The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a guidance pack aimed at businesses on the practicalities of carrying out an ESOS audit.
The energy-audit scheme will be mandatory for businesses that either employ at least 250 people or employ fewer than 250 people and have an annual turnover of more than £40m plus a balance sheet exceeding £34.4m.
Called Approaches to ESOS Audits, the guide aims to give more detailed advice on how to undertake an ESOS audit in response to feedback from businesses wanting further advice.
The Government department said the pack “is intended to help provide supportive ‘best-practice’ advice on how to exploit the flexible framework ESOS provides to maximise cost saving benefits for organisations”.
The DECC said the guidance is not mandatory and does not replace the existing Environment Agency ESOS Compliance Guidance pack.
The Approaches to ESOS Audits document can be downloaded here.
ESOS is being run by the Environment Agency and businesses will have to start submitting energy reports, which includes energy used by company cars, from December 2015. The EA will administer the scheme and issue penalty notices up to £50,000 for non-compliance.
The regulation will focus attention on a fleet’s environmental efficiency and in particular any element of grey fleet that exists within an organisation.
