Printing Industries has launched a national survey to help identify industry power consumption levels as part of its strategy to reduce energy costs for its members. The move is related to the Association’s establishment of a member’s Buying Group to reduce operating cost in key areas of business expense. The survey will take only a few minutes to complete and closes on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
Printing Industries CEO Bill Healey said that while full details of the Buying Group would be progressively released, its initial focus was on the major business expense area of electricity. “There is not a single company in our industry that would not benefit from being able to lower their energy costs, so we have made the achievement this goal the number one priority for our Member Buying Group,” he said. “Since power costs will continue to escalate, it is important that we explore all options including electricity purchasing and efficient energy use to help our members keep these operating costs to a minimum.
Preliminary research had identified savings in the vicinity of 11 per cent could be made off the electricity bill for a mid-sized printing company. Healey said the survey would be invaluable in identifying industry energy consumption and costs, current providers and access to sustainability and energy management processes.
Healey said that the response to-date had been “excellent”, demonstrating strong recognition of the need to minimise energy costs and support for Printing Industries work to help achieve this goal. “I also want to make the point that the survey is open to printing companies everywhere of every size, particularly in regional and country areas. The greater the participation pool is, the better and more accurate our data will be,” he added.
Click here to access the survey