A recent undercover investigation by Which? magazine into solar energy systems highlighted that some PV Installer companies were using ‘dodgy sales tactics and giving poor advice’ to consumers. At a time when consumer demand for the technology is growing rapidly and the wide spread knowledge of PV panels may be limited, any high profiled breach [...]
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Low carbon air conditioning
As managers come under increasing pressure to cut carbon emissions, air conditioning purchasing is coming under close scrutiny, explains Daikin UK’s Simon Keel
Large-scale users of energy are under pressure to reduce CO2 emissions and meet government targets. This pressure has manifested itself in a constant stream of legislation, standards and regulations. This article looks [...]
Major contractors gear up to pay for carbon under CRC scheme
29 July, 2011 | By Tom Fitzpatrick Construction News
Contractors are already accruing costs that will be paid for their carbon emissions under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme.
PwC carbon reporting specialist Henry Le Fleming said that although cash will be paid under the league table scheme in 2012, financial teams will already be accruing [...]
Emtac News
Emtac take on new member of staff Donna Haigh as Sales Executive to help them with the promotion of Training and services. Donna joins the business with many years experiance in sales and a great deal of passion about energy management and how to help businesses save money and reduce their energy consumption.
Energy Mangement Training, Stage 2
On the back of the success of our half day workshop aimed at employees challenged with the task of producing and implementing an energy management strategy on behalf of their organisation. We have introduced the second stage of training that looks at different aspects of energy management in more detail. One session that people have really [...]
UK businesses seriously undervaluing energy efficiency
Finance directors at large businesses in the UK are undervaluing the financial returns from investments in energy efficiency by more than half, research by Carbon Trust Advisory has revealed.
This undervaluation is one factor leading big businesses to waste at least £1.6bn every year on energy they could easily save through measures including upgrades to heating [...]
Emtac win Harmonic Filtration Contract with Large National Company.
Emtac have won the deal to carry out harmonic filtration work at a large national company . The filtration will stabilize the sites power quality,reduce down time and increase efficiency.
harmonic disturbance is becoming a big problem in manufacturing and industry in general with the increasing use of micro processor based equipment and speed control. In many [...]
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme
On 10 March 2011, the Government announced the details of the Renewable Heat Incentive policy to revolutionise the way heat is generated and used in buildings and homes. This is the first financial support scheme for renewable heat of its kind in the world.
At a time when we can see many problems with relying on [...]
Emtac runners up at Care4Air Awards 2010
Care4Air is an award winning South Yorkshire wide campaign aiming to raise awareness of air quality issues and highlighting what is happening in the region to improve the quality of our air.
Care4Air is run by the four local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield together with Travel South Yorkshire.The event was hosted at the Mercure St Paul’s [...]
Next edition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD 2)
Since the 1st of October 2008 Companies must display their energy certificates to the public. However discussions into the next edition of the EPDB (dubbed EPDB2) have hinted that this rule may be removed in the revised version after being raised by the BSRIA.
