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Latest electrical company news
According to statutory property compliance specialist BES Consulting, publicans can slash their soaring utility bills. Pubs could save over £11,000 a year by taking simple steps to cut their energy wastage.
BES Consulting has produced Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for thousands of pubs and says most could make energy savings of 25 per cent.
The top five ways to cut energy waste are:
1) Fitting low-energy light bulbs. Lighting typically represents 25 per cent of the total u... [more]
Festo has appointed Barr & Paatz as a System Integrator for its electrical drives business. This partnership agreement, one of only four across the UK, marks the latest move by Festo to expand its presence in the electrical drives and controls market.
Under the arrangement, Festo will provide Barr & Paatz with pre-sales support and technical backing across a fast-expanding range of servo, stepper and linear drives, motor controllers, electro-mechanical axes, gantry and tripod robots, vacuum a... [more]
The Government's Climate Change Committee (CCC, chaired by Lord Adair Turner) has published its report on Climate Change (December 2008). This comes shortly BEAMA published its own Climate Change White Paper (October 2008).
Dr Howard Porter, chief operating officer at BEAMA, has said its members are well prepared with the electrical products to help the Government reach its targets. “There are some very challenging targets in the Government’s paper. For example, a minimum 34% cut in greenhous... [more]
Derwent Systems Ltd, security lighting specialist and member of the Bosch Group, was selected to represent the North East region in the Innovation Through Technology category at the 2008 Chamber Awards for its AEGIS UFLED illuminators.
The Chamber Awards, launched by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) in 2004, recognise and celebrate business excellence through the successes and achievements of its Accredited Chambers of Commerce, their members and non-members. The award for Innovation T... [more]
Draka is raising the alarm over what it says is widespread non-compliance with an important fire safety provision of Approved Document B (Fire safety) to the Building Regulations. According to Draka, Clause 5.38 of Volume Two (buildings other than dwelling houses) Protected Power Circuits – does not appear to be universally understood, applied or enforced outside of the London area.
The company points out that, under Clause 5.38: “In large or complex buildings there may be fire protection sy... [more]
Bison Gear & Engineering Corp has introduced a new VWDIR03 right angle fractional horsepower gearmotors designed as Von Weise Drop-In Replacements to meet the needs of a wide variety of established OEMs. The Bison VWDIR03 is available in 13 standard models, with output speeds from 4.5 to 100 RPM and torques from 27 to 250 in-lbs.
With applications ranging from exercise equipment to conveyors, the VWDIR03 gearmotors are driven by a versatile universal motor that can be run from 115V AC or DC ... [more]
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