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19 year old Thomas Bird, the most recent recruit in Powertecnique’s apprenticeship scheme, was awarded a Highly Commended Apprentice of the Year by PETA for his work in the engineering sector earlier this month. Out of 400 nominees, Thomas made it to the top ten due to his hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to his apprenticeship training with power specialists, Powertecnique.
ACE Performance Score quantifies available data centre capacity, availability and efficiency, allowing owner-operators to decide how to maximise their data centre performance
Power management company Eaton has announced it is participating in the pilot phase of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) assessment for Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) under the European Commission’s new ‘Single Market for Green Products’ Initiative. The PEF is one of two approaches proposed under the initiative for establishing EU-wide measures of environmental performance for both products and organisations. Eaton is one of a consortium of volunteer stakeholders involved in the three-year testing period of the PEF for UPSs, which began on 4th November 2013, and will help to determine and test EU-wide Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs), compliance and verification systems, and communication methods.
EDF Energy has inaugurated a new Emergency Response Centre near the Sizewell B nuclear power station. When it becomes fully operational in March, it will complete a three year programme of work following the events at Fukushima.
