How businesses can save energy and resources

How businesses can save energy

I have thought for a while there are many ways businesses could save energy and resources, some of which are quite simple but not yet in use so maybe UN-thought of so far.

Escalators travelators and lifts

Firstly this applies to travelators and escalators, you see these in shopping centres, high street stores as well as supermarkets. They are on constantly and never stop, so here they can save a big chunk of money by having sensors fitted to them. If you go to a till and put your shopping on the belt it stops at a point when a sensor is tripped next to the cashier. This system could be fitted to escalators and travelators so they only run when people want/do use them.

It would no doubt involve some more technology compared to the sensors on the belts at the checkouts because its more like an on switch sensor rather than an off switch sensor fitted to the belts at checkouts. There would need to be things in place so that they wouldn't stop while people are using them and also its probably best that they are allowed to continue to run for a short period of time after people get off them to be sure everyone has got off and allow people to get on, so they're not stopping and starting over and over for short periods of time.

Lifts

Lifts have shut off's as they are and then switch back on when the lift is called to move the elevator to the floor required, they have lighting in lifts that i believe is on constantly in most lifts, this could be switched off when the lift hasn't been used for a certain length of time.

That's it for now more to follow. +Energy Saving Trust