Opinion
OPINION: Merry Christmas?
By Dave Griffin, EC Harris LLP, an Arcadis Company
As we approach the end of a traumatic year, it is time to look back at what has happened, and to look forward to see what there is to look forward to.
...moreOPINION: Domestic Voltage Optimisation arrives
By Thomas Malina, Researcher, Energy Solutions Associates
Reducing energy is a far better option than installing more generation such as wind or solar photovoltaic, and voltage optimisation is well established in the commercial sector. Now it's becoming available on a domestic level.
...moreOPINION: No more Niagara Falls!
By Mike Malina, Energy Solutions Associates
So much is written and said on the subject of sustainability. Some good and some not so good!
What is evident is that the changes needed to reduce our collective carbon emissions and extravagant energy use will need to be very significant.
OPINION: Why turn the clocks back?
At two in the morning on Sunday 31 October, we moved our clocks back one hour and reverted to our native Greenwich Mean Time and, once again, ignored Double British Summer Time (DBST) and the many benefits it would bring...
...morePRICES: Project Discovery – the business impact of future energy prices
For the building services sector - contractor, consultant, manufacturer or specialist - higher energy costs combined with the continuing drive for energy efficiency and reduced carbon would ensure that there is increasing demand from clients for new/replacement equipment, system design, installation, commissioning, maintenance. So what exactly is likely to happen to energy prices, with what impacts for your business? Project Discovery points the way...
...moreOPINION: The greening of education
by Mike Malina, director, Energy Solutions Associates and technical advisor to M&E Sustainability, a joint programme of the ECA
Many schools are making teaching support staff redundant because they have run over budget and are starved of vital resources. Yet, these same schools could do more to make themselves energy efficient and thus help reduce these annual budgetary crises.
I believe the biggest flaw relating to the energy efficiency of school buildings is that they are managed by teachers.
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