Prefect Controls Irus – Finalist in the inaugural ENERGY SAVING AWARDS 2022
We are proud to have been named as finalists in the Energy Saving Awards 2022. The Energy Saving Awards, organised by Plumbing, Heating & Air Movement News (PHAM News) and Energy in Buildings & Industry (EiBI) magazines, is a new event celebrating the very...
Student accommodation designed around energy efficiency
The refurbishment, redevelopment, and new-build extensions of three Manchester student properties provide a glimpse of new generation accommodation for 2030 and beyond. The projects, totalling more than £64M investment, are utilising the latest construction techniques...
Room Numbers
Student accommodation has seen a dramatic evolution in the last 25 years. Pre-turn of the century, most rooms were owned and managed by universities, many of them more like hostels than hotels. Then big finance moved into the sector. Fast forward to 2022 and its...
Are we headed for hot water?
It’s not just the recent heatwaves and announcements of drought across the UK that has caused water to become the hot topic in the realms of energy management. But it is broadening attention for the concerns that some have had for many years. Fear of water scarcity...
A Fabric-First solution for student rooms at Durham University
The Mount Oswald student accommodation site at Durham University serves John Snow College and the brand-new South College. The purpose-built facility provides rooms for 1000 students and offers accommodation, common rooms, welfare facilities and café bars. There is a...
AUE 50th Anniversary Conference and Exhibition
Last week we attended the AUE 50th Anniversary Annual Conference and Exhibition. It was held at the University of Stirling. It was so good to be able to catch up with customers face to face after such a long while. As main sponsors this year there was a nice synergy...
Students should perfect these cost-cutting habits. But, for automation of energy saving, the solution is Prefect.
The energy crisis is affecting everyone here in the UK, and although the magnitude of the rapidly rising costs is out of our control, there are ways to marginally reduce our personal liability. Multiply this by a communal factor such as the UKs student population and...
Experience Prefect Controls in person this Autumn
We will be attending 3 exhibitions during the 2022 exhibition season. SEPTEMBER The first is the Association of University Engineers (AUE) Annual Exhibition and Conference. This year it will be held at The University of Stirling in Scotland, from 7 – 9...
New heat loss calculator from Prefect
We have been providing a traditional heat loss calculation service for many years to accurately determine heating output required for projects we are involved with. The calculations, prepared by professional surveyors, combine the thermal transmittance co-efficient or...
Can a label make energy green?
At the start of this year an argument was brewing across Europe with the European Commission proposing to label some gas and nuclear power as ‘green’. With a majority vote in favour, this could become law by 2023. This came just months after the COP26 Climate Summit...
