RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

ENER-G has released its annual carbon reduction report, which shows that in 2014 its combined heat and power (CHP) customers reduced their carbon footprint by a total of 371,578 tonnes.

Capstone MicroTurbine CHP and CCHP solutions are said by UK distributor, Turner EPS, to “reduce energy costs, ensure power availability, and help preserve the environment with their ‘near-zero’ emissions profile”.

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust selected KiWi Power in 2012 as its demand response (DR) partner for the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.

Derriford Hospital in Plymouth is ready to save over £228,000 a year on its energy bills thanks to British Gas’s installation of a new CHP unit, the energy supplier says.

Technal has launched what is says is its most innovative window system yet, ‘bringing a host of technical advancements and modern, intelligent design to enhance almost any fenestration project’.

With Building Information Modelling (BIM) an increasingly important aspect of the planning and implementation of construction projects, the Rockpanel Group now provides BIM data files for the full range of its sustainable façade panels.

Due to the ever-increasing demand for hospital accommodation, innovative and alternative construction methods are fast becoming a preferred solution – due to the speed at which they be completed.

Saint-Gobain will not only celebrate its 350th anniversary at this month’s Ecobuild 2015 event (being held at ExCel London from 3-5 March), but will also launch its ‘Multi-Comfort’ concept.

British Gypsum says it is ‘raising the standard’ in commercial acoustic ceilings for healthcare settings with the launch of a new range of high-performance ceiling tiles.

Divisions – a movable wall specialist – has introduced ‘an innovative movable wall solution’ at the New South Glasgow Hospital Campus’s Teaching and Learning Facility.

Wernick Buildings’ ability to deliver a new critical decision unit – where patients can initially be cared for while assessed to determine where in the hospital they should be treated – in lightning-fast time, recently saw the company win the tender for such a building at the Princess Royal University Hospital near Orpington in Kent.

Eastwood Park has released its latest training calendar, with details of its specialist healthcare engineering and estates and facilities management courses for 2015-2016

As part of the Trust’s drive to give the service training opportunities in Trust premises so that fire and rescue personnel understand how a large acute hospital will manage a fire incident, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has recently been undertaking exercises with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) – one of the goals being to evaluate whether established operational fire procedures used in other buildings would be effective in hospitals.

Immerse Training describes itself as ‘a new and forward-looking, dynamic training company established and run by experts in the water treatment field’.

The Fire Protection Association (FPA) says it offers ‘a range of highly practical and vocationally relevant courses to suit those with a responsibility for fire safety in healthcare premises’.

OCS has gained accreditation as a BIFM Recognised Centre, enabling the international facilities management provider to self-deliver BIFM qualifications.

The Water Management Society (WMSoc) has launched a new training course for 2015 covering ‘the background, causes, and control aspects’ of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

UV Light Technology says its new, high intensity UV 400W hand lamp will kill viruses or bacteria, including Ebola, ‘in seconds’ without the need for chemicals.

Independent benchmarking specialist, iClean, which has worked with a number of high profile NHS Trusts and providers, and helps clients, cleaning contractors, and in-house cleaning teams, achieve and demonstrate efficiency and best value for money through independent benchmarking, has announced that it has now benchmarked in excess of 200 separate providers across ‘5,000 plus’ commercial client sites to a service value of £250 million. According to the company’s last 10 mixed provision reviews, i-Clean identifies, on average, 27.5% in efficiency improvements.

A conference aimed at educating medical device manufacturing companies on changes that have been made to a key sterilisation standard – ISO 11135:2014 – will be held at the Heart of England Conference Centre in Coventry on 4 March this year.