ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE SAVINGS AND COMPLY WITH EPR AND EPC REGULATIONS WITH DALA

The goal of Dala is to assist clients to reduce their energy costs and carbon emissions, improve their energy security, and to comply with EPR and EPC regulations that seek to improve environmental sustainability. Dala assists to resolve utility bill issues (handling of disputes, identify and recover over-charges, optimise tariffs used for billing, represent client with utility provider, etc), implement energy monitoring systems to manage and optimise usage and costs, and manage on behalf of clients solar pv and battery storage projects to reduce costs and emissions, and to improve the security of supply. Dala assists with regularising and complying with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulations for the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) and Lighting sectors, and to reduce or optimise the costs thereof. Dala is authorised to conduct energy performance assessments and issue Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) for buildings that meet the compliance thresholds of the EPC regulations. Dala's focus is on achieving sustainable savings, compliance and value for money for clients. Dala assists clients to manage and report on their environmental ESG initiatives.

PROBLEMS DALA SEEKS TO ADDRESS:

  • High energy bills and consistently high annual tariff increases

  • Numerous complaints about exorbitant and inaccurate billing but unable to resolve

  • Lack of energy usage data and tools to effectively manage energy costs, identify wastage and challenge disputed bills

  • Exposure to power outages

  • Non-compliance with EPR and EPC regulations, and the consequences thereof for clients (which may include fines, jail term, and reputational damage)

  • Unnecessary EPR costs

  • EPR scheme choice and costs not optimised for business

  • Poor EPC rating (showing high energy intensity with poor environmental consequences and image)

  • Pressure to implement cost reductions and improve profit margins

  • Pressure to decarbonise and to report on ESG activities

SUMMARY OF SERVICES PROVIDED:

  • Implementation of an energy monitoring system to proactively manage and optimise usage and costs, with monitoring dashboards accessable at all times from anywhere 

  • Identification of energy savings and improvement of Energy Efficiency

  • Billing dispute handling, verification of utility bills, recovery of past over-charges, and optimisation of tariffs used for billing with goal of achieving sustainable future savings

  • Project management on behalf of clients Solar PV and/or Battery Energy Storage Projects to reduce costs and emissions, and achieve energy security

  • EPR and EPC regulatory compliance and avoidance of penalties or sanctions

  • Reducing or optimising EPR costs (with option to manage EPR scheme on behalf of client where this is appropriate)

  • EPC rating improvement (typically included in ESG reports in addition to EPC certificate public display)

  • Assist with ESG environmental initiatives including providing detailed data for ESG (and ISO14001) management and reporting