Heating things that don’t need to be heated? Leaving lights on when no-body needs them? Letting heat escape through the doors and windows? Leaving engines and motors running? Letting compressed air leak? Using old and inefficient technology? Unless you’re a crypto billionaire, you probably can’t afford to be doing any of these things. Now is […]
Will you be burning money again this winter?
What can be learned from industry’s most efficient sector?
Sawmilling – as old as the hills, unglamorous and rarely in the news. It is however an exemplar of resource efficiency, from which many sectors could learn. Why? Because virtually nothing is wasted, everything has a value and a market. That’s partly due to the versatility of timber, but largely out of necessity. Timber is […]
Pivoting your products
Imagine two competing products. Both have a similar specification and quality, similar price and availability, but one has robust ‘green’ credentials, the other hasn’t. Which one will sell better? Manufacturing a product with such credible sustainability credentials has numerous benefits: It could have lower production costs due to better efficiency It could command a higher […]
Are Biodegradable Plastics BS?
On the face of it, a biodegradable plastic might seem to be a sustainable choice for businesses and consumers, but is it? Biodegradable plastics generally come as two types – either made from a biological material such as corn starch, or made from petrochemicals. The main problem, with either type, is how the end user […]