We have to face facts. Like it or not, there is a growing pressure to reduce our output of greenhouse gases, and carbon has become enemy number one. The government has made a significant commitment on our behalf to reduce carbon emissions and we can now expect to have to start playing our part. April 2010 is a key date as it signals the start of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme. This is a new regulatory incentive that will begin to rein in the major energy consumers: all large business and public sector energy users will be required to participate in the scheme, on the basis of aggregated consumption across all subsidiary companies. What if you are not a "large" energy user? Will you still have to get involved? Well the short answer is it depends, but for the great majority of business landlords the writing is on the wall - it's not so much a case of whether, but when. We'd better get used to it. We are entering a period of rapid and irreversible change.