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Commissioning & Reliability

Powering the UK’s infrastructure

It is vital that train manufacturers today keep trains operating with minimal disruption and downtime. With more passengers relying on train services than ever before, it is crucial that engineers have access to the components they need quickly to undergo repair and maintenance work. Paul Bentley, managing director of GD Rectifiers explains how power electronic components are helping keep the UK’s infrastructure running seamlessly.

7 October, 2019
Storage & Resilience

Switched on

7 October, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

The smart revolution is happening – Are you ready?

Smart technology makes people’s lives easier; it ensures businesses work more efficiently; and it helps combat climate change. Now’s the time for contractors to get smart about smart homes (and commercial spaces) and the vast opportunities the connected living market brings, says CEF.

7 October, 2019
Grid & Connections

Cluster muster

Energy companies have ignited multibillion-pound plans in the Humber region for the UK’s first carbon-neutral “industrial cluster”.

7 October, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

The dos and don'ts of data science for smart power networks

TNEI shares with us some “dos and don’ts” for those working in the power sector, to bear in mind while getting to grips with conducting good data science – either yourself or when commissioning others.

7 October, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

What exactly is a smart building?

Karl Walker, market development manager at Beckhoff, explains why the term “smart building” may greatly vary in meaning – depending on who you ask.

7 October, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

Saving energy needn’t cost the earth 

Paul Lawrence, managing director of Aermec UK, outlines how the HVAC plant (and equipment) is becoming more efficient, reducing energy costs and delivering more sustainable solutions.

7 October, 2019
Storage & Resilience

Electrifying the track 

Faced with growing pressure to reduce carbon emissions, European countries are increasingly making moves to power trains with electricity instead of diesel. In the UK, however, progress has often appeared hampered. Here, Simone Bruckner, managing director at power resistor manufacturer Cressall Resistors, looks at why the electrification of rail transport should be prioritised.

7 October, 2019
Grid & Connections

Getting warmer

Andrew Baker, sales director North Europe, FLIR Systems Ltd, explores the role of thermal imaging when it comes to predicting substation failure.

7 October, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

Is your desk in an old banger of a building?

Terry Sharp, vice-president of the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA), believes we should demand more from our places of work in the same way that we expect certain features as standard on a modern car.

2 October, 2019