Wednesday 8 March 2023
What does that look like in practice and what will your assessor look for? Take a closer look at the process with the help of Energise’s ESOS specialists.
An audit is so much more than a short visit on site, and starts earlier than you might think. A fair amount of work goes into preparing your compliance before the site surveys can even take place, and you should factor this into your timeline of compliance. Here are just some of first steps:
Ensuring everybody is able to cooperate will make the journey to compliance easier, but it is important to allocate time to this process before your assessors head out on visits. Keeping track of your methodology is actually a critical part of meeting compliance requirements, as it forms the basis of the ESOS Evidence Pack.
The first thing the auditor will do when arriving at the site is to connect with the key member of staff identified in the pre-visit conversations. It’s important that this person has set some time aside in their day to be available for the auditor, there’s no need to stay with the auditor all day, unless you want to, or it is in your site Health and Safety policy that visitors should be accompanied. While on site the auditor will:
ESOS also includes a requirement to audit transportation assets where they meet the significance threshold. These fleet audits largely follow the same pattern as a site visit for a building audit, except for some key adjustments. It is important that the required types of vehicles to meet the sample, and their drivers, at the depot in order to be physically assessed. The auditor will work with you to time this in order to limit disruption to normal operations as much as possible.
Each vehicle takes around 10-15 minutes to have its assessment and can then be on its way. We will review:
Our qualified Lead Assessors run comprehensive ESOS energy audits that ensure your business goes beyond meeting the requirements, to lay the foundations for your carbon reduction journey. The detail we collect on site will form a comprehensive set of notes in order to identify where improvements in energy efficiency and carbon reduction could be made. These are scaled up across the whole organisation to create a company-wide assessment of your opportunities.
You can get in touch with Energise’s Lead Assessors at gonetzero@energise.com to find out more or book in a complimentary consultation.