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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
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
Commissioning & Reliability

Class-leading system

Megger explains how it helped Nebraska Public Power District clear its cable replacement backlog.

16 September, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

The lighting evolution

Rob Walker of Lighting Controls Ltd takes a look back at the early days of lighting control, and ahead to its bright future.

13 September, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

The future is ‘smart’ 

Garrett Walsh, P.E., control and monitoring product manager at nVent, assesses the benefits of smart technology in electric heat-tracing systems.

10 September, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

It pays to invest 

Chris Pearson, managing director at Vickers, explains why it makes sense for commercial and industrial businesses to invest in an energy management system.

10 September, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

Good enough?

Zumtobel Lighting UK’s Graeme Shaw discusses emergency lighting regulations and what the minimum requirements are.

10 September, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

On the safe side

Martindale Electric looks at what’s needed to stay safe when working on electrical plant equipment and identifies simple solutions to ensure equipment safety ratings match the application.

9 September, 2019
Commissioning & Reliability

Crying wolf

The Energy Intensive Users Group has been in existence for 20 years. During this time, they have repeated the same simple two mantras: Electricity prices in the UK are too high, and if they aren’t reduced immediately, heavy industry will up and leave.

27 August, 2019