Commercial Heating & Ventilation: A buyer’s guide for Energy Managers
Heating and ventilation are among the most important building services for organisations seeking to reduce energy consumption, control operating costs and improve workplace conditions. But selecting the right equipment involves more than comparing boiler efficiencies, heat pump specifications or ventilation airflow rates. A highly efficient heating system may still waste energy if it serves poorly […]
Commercial Lighting Controls: How to maximise energy savings after an LED upgrade
Replacing conventional lighting with LEDs can deliver substantial energy savings for commercial buildings. But installation is only the beginning. An efficient LED fitting can still waste electricity if it remains switched on in an empty meeting room, illuminates an unoccupied warehouse aisle or operates at full brightness when natural daylight is already sufficient. And as […]
OPINION: Is the UK’s cable infrastructure ready for EV demand?
With almost 30% of new car registrations in the UK being fully electric, the shift to EVs is well underway. There’s plenty of attention on the cars themselves, but there’s a bigger question that needs considering: is the country’s infrastructure ready for what’s coming next? Latest figures from SMMT have shown that battery electric vehicles […]
Operational disruption and payback uncertainty holding back building energy efficiency investment
Concerns over operational disruption and uncertainty around investment returns are the biggest barriers to accelerating energy efficiency improvements across European commercial real estate portfolios, according to new research from re. The study, involving 200 institutional asset managers across six European countries with combined assets under management of €296 billion, found that 79% identified reducing operational […]