After successfully delivering over 100 reviews to Energy-Intensive Manufacturers in the Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) programme from 2023 to March 2025, Pro Enviro is the primary delivery partner for BEAS 2025/2026.
Energy-intensive is defined as a minimum annual consumption of 750,000 kWh.
This is open to SMEs* in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Marches, and Staffordshire.
What does the programme offer?
The programme provides a comprehensive energy audit to better understand how energy is used, identify cost-effective energy-saving measures, embed a low-carbon strategy in your operation and set a path towards net-zero. The audit is the necessary gateway toaccess match-funded grants of up to £100,000 to implement energy-saving reduction and cost-saving measures.
The comprehensive energy audit and report includes:
A Review of the manufacturing facility, plant, and machinery to identify the main drivers of consumption.
An analysis of energy consumption patterns in relation to the facility and production processes.
The Identification of any non-productive load.
Using temporary meters, the energy consumption of up to 5 pieces of plant and machinery can be recorded and analysed.
Impartial recommendations for replacing existing energy-consuming processes and building fabric, systems, and equipment.
Grant Funding
After you receive your audit, you can apply for up to £100,000 – 50% match funding towards energy efficiency projects identified in the report.
Grants could be awarded for (not limited to)
Process plant and machinery
Compressors
Refrigeration
Lighting
Heating
Insulation
Solar PV*
*Solar PV – maximum grant £50,000 or 50% of cost, whichever is the smaller.
Eligibility criteria
To qualify for the BEAS programme, as an energy-intensive company, applicants must:
Qualify as an SME -
maximum 249 full-time employees, turnover less than £42 million or a balance sheet less than £36 million*
Have an annual energy consumption of over 750,000 kWh*
Be responsible for paying the business’s energy bills
Be a commercial entity / profit-seeking enterprise
Operate a commercial address for at least 12 months
"This programme has enabled us to invest in technologies which we perhaps wouldn’t have done so because it wouldn’t have met our payback criteria as a commercial business."
"As an SME, we need support, both in terms of financial assistance for the big investments we must make and in establishing a viable road map to significantly cut our energy consumption and emissions. Pro Enviro’s experience and connections in this world have been valuable and give us the confidence that this journey is achievable."
"Pro Enviro introduced us to the Decarbonisation Programme (now BEAS) and conducted out energy audit. We received ten recommendations, and we’re already implemented three. I certainly recommend that any SMES sign up for this energyassessment. It’s given us a clear roadmap to develop our business, our net-zero strategy and reduce our carbon footprint."
"From initial contact with the BEAS programme from day one onwards, it was like aweight was lifted from my shoulders. They gave us all the information we needed to get the report and help us prioritise it in an order that was going to be most impactful."
"Pro Enviro introduced us to the Decarbonisation Programme (now BEAS) and conducted our energy audit. We received ten recommendations, and we’ve already implemented three. I certainly recommend that SMES sign up for this energy assessment. It’s given us a clear roadmap to develop our business, our net-zero strategy and reduce our carbon footprint."
"Thanks to the match funding from BEAS we have enhanced the insulation in our head office, bringing considerable benefits in reducing our heating bills during the colder months. We have also invested in LED lighting throughout our building, which consumes significantly less energy than traditional bulbs and generates cost savings on electricity bills.
"We purchased modern radiators separately and have a net zero goal which we are working towards, so the BEAS support has enabled us to make progress. We recommend other businesses access their help to generate savings and reduce their environmental impact.
"We're now £15,000 better off a year, which is great news."
- Rob Colbourne, CEO of Performance Through People
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