BUSINESS SCHEME
A power of good
An Acton company is saving money and becoming more ecofriendly thanks to an Ealing Council scheme to help local small and medium sized businesses . Your company could benefit from the scheme , too .
Colour Sound Experiment designs and supplies lighting , rigging and video to bands , festivals and events and is one of the businesses in the borough being helped to become more energy efficient through the council ’ s smart business grant scheme .
The business was awarded a £ 5,000 grant to replace the lighting stock it hires out to venues , upgrading
Haydn Cruickshank of Colour Sound Experiment with the new lighting
it to more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly LED systems . They are so effective that it means a venue will need to hire fewer lighting units and also use less energy to power the lights . This not only cuts the venue ’ s costs , but also reduces the amounts of mains electricity it needs to use or the amount of diesel required for generators – which will result in less air pollution and lower carbon emissions . It has been estimated the energy savings from the equipment upgrade could be in the region of 25 megawatt hours per year , which would be enough energy to power an average UK home for five years . It will also save those using the equipment £ 3,465 , over the course of a year , in lower energy costs .
It does not stop there , however . The company is now looking at improving its own energy efficiency after receiving a report by the council into that as well .
‘ A FAR MORE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS ’ Haydn Cruickshank , the managing director and founder of Colour Sound Experiment , said : “ One of the largest contributors to our carbon footprint is our lighting hire stock . Tackling that is not only important for our customers ’ peace of mind but can also turn us into a far more sustainable business and
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