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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
Grid & Connections

Time to fess up

With a potential energy theft amnesty from Ofgem currently on the horizon, Lloyd Birkhead, group managing director at Grosvenor Services Group, part of Echo Managed Services, questions whether it’s really the lightbulb moment they think it is.

2 October, 2019
Grid & Connections

For discerning bachelors only

Some really insightful news from the September issue of the high-society magazine, Tatler; the day of the ‘trophy wife’ is dead.

30 September, 2019
Grid & Connections

“Market ready technology” – in 15 years’ time

The government gave a boost to the nuclear sector this summer when it revealed plans to invest up to £18m in the creation of the “mini nuclear power stations.” These would be the first such entities in the world.

24 September, 2019
Grid & Connections

New PM very far from green

Our new Prime Minister Al “Boris” Johnson likes to portray himself as somebody committed to delivering the most environmentally friendly electricity system.

19 September, 2019
Grid & Connections

Higher efficiency during substation commissioning testing

Thomas Schossig, product manager, business development power utility communication at OMICRON electronics, explains the benefits of the StationScout testing system.

19 September, 2019