of previous projects, speak to past customers, ask for testimonials and reviews. Look online for impartial critiques of the company.

10.Monitoring.

You should really invest in some form of monitoring equipment to ensure you stay on top of your system. Monitoring will enable you to keep abreast of any potential pitfalls and problems.