Large commercial premises, places of entertainment and big office buildings use a large amount of energy. They need to be warm or cool as required, they need lighting and they need to serve the needs of their many users, often around the clock. Energy efficiency is key to optimal building management and on a large scale it can have a real impact on the bottom line. Decisions about energy supply are not taken lightly. The environmental performance of your buildings reflects upon your whole operation, and in the polluter-pays future, even on the value of your brand. Environmental audit is higher up the agenda in many companies these days and we need to look for opportunities to add environmental value wherever we can. Many of Nottingham’s premier buildings, and some of its newest, have the environmental advantage of using Nottingham Green Energy for their electricity, heating and hot water. The National Ice Arena, the Broadmarsh and Victoria shopping centres, the canal-side Magistrates’ Court and Capital One’s new Loxley House facilities all use energy generated locally, energy recovered from domestic and commercial waste. That’s Nottingham Green Energy from Enviroenergy. As Nottingham continues to grow older buildings are being converted to new uses and new buildings are springing up. Building owners can take a stake in the protection of Nottingham’s environment for the future, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and helping to combat global warming by using Nottingham Green Energy. Those who do should see real cost savings over time for themselves and their tenants, and their investment buoyed by that environmental competitive advantage.