Zero Budget

Zero BudgetA unique financing structure for carbon-reducing measures

The greatest enemy of energy saving is money. At the moment there are low-energy alternatives for practically all product groups. If everyone were to apply these low-energy alternatives, all carbon reduction goals would immediately be achieved with ease. But as a group we are not in a position to realise the carbon reduction goals, on the contrary. The main reason is the lack of money.

As an answer to this we have developed Zero Budget Sustainability (ZBS). Restructuring the existing energy budget puts organisations in a position to save energy on a budget-neutral basis. The energy budget no longer disappears completely into, among other things, gas-fired energy systems, but shifts increasingly towards (green financiers of) energy-saving measures. During this shift, the client keeps paying the existing energy budget until the measures taken have been paid off. At that moment, the client has the choice between lowering the energy budget or investing the amount saved in generating sustainable energy itself. This reduces the dependence on oil- and coal-related energy and a participating organisation can even grow to become totally carbon-neutral. This fundamentally reduces the financial risks of steadily rising energy prices. We have all the aids in-house to implement this structure transparently for you.