One of the best ways to save money on your energy costs is by reducing your usage. There are many ways for you to reduce the amount of energy your business uses regardless of the industry it is in.
However, the tips below are related to how to reduce a funeral home’s energy usage.
Upgrade your cold room
As a funeral director, you will likely be aware that the cold room at your funeral home uses more energy than any other equipment you have. Older funeral homes will often have older types of cold rooms, and the equipment used to keep them cold usually isn’t very energy efficient.
Installing a new compressor, condenser, evaporator, and fans can be incredibly expensive. This is because this equipment needs to be powerful enough to prevent bodies from decomposing.
While the costs to upgrade your cold room will likely be very high, it is something to consider. The amount of money you will save by using more energy-efficient equipment will add up over time, and it will eventually negate the cost.
Energy-efficient lighting
Funeral homes often contain many lights. Morticians need high-powered lights to see what they are doing when they are preparing bodies for cremation or burial. The funeral service area also needs decent lighting, so that families can see people present eulogies properly.
If you work at an older funeral home, there is a possibility that traditional incandescent lights are still being used. These are nowhere near as energy efficient as some of the new options and should be changed as soon as possible.
Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs are 70 to 80% more energy-efficient than incandescent light bulbs. LED lights are even more efficient than CFL bulbs and can last for up to 100,000 hours.
Installing energy-efficient lights will reduce the amount of energy your funeral home uses by a surprising amount. Changing out your lights is also a relatively cheap process, so you don’t have to spend too much in order to save in this case.
Install a smart meter
Smart meters can give your energy provider much more accurate data regarding how much energy your business uses. You can even set your smart meter to send updates about your energy usage every 30 minutes.
This means that your provider will only bill you for the energy that you use, instead of determining how much you use on average. 30-minute updates can also tell you what times of the day your funeral home is using the most energy.
This can help you determine when you use the most energy, and what appliance or equipment is causing you to use so much.