Did you know that energy audits can see you make immediate savings in running almost any business? Thereby making it more profitable? Do you know how much money you actually spend in running your business? Average energy efficiency audits can save you 30% off your energy bill. Often much more. Disasters focus our attention on what we must do Disasters like the BP oil spill don't just push our noses on the extent we go to to feed our oil addiction. It tells us that sooner, rather than later we are going to run out of the stuff. And renewable energy technology is not cheap. Despite government solar energy grants and incentives, many people cannot yet afford a PV solar panel, or solar hot water, or residential wind power. That's why energy efficiency measures are the front line of reducing our energy use. It's what we can do right now to make a difference. Weatherization of your home is subsidized in many places, energy audits are too. Free energy audits Some cities are even paying for all of the cost of an audit. Look at Austin, TX. All residences less than 10 years old must have an audit done before sale. Other places have followed suit. And this is only the beginning! Wait till energy prices really start to bite. You can even make energy efficiency auditing your business! Energy audit training is available online and, most likely in face-face-courses near you. This business thrives on a constant demand of individuals and businesses actually needing to make cuts in their ever-rising energy bill, at the cheapest cost. Energy auditors help people do that. They don't have to sell the idea. Benefits to your business Yes, there is a cost of implementing recommendations from energy auditor recommendations. But if you had an average small business energy bill of $15,000 per year, you'd save $4,500 per annum. If you had to spend that much on implementing your energy saving measures you'd have that amount back in a year. From there on: pure win-win. Not bad! It is those kind of realities that make it easy to 'sell' energy audits. You can do this, working from home, or make a career out of it with an existing energy efficiency business.
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