Free Business Energy Checks for Surrey’s Small Businesses

Bronwen Smith-Thomas
Dec 1, 2025
2 min read

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We’re excited to launch the Sustainable Business Network’s new Business Energy Check project - a free service designed to help small and micro businesses across Surrey cut costs, lower carbon, and build long-term resilience.

This support is funded with support from the National Lottery, and delivered by the Sustainable Business Network at Zero Carbon Guildford (ZCG).

What is the Business Energy Check?

It’s a practical, one-hour on-site visit with one of our SBN Energy Assessors.

We look at how your business uses energy day-to-day, identify simple savings, and help you understand low-cost improvements that boost comfort, cut bills, and reduce carbon. We’ll also provide recommendations where we identify investments a business could make to improve costs and sustainability long term.

Businesses receive:

A tailored Energy Report with clear energy-and-cost saving opportunities

• Support understanding practical next steps

• A Digital Participation Badge to display on your website and socials

• A chance to be featured in our SME Spotlight series on LinkedIn

Who Can Apply?

This offer is open to Surrey-based micro and small businesses - meaning fewer than 50 employees, with micro defined as fewer than 10.

Initially, we’re focusing on smaller businesses with one main site, so the support is focused, practical, and high-impact.

Why This Matters

Energy costs continue to be one of the biggest pressures for small businesses.Addressing efficiency isn’t just a climate action - it’s a resilience strategy.

Better energy management can:

• Reduce overheads

• Improve comfort for staff and customers

• Strengthen your long-term financial stability

• Lower your environmental impact

Small changes add up fast, especially for micro businesses working with tight margins.

Limited Spaces for Year One

Assessments will be allocated first-come, first-served.If your business qualifies, this is a simple, low-time, high-benefit step toward a more resilient future.