How Ingleton Wood can help you with the ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme)

How Ingleton Wood can help you with the ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) Thursday, 18th August 2022

ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme)

The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory government scheme that requires businesses to identify energy-saving opportunities. It does not apply to the public sector and is only applicable to businesses classed as a ‘large undertaking’ – this means that any business that employs 250 or more people or has an annual turnover in excess of £44 million and an annual balance sheet total in excess of £38 million.

The qualification date for the current phase is 31 December 2022, therefore if your business is considered a ‘large undertaking’ then ESOS is required, which must be complied with by 5 December 2023, and the Environment Agency must be notified.

The principal changes for Phase 3 are summarised as follows:

1.	Significant energy consumption de minimis has been reduced to 5% from 10% in phase 3
2	Additional standard details will be required within ESOS reports. These are:
	a.	Business SIC codes.
	b.	The details of other auditors/report writers in addition to lead assessor e.g. any 3^rd party involved in collating data.
	c.	A report on actions taken since the last ESOS report.
	d.	An energy metric (kWh/m² – kWh/mile, kWh/production).
	e.	Participants need to justify choice of lead assessor based on appropriate skills/ knowledge. The response is still a bit vague on how this will be done and whether this is actually required for phase 3.
	f.	More detailed ‘Next Steps’ including possible funding options – although the funding detail is still to be confirmed.
	g.	Organisations will need to share their reports with subsidiaries and sites.
	h.	Additional data is to be included in the ESOS compliance submission to the EA.
	i.	A standard ‘recommendations’ template will be published for organisations to use.

How Ingleton Wood can help you:

We offer a full Phase 3 ESOS assessment with our qualified ESOS Assessors and in-house M&E teams, including liaison with the Environment Agency, full surveys, reports and meetings to explain the findings.

We need your ESOS energy consumption information, which should include all sources of energy consumption, including building use and transport, which we can assist you on.

We can also offer a further service towards net-zero, which is anticipated to become part of Phase 4 requirements, thus more effectively utilising the ESOS works to also create your decarbonisation plans.

We can provide a full or partial service as required, so please contact our lead assessors, robert.diamond@ingletonwood.co.uk (Colchester office) or shawn.galliers@ingletonwood.co.uk (Oxford office) for more information, a fee quote or advice.