RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Capstone microturbine CHP and CCHP solutions “reduce energy costs, ensure power availability, and have ‘a near-zero emissions profile’,” says Turner EPS, Capstone Turbine Corporation’s UK distributor.

Ty Penrhos, a three-storey Hafod Care dementia care home in Caerphilly with a particularly high demand for both heat and power, ‘24 /7’, is benefiting from two forms of renewable energy supplied by Baxi Commercial.

LED lighting is ‘ever evolving, and strengthening its position in the mainstream lighting market’.

IHEEM President, Greg Markham, will be among speakers at a ‘Public Sector Sustainability Conference’ being held by energy solutions specialist, and manufacturer of the Powerstar range of voltage optimisation equipment, EMSc (UK), at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey, on 25 September.

Marshall-Tufflex says its new Commercial Boiler Manager unit ‘can cut 20% (subject to boiler use pattern) off’ heating and hot water bills, and prolong commercial boiler life, ‘without compromising user comfort’.

Schneider Electric, a ‘global energy management specialist’, says its new Building Analytics software offers building owners and facility managers ‘deep insight’ into how a building’s energy is being used.

An NHS Surrey programme to upgrade heating and hot water systems across over 20 sites has seen the organisation standardise on new equipment from Hamworthy Heating.

Dale Power Solutions says its Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) programme creates two potential revenue streams from a customer organisation’s standby generating capacity, while reducing its carbon footprint, and saving it energy.

E.ON has begun working with Newham University Hospital in East London to improve the Hospital’s energy efficiency and reduce its carbon emissions.

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust will reportedly gain at least £800,000 over the next 20 years – through a combination of Feed-In-Tariff revenue and lower electricity bills – following the installation, by Photon Energy, of solar panels from Conergy to the roofs of a number of its control centres.

GE (which will provide commercial and technical support) has co-launched, with Clarke Energy, (installer of 770 CHP engines in the UK to date), fund manager SDCL EE (principal fund manager for the Green Investment Bank), and the NHS Confederation, a new funding scheme.

The laundry at Noble’s Hospital on the Isle of Man is saving over £14,500 annually in energy, water, and treatment chemicals, following the installation of a Spirax Sarco FREME (Flash Recovery Energy Management Equipment) system.

Hospital technology and wiring accessories specialist, The Wandsworth Group, has launched a range of blue sockets to comply with NHS Medical Electrical Installation Guidance Notes (MEIGaN).

ELGA Process Water has introduced a new monitoring tool to help in microbiological control of water systems. ‘Bactiquant-water’ is a simple-to-operate test system that gives a rapid indication of total viable bacteria count – a test which normally takes two or three days – in under an hour.

Premier Interlink (Waco UK) has recently completed a £1.5 contract for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in Stanmore, Middlesex, involving the construction of a new 13-bay Paediatric High Dependency Unit which interfaces efficiently with two adjacent buildings and infrastructure as a standalone facility, and incorporates all the amenities required to function efficiently and independently.

Bender UK says its new Linetraxx power quality monitoring (PQM) units can enable clinical facilities to ‘substantially reduce costs’ by identifying faults before they become a problem – ‘avoiding unexpected downtime and time-consuming maintenance for critical power suppliers’.

This year’s NAHFO Conference and Exhibition, held from 21-23 May at the Copthorne Merry Hill Hotel, Dudley, in the West Midlands, saw the introduction of advanced fire testing software by Static Systems Group.

The laundry at Noble’s Hospital on the Isle of Man is reportedly saving over £14,500 annually in energy, water, and treatment chemicals, following the installation of a Spirax Sarco FREME (Flash Recovery Energy Management Equipment) system. Over the equipment’s 20-year lifetime, the resulting fuel savings are expected to prevent the generation of over 1,750 tonnes of CO2.

Trend has developed a new Energy Microsite, an innovative online resource for end users who take the subject of energy seriously.

For those considering investing in patient entertainment and information equipment, Airwave Healthcare claims to ‘have all the bases covered’, to both improve the patient experience, and ‘deliver the vision’ of both Trusts and local hospitals.