Energy management

Vital Energi have been awarded by NHS Lothian the project to upgrade and improve the existing energy centre and infrastructure of St John’s Hospital in Livingston which will save 2,649 tonnes of carbon and £644k per year. The scheme will ...

RAF Marham, home to the UK’s F-35 multi role combat jets, has become the first military airbase to be powered by green energy. The Defence Minister, Tobias Ellwood, recently visited the completed biogas plant that will provide sustainable energy to ...

Facilities management and maintenance company, Salisbury Group, has been crowned winner of the Lighting Energy Impact Award for its landmark energy transformation at Cardiff Airport. The results of the Energy Awards 2018 were revealed at Hilton Park Lane in London ...

The government has announced it’s making it easier for public bodies to reduce their carbon footprint, by launching a new agreement which makes renewable energy easier to source. The public sector currently accounts for around two per cent of UK ...

ENGIE has acquired Smart Buildings Ltd, a company that specialises in smart buildings solutions. The acquisition will provide a step change in ENGIE’s smart buildings capabilities and will enhance the solutions the company is able to offer to customers. ENGIE ...

Ashley Phillips of Ørsted Sales UK explains what organisations can do to manage their energy in smarter, more efficient ways For most facilities managers, their role is about so much more than managing a building. FMs support both people and ...

Renewable energy and the future of construction is the hot topic at Energy 2018, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC on 9-11 October With an ever-increasing focus on renewable energy and carbon emissions by government, business and public alike, FM professionals ...

Failing to switch off electrical equipment when not in use is needlessly costing companies thousands of pounds each year. Office computers are left unattended for at least two hours every day due to breaks, meetings and lunches. During this time, ...

Facilities management provider, EMCOR UK, has become the first UK organisation to achieve conformity to ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management, following an independent assessment by business standards company, BSI. Having previously achieved ISO 50001:2011 (in 2012 and each year thereafter), EMCOR ...

BSI, the business standards company, has revised the original global standard for energy management systems, BS EN ISO 50001: 2018, at a time when organisations of all sizes are facing increased pressure to cut their energy use and have an ...