About

LOS is one of Norway’s leading suppliers of energy to end-users. The company is 100 per cent owned by Agder Energi, and has its head quarters in Kristiansand. As the country’s third largest electricity supplier, LOS serves more than 200 000 customers in the private and corporate sector in Norway.

LOS is the largest supplier of energy within the corporate sector in Norway. LOS offer its customers:

• Electricity and electricity related products and services to both the private and the corporate sector
• 100% renewable energy Electricity LOS offers its customers several different products in order to meet with their different needs and amount of consumption.

LOS is very much engaged in keeping tits products among the best on the market.

Renewable energy

LOS encourages all its customers to increase use of renewable energy in Norway. LOS guarantees that the amount of renewable energy produced equals the amount of electricity the customers consume. Ownership structure LOS is owned by Agder Energi AS, one of the largest energy groups in Norway in terms of hydroelectric power production. Agder Energi is owned by Statkraft Regional Holding AS with an interest of 45.5 per cent and the 30 municipalities in Agder with a total interest of 54.5 per cent.

Strategy

Climate Partners

As members of the regional network Climate Partners in Agder, Norway, LOS works together with other partners on:

• Development of products and services for tomorrow’s low carbon society
• Inspiration, methods and tools for cutting greenhouse gas emissions • Influencing the policies and conditions for sustainable innovation
• International networking and knowledge sharing through cooperation with UNEP through and the CN Net
• Promotion of the partners and the Agder region locally, nationally and internationally • Environmental certification
• Preparation of annual climate footprint reports following the international Greenhouse Gas Protocol
• Preparation of annual action plans to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases Efforts to reduce emissions.

In 2010 LOS moved into a new building in Kristiansand. The new building is 100 per cent owned by the owner company. Agder Energi is one of Norway’s most energy efficient office building with an energy consumption of less than 80 KWh/m2/year. In addition, the building has efficient solutions to waste treatments, efficient printing solutions as well as videoconference services that reduces travelling considerably. They have started to buy electric cars to be used by employees for travel to meetings in the nearby region. They buy electricity from renewable resources.

Climate Neutrality

LOS became climate neutral in 2009. They are following the method described in UNEP’s guideline “Kick the Habit” with the following steps:

1. Preparation of climate footprint that include direct emissions and electricity consumption (scope 1 and 2), as well as employee travel in official business (scope 3).
2. Emission reductions
3. Offset of remaining emissions through purchase of UN approved CERs.
4. Repetition of the above on an annual basis.

In 2009, Los' climate footprint was calculated to 44,5 tons. Offset was purchased via co2-focus. See www.co2focus.com for more information.

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