We are delighted to announce that the project we have been working on with the University of the West of England, at the Frenchay Campus in Bristol has been awarded Education Sector Project of the Year at this year’s Energy Saving Awards. The project which comprises...
How can behavioural change be used to drive down energy use in student accommodation? There is a widespread consensus that the key areas that will help the UK to meet climate and environmental goals relate to how we travel, what we eat, what we buy, and energy use....
Glen Golding, Managing Director of Prefect Controls is ‘delighted’ that HobSensus, has been declared winner of the Safety Innovation Award 2023 at an annual safety conference. Electrical Safety First, the campaigning organisation, aims to reduce death and injury...
Tom McAndrew, Project Manager at Prefect Controls, witnessed an auspicious event this week. The installation of the 50,000th control unit on the Irus Portal! For those unfamiliar with Irus, it is the Building Energy Management System designed specifically for...
Mark Homer is a Director of Progressive Property, a company he co-founded in 2007 with Rob Moore. They are dedicated to helping investors build up their property portfolios by sharing personal knowledge and experience. Mark has developed more than 1000 property units...
Jon Rensink, Safety Consultant at Daniel Connal Partnership’s health and safety arm of DCP Safety & Training, talks to Adrian Barber of Prefect Controls about the issue of hobs being left switched on when kitchens are unoccupied. John Rensink: What was the...
Summer arrives, the weather warms, flowers bloom, all is good with the world! But, for students in our universities, it’s exam season mid-May to mid-June. Four weeks of cramming. Then, Relax! Nothing more can be done. Pack the car, and head off for a well-deserved...
The University of the West of England (UWE) is benefitting from investing in a heating control system that is saving energy in student accommodation. Work began during the pandemic. Contractors took advantage of empty blocks, installing Prefect’s Irus system...
Adrian Barber from Prefect Controls explains the benefit of Building Energy Management Systems (BeMS), used for energy saving in student accommodation either autonomously or alongside a BMS. Technological solutions are the only way to administer the control and...
In the 12 months up to January 2023 gas prices rose by 129.4% while electricity was just over half this at 66.7%. Significant percentages. However, apply monetary values, and a different picture emerges - per kWh (at time of writing) gas is costing domestic customers...
