‘Energy Management’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Door-Stop: The first ever energy rated door from
Door-Stop International, which we summarised at the time by saying "Door-Stop has launched the first UK energy rated doors, just two weeks after the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC) introduced the DER scheme.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Dimplex evacuated tube solar collector from
Dimplex UK: "Dimplex now offer more flexibility for specifiers by adding a high efficiency evacuated tube solar collector to its solar thermal water heating range.".
In September 2011, we covered the news from Concrete Centre
- take a look at Basement solution to shoe-box homes
which says: "Guy Thompson, head of architecture and sustainability at The Concrete Centre, believes the provision of basements would help counter RIBA criticism of 'shameful shoe-box homes'.".
Take a look also at the news release from Stride Treglown, Carbon neutral Stride Treglown office,
as well as SAS International for acoustics at Dublin Airport from SAS International,
and National consumer poll by super-fabricator Sierra from Epwin Group.
Latest stories...
Ronacrete repair for Manchester orbital motorway (September 2011)
Contractors NMS specified RonaRoad Manhole Mortar and RonaRoad EcoPatch Pothole Repair for repairs on the M60 in Manchester.
VEKA and Door Energy Ratings scheme (September 2011)
Profile manufacturer VEKA are the first systems company to register on the newly introduced Door Energy Ratings scheme, the biggest extension of the BFRC scheme since 2006
Free solar PV installations from Stroma Solar (September 2011)
New solar PV4FREE scheme offers completely free solar PV installations to residential property owners, enabling them the opportunity to make typical savings of GBP400 each year.
Causeway at ICE BIM 2011 (September 2011)
Causeway is sponsoring and exhibiting at the Institute of Civil Engineers ICE BIM 2011 conference, including 'Becoming BIM Proficient'.
JELD-WEN windows specified for energy efficiency (September 2011)
JELD-WEN new DreamVu windows specified for 'Retrofit for the Future' HeatPod project in Penzance.
Light levels increased and energy consumption cut (September 2011)
A variety of luminaires and lighting controls from Cooper Lighting and Safety, installed at the offices of the Irish planning board, have boosted light levels and cut energy consumption.
New low-energy luminaires from Cooper (September 2011)
Cooper Lighting and Safety at LuxLive exhibition to launch a number of new energy-efficient luminaires for use in mains lighting and emergency lighting schemes.
Seamless Sensing new building sensing products (September 2011)
Two pioneering wireless products from Seamless Sensing which allow organisations to reduce energy consumption and improve air quality in their buildings.
Further reading
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Increased demand for energy management training
Energy Services and Technology Association (ESTA) adding more dates to its programme of ON.COURSE training workshops.
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Low power ZigBee for smart energy management
ByteSnap Design offer ZMM-01, the industry's first ever ZigBee Smart Energy module to combine the key features of metering and control in a single, low power platform.
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