OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2012. CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) introduced its pioneering five-tiered GREENPLUS Energy Billboard benchmarking tool, reported the press-centre of CLP Power. 

The ultimate aim is to make it easier for customers from businesses big and small to compare their average monthly energy performance against their sister offices or peer industry as a whole, hence help them manage their electricity consumption and save operation cost.

The GREENPLUS Energy Billboard is a user-friendly online portal. All customers need to do is simply input their premises’ floor area and energy usage information via their PC or laptop. CLP Power will then generate insightful free quarterly reports that will enable the companies concerned to enjoy a detailed at-a-glance overview of their energy usage levels.

By taking a few moments to study the report, managers can monitor their enterprise’s performance by comparing the number of energy units consumed per square meter against relevant monthly and quarterly energy indices. Another highlight of the new GREENPLUS Energy Billboard is that it enables customers to further compare their business’s ranking against their industry norm via handy sector-specific energy indices and the five-tier rankings for up to five quarters. Such informative comparative data is sure to prove very effective in showing managers how and where they can minimize wastage and energy costs.

Companies or retailers with more than one factory, office or store can also use the GREENPLUS
Energy Billboard’s benchmarking tool to drive groupwide savings by comparing energy consumption of individual outlets.

“CLP Power has always done its utmost to set the pace in identifying innovative ways to help business customers to save energy while achieving sustainable growth. Providing companies with useful, readily available data they can use to manage operations more proactively, our GREENPLUS Energy Billboard perfectly mirrors recommendations made in an earlier report from the Council for Sustainable Development”, said Mr. Richard Lancaster, Managing Director of CLP Power at the GREENPLUS Energy Billboard’s official launch ceremony.

As of today’s Billboard launch, some 2,700 companies across 14 different industry groups including fashion, sportswear and catering have been taking advantage of CLP Power energy  saving initiatives. In addition to SMEs such as Sunshine Laundry Convenience Store, the list includes household-name chain businesses such as 7-Eleven. Greatly multiplying the effectiveness of CLP Power’s initiatives in this area, 7-Eleven has also underlined its commitment to reducing energy usage and promoting conservation to staff and customers by signing a partnership certificate. CLP Power anticipates more of their business customers to join force in this green commitment.

To further assist business customers wishing to improve their GREENPLUS Energy Billboard rankings, CLP Power also offers associated energy saving support services. Specific examples include free on-site energy audits and sharing of successful best practices and case studies via Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) workshops.

“CLP’s tailored innovative energy saving measures cover different areas of business operations including smart lighting, air-conditioning and ventilation systems,” said Mr. Lancaster. “These aids help optimize operations in the major energy consumption areas,” he added.

Sunshine Laundry Convenience Store is one of the pioneered SMEs participants. The Laundry’s Managing Director, Mr. Ringo Wong, said, “We have altogether 60 branches, the GREENPLUS Energy Billboard shows the energy performance of the outlets and drives us to improve our operations.”

One of the CLP recommendations Wong adopted was to use electric tumble dryers in the outlets. “These measures have helped us cut more than 10% energy consumption,” he added.

The new service, GREENPLUS Energy Billboard, can be accessed via www.clponline.com.hk or by contacting CLP Power’s Business Customer Hotline on 26782660 during office hours.