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I N D U S T R Y N E W S
Seize the opportunity
Baxi wins innovation award
Philips is calling upon leaders “This not only represents a Baxi Group has been victorious at the Micropower Awards 2009, winning the hotly contested Innovation category for the Ecogen
of world businesses, municipal quick win, but a triple win in the microCHP unit.
authorities and other owners effort to cut electricity The prestigious award was given to Baxi in recognition of the mass-market appeal of the Ecogen unit. It is a wall-hung micro
and operators of buildings to consumption and lower combined heat and power boiler that uses a Free Piston Stirling Engine to generate 1kWh of electricity while providing space heating
seize the opportunity to cut greenhouse gas emissions,” Mr and hot water, and is no bigger than a standard domestic boiler. It is also virtually noise and vibration free, leading many to see it as
back on energy consumption by den Daas said. “End users and a potential successor to condensing boilers.
simply switching to energy- building owners can lower their Baxi have dealt with production and tolerance issues in an innovative manner and have developed a product which delivers
efficient lighting. costs and benefit from better significant carbon and energy savings. In the field trials, the units have consistently produced two thirds of the households’ electrical
Coinciding with the quality lighting; the requirements, of which around one third has been used in the home and one third exported back to the grid. Baxi has also been
publication of Transforming the environment can benefit from lobbying the Government to create an effective policy framework to support the roll out of sustainable energy technologies.
Market: Energy Efficiency in lower energy usage and lower Awards were presented in four categories: Innovation, Key Project, Public Sector and Outstanding Personal Contribution. The
Buildings - the final report by carbon emissions; thirdly, an evening was hosted by author and broadcaster Penney Poyzer and the awards were presented by the president of the Micropower
the four year Energy Efficiency accelerated switch to energy Council, Baroness Maddock.
in Buildings (EEB) research efficient lighting would increase Baroness Maddock commented: “We were delighted with the quality of the entries this year, which represent the growing strength
project - Philips has outlined competitiveness within our of the industry and demonstrate the extent to which microgeneration technology is becoming increasingly mainstream and gaining
how switching to new, energy- economies, and stimulate wider public acceptance. The judges were very impressed by the breadth of applications - from individuals, businesses and local
saving lighting technologies will employment in renovation and authorities as well as the microgeneration industry and fuel poverty and environmental organisations.”
benefit institutional building infrastructure projects on
users on a number of levels. As buildings and cities involved.”
a result of new energy use According to the World
modelling, the report reveals Business Council for
that energy consumption in Sustainable Development
buildings could be cut by 60% (WBCSD), one of the main
by 2050. sponsors of the EEB report,
“A significant proportion of along with Philips, buildings
that reduction could be use more energy than any
achieved even sooner by the other sector and as such are a
adoption of energy-saving major contributor to climate
lighting,” Philips executive Kaj change.
den Daas stated during the “Unless there is immediate
Alliance to Save Energy’s EE action,” says Bjorn Stigson,
Global Forum in Paris. “If all the president of the WBCSD,
lighting in the world were “thousands of new buildings
switched to energy efficient will be built without any
solutions, €120 billion could be concern for energy efficiency,
saved on electricity, as well as and millions of existing,
630 million tonnes of CO2. That inefficient buildings using more
is the equivalent output of 600 energy than necessary will still
power plants or 1,800 million be standing in 2050. Acting
oil barrels in a year.” now means reducing their
Lighting accounts roughly for energy consumption and
19% of the world’s electricity making real progress in
use, and some three-quarters of controlling climate change.”
all lighting is based on old, Philips is leading the way in
energy inefficient solutions. providing building owners with
Switching readily-available access to tools, products and
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