Free Building Energy Waste Checker
Could your building be wasting energy without anyone noticing?
Building Energy Waste Checker
Get an instant indication of whether hidden energy waste may be going unnoticed in your building.
Many buildings waste energy through operating hours, hidden night loads, poor schedules, controls and equipment running when it is not needed. The difficult part is that this waste is often invisible until someone looks at the data and operating patterns properly.
This free checker helps you understand whether there may be practical opportunities to investigate before committing to bigger projects, new technology or capital upgrades.
Start with diagnosis
Before investing in new technology, find out whether the existing building is running properly.
Energy-saving conversations often jump immediately to solar panels, lighting upgrades, insulation, glazing or replacement plant. Those measures may have a place, but they are not always the first thing to check.
A building may already be wasting energy through overnight use, poor schedules, controls that no longer match occupancy, or major loads that no one is routinely reviewing. Finding those issues first can help make later investment decisions more practical and better targeted.
Choose the best version
Use the general checker below, or choose a more tailored sector version.
The general checker is suitable for most non-domestic buildings. If you manage one of the sectors below, the tailored checker may feel more relevant to your building, responsibilities and common challenges.
Workplace Energy Waste Checker
For organisations managing offices, headquarters and occupied business buildings where energy is one part of a much wider operational role.
- Unexplained increases in energy use
- BMS schedules that look correct
- Out-of-hours consumption
- Limited time to analyse energy data
- Pressure to prioritise projects
Venue Energy Waste Checker
For Venues, Collections & Historic Places — theatres, museums, galleries, heritage properties and complex visitor buildings balancing energy with operational or environmental responsibilities.
- Historic fabric and conservation constraints
- Collections or environmental conditions
- Performance and event schedules
- Different needs across multiple spaces
- Limited capital and complex priorities
Retail & Customer-Facing Estates Checker
For shops, showrooms, branches and customer-facing estates where site comparison, local performance and investment priorities all matter.
- Some sites using far more energy than others
- Estate data without time to investigate outliers
- Out-of-hours operation
- Landlord and tenant responsibility gaps
- Pressure to prioritise capital across sites
How the checker works
Complete the questions below to get your instant result.
Choose the answer that most closely reflects your current situation. You will be asked for your details before the result is displayed, and you can optionally add annual energy spend to unlock an indicative avoidable spend range.
Answer 12 questions
Review how well energy, operating hours, controls and opportunities are currently understood.
Add spend data if available
Electricity and gas spend help produce a more useful indicative avoidable spend range.
Unlock your result
Add your details to see your opportunity rating, priority areas and suggested next step instantly on screen.
General checker
Start the 12-question check
Use the general checker below if you want a quick, practical indication of whether hidden energy waste may be worth investigating in your building.