It’s a well-known fact that garages produce enormous amounts of waste daily in the form of fluids, batteries, and packaging materials. Despite the numerous waste disposal options available to UK garages, the amount of waste being produced is clearly an issue that needs to be addressed.
As public awareness about sustainable practices continues to grow, customers have started prioritising eco-friendly garages and products more, making effective garage waste management crucial for any garage business.
Beyond proper waste management, how you manage water in your garage, alongside energy use and emissions, also affects your environmental footprint. Every aspect of your garage setup can either support or hinder your sustainability efforts.
The good news, however, is that there are multiple creative upgrades that you can make to create an energy efficient garage that cuts down on your environmental footprint.
In this blog, we’ll explain four innovative upgrades you can make for an eco-friendly garage to help your business stay sustainable in the long run.
Without keeping tabs on waste and stock coming in and going out of your garage, improving the efficiency of your daily operations can be challenging. Traditional tracking methods, such as manual logs or basic spreadsheets, don’t give an overview of the bigger picture and can leave room for oversight.
Upgrading to a digital system provides insights into your stock and materials that you might not have previously noticed. A digital waste and stock tracking system enables you to spot patterns, find areas where you’re overspending or overstocking, and even track trends over time, allowing you to make changes accordingly.
This kind of insight helps you make smarter, greener choices for a variety of garage parts and operations, including fluids, packaging and general waste.
TechMan’s garage management software helps track your stock and easily note patterns and trends, enabling you to improve your garage’s efficiency.
Garages are notorious for consuming a lot of energy. You’ve got lighting, tools, air compressors, and heating systems all adding up to your footprint, making it essential to save energy wherever possible. One easy way to create an energy efficient garage is by switching to LED lights.
LED lights use a lot less electricity and last much longer compared to other types of bulbs. They also give off less heat, meaning your garage won’t get as warm during busy days or warmer months.
Another smart way of utilising LED lights in your garage is by installing motion sensors or timers. This means they’re only switched on when someone’s there, saving tons of energy and reducing the chances of lights being left on accidentally.
LED lights are a worthwhile one-time investment that are guaranteed to benefit you in the long run and help create a more eco-friendly garage.
Water isn’t usually the first thing you think about when making your garage greener, but it should be. Washing cars, cleaning floors, rinsing down tools or just dealing with spills uses more water than you might realise, and careless usage of water in garages contributes significantly to waste.
You can tackle this water wastage problem by adding a water recycling system to your garage. These setups store the water you’d normally drain away, clean it up by filtering out stuff like oil and dirt, and then let you use it again.
What’s more, keeping dirty water out of drains helps protect local streams and soil. If you can pair this with taps and spray nozzles that don’t leak, you’ll be able to make your whole operation a lot more efficient.
This way, you hit two birds with one stone; you reduce garage waste and have lower water bills.
Do you still rely on stacks of paper job cards, handwritten notes, and worksheets for daily logging? If so, it might be time for a switch, as this isn’t just inefficient, it’s also wasteful.
Switching to a digital job card system helps you run a cleaner, greener garage with more precision and less paperwork to worry about. It allows you to update job statuses in real time, assign work digitally, and keep all records organised without clutter.
With the help of a digital system, you can create a smoother experience for both your technicians and customers while creating a sustainable, eco-friendly garage.
TechMan’s garage management software makes it easy to reduce administrative work and keep your daily operations fully paperless and more efficient.
Now that you know some of the innovative upgrades you can make for an eco-friendly garage, you’re probably wondering how to take that next step. TechMan can help you make your digital transition smoother and more manageable.
TechMan’s garage management software (GMS) can provide you with all the data you need to make smart, sustainable management decisions. From tracking the amount of waste your garage generates to identifying areas where you can go paperless, it provides the insight needed to reduce your environmental impact while improving efficiency.
With advanced features such as accounting, customer management, personnel management, stock control, and reporting, you can better control your garage operations and ensure everything runs smoothly.
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