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Controlling Energy Consumption in Lockdown
With the events of 2020 resulting in a variety of lockdowns and tier systems that required the general public to remain indoors, energy consumption has rapidly increased for households, operating businesses and accommodation buildings across the country. For...
2020 – A Year in Review
2020 - A Year in Review 2020 was a difficult year for the entire world - with the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) bearing down on people and businesses, we found ourselves suffering mass lockdowns, a shift to online learning for students, changes to our...
Save £54K in 3 half-hours?
Maintaining our national electrical infrastructure is a costly business. Charges over and above energy consumption costs, are known as DUoS and TNUoS and apply to business energy users to cover infrastructure maintenance. DUoS (Distribution Use of System)The...
The minutiae of Mains Borne Signalling
Mains Borne Signalling (MBS) has been used since the 1980s for sending and receiving digital data between pieces of electronic apparatus. Equipment connected to the electrical circuit in a building places a tiny additional voltage on the Earth and Neutral wiring. High...
Gildersome Spurs promoted to Division 1
Established in 1977, Gildersome Spurs JFC has seen many children go through from under 5s through to the under 18s, with many moving on to the open age team 'Gildersome Old Boys'. Boys and Girls aged 4 to 18 are welcome to join and It's a way of having fun, keeping...
Let’s get ready to ramble!
Children in need is as much a part of this season in the UK as Bonfire night and autumnal golden leaves creating a crisp carpet across the landscape! What better way to enjoy this glorious season than tramping across beautiful countryside raising money for such a...
Reducing energy costs – use less of it or buy it cheaper?
Too many organisations focus on the unit cost of energy rather than their consumption of it. It is considered a cost, rather than a service. But careful energy control will show a significant impact on an organisations bottom line; its carbon footprint; by becoming...
Accurate measuring of hot water
Knowing the temperature within a hot-water tank is something that is often overlooked when considering the monitoring of energy use. Usually a thermostat is strapped around the centre of the tank which triggers the boiler on or off. Operationally this has worked well...
Individual room sensors provide accurate central control
Ffriddoedd Village is Bangor Universities largest accommodation site with around 2,000 rooms. For Prefect Controls, the installation of their Irus central control heating system during the summer of 2019 marks their largest single installation to date, with close to...
BeMS – There are horses for courses
"Irus is more bespoke and sits in this market-place better than traditional BeMS" With the Business sector consuming 56% of the electricity generated in the UK and accounting for about half of all emissions, and the UKs obligation of 80% reduction in greenhouse gases...
If Electricity is the future for heating, how can efficiencies be maximised?
The way we heat our living and working spaces has not changed fundamentally for many years. During that time massive investment has been made in the gas infrastructure; from the way it is brought to our shores; the networks that deliver it to point of use; and...
Happy New Era for Prefect Irus
New Era Student Living is a £66M complex of luxury studios and one/two-bedroom apartments in Sheffield. Krystal Chan, manager of the facility explains, “This is a first of its kind in the UK. Manchester and London have well established Chinatowns, but we are bringing...
