Energy efficiency is the must for cash-strapped local authorities

Energy efficiency initiatives at local level can be the difference between service cuts and services improvements for local authorities, experts in the field have recently argued.

Public services can be hit hard if local authorities do not act quickly when it comes to energy efficiency, especially since securing the necessary funding is not a very difficult task nowadays — there are a number of financial products and investment vehicles that local authorities can tap into to provide the upfront capital for large-scale energy efficiency projects. What's more, with technologies as efficient as LED lighting, these projects can actually generate revenue as the savings go beyond the level of self-funding, freeing up capital to spend elsewhere.

Around 60% of respondents participating in a recent research poll conducted by Current, powered by GE and the Carbon Trust have revealed that their organisation was in a position to release capital into energy efficiency projects, however 30% admitted that the reason they aren't making progress is because of competing organisational priorities. This blockage highlights a challenge faced by local authorities of a silo-style operational structure, which prevents the permeation of an energy efficiency ethos across all areas of the organisation — transforming it from a competing priority to an integral consideration.

Two-thirds of those surveyed agreed that access to intelligent products and solutions through technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) would also help maximise the impact of investment in energy efficiency.

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