Energy Management and Sustainability
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A measure of consumption

Installing sub-meters to measure selected areas of energy use in a building or estate is an efficient way to find out how consumption is distributed, to benchmark an individual building’s performance and identify where opportunities for savings are greatest.

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Heat recovery chillers: Helping to cut costs

Heat recovery allows a chiller to operate at high efficiencies, while collecting and re-using its waste heat to heat a process, providing heat for central heating or even hot water supply. Kevin Whyte, a director at ICS Cool Energy expains

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Recovering heat – and profitability

For businesses there are a number of avenues to explore when it comes to saving energy. One energy saving opportunity for many compressed air users is waste heat recovery, explains Mark Whitmore, general manager at BOGE Compressors

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Meter made

Trend Control Systems has developed a range of sub-meters that provide a simple-to-deploy solution to work with its BEMS.

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Compressors and vacuum: Technology exchange

Atlas Copco recently acquired Edwards Group, a leading manufacturer of vacuum products and abatement solutions. Here, Geert Follens, division manager of Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Solutions, explains the rationale behind the acquisition

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Greater investment in strategic energy management

According to a joint survey by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and energy supplier npower, Britain’s manufacturers are increasing their investment in strategic energy management and efficiency in order to improve their competitive position agains a backdrop of rising energy costs.

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Energy saver demo

Huge amounts of energy are being wasted throughout British industry because variable speed inverter drives are still not fully appreciated, according to Mitsubishi Electric. The company has developed a simple demonstration that can be seen in an on-line video, operated as a virtual demo or used in reality at the company’s headquarters in Hatfield.

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New motors on show

Precision motion control specialist Dunkermotoren will be exhibiting its rotary and tubular linear electric motors and associated products at the Drives & Control Show.

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Time to plan your goodbye to R22

2014 is a critical year for any business still operating air conditioning or refrigeration equipment designed to use the refrigerant gas HCFC R22, as from 1st January 2015 this refrigerant will be banned throughout Europe and can no longer be legally used for service and maintenance purposes.Mike Nankivell, marketing director of Space Air, comments

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