Victoria Wheeler, marketing manager, is flanked by national account managers Chris Bridge (left) and Zaid Furreedan.
Radio-Tech wins best product innovation award
Radio-Tech has won the award for best product innovation at the Innovation & Sustainability Awards, held at the Energy Solutions Expo 2010 in London. The company’s ecosense, which monitors temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide levels and energy usage, was victorious in a category for products that noticeably improve the workplace.
Explaining the reasons for their decision, the judges described themselves as “particularly impressed by Radio-Tech as it seemed such a simple idea, very useful and easy to use. Those three factors were crucial; energy measurement is the starting point for carbon reduction and making the workplace more efficient – Radio-Tech does exactly that and allows FMs to make the decisions based on the measurements.”
ecosense began life as a customer design for construction and building services specialist BSRIA. BSRIA was seeking a more robust data logging system that met the requirements of various specifications, including the Energy Saving Trust’s ‘Monitoring energy and carbon performance in new homes (CE298)’.
“Radio-Tech offered equipment that could be tailored to our needs,” explained Alan Gilbert, instrument solutions rental manager at BSRIA, “which had the additional benefits of being unobtrusive, simple to install and featuring a long battery life. I am sure this award will be the first of many.”
Olivier Lebreton, senior design engineer at Radio-Tech and the man behind ecosense, added: “The most important thing from my point of view was that Radio-Tech could supply the complete solution.”
Email:
sales@radio-tech.co.uk www.radio-tech.co.uk
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Commend UK celebrate 40 years in the industry and move to new premises
Integrated Intercom suppliers, Commend UK celebrate their 40th year supplying Intercom to the security markets with a move to state of the art premises near Stansted Airport. The two storey multi- functional building provides Commend UK with a modern, efficient head office. An onsite training facility and demonstration room enable Commend¹s customers to experience customised demonstrations.
Stansted is a hub for most transport networks, with plane, train and bus terminals at the airport. The M11 Business Link, where the new offices are located, is very close to the Birchanger services on the M11/Stansted Airport junction. “This exciting move brings together our Engineering and Sales offices in the South
of England and our training facility under one roof.” said Greg Gregoriou, Managing Director, “We hope this will allow us to increase our levels of customer service even further. Our new facility includes a large warehouse area where more stock can be held to improve our delivery times for our customers.”
www.commend.co.uk
OCS chooses Azzurri for ground breaking communications solution
OCS has awarded a three year contract to Azzurri Communications for the design, implementation and management of a unified communications solution for its 30,000 staff across the UK. This move is part of a strategy to introduce more flexible and collaborative working practices resulting in continuous service improvement for the client. The first of a new breed of
communications solutions to be deployed in the UK which federates the services of a number of previously conflicting vendors and carriers to deliver a fully managed solution, this will enable OCS to cut around a third of the company’s communication costs. OCS also aims to add value to customer partnerships by sharing the cost saving rationalisation and integrated communications methodology with clients.
The new contract will allow OCS to
reduce its communications spend by over 30% in the next three years, while continuing to refresh its technology platform through harnessing new technologies such as Ethernet First Mile (EFM). Azzurri will use its unique cloud- based ‘fabric’ to bring together multiple suppliers of MPLS, Ethernet, SIP and DSL services, combined with mobility from Telefonica O2 and hosted VoIP capabilities from Avaya.
Jenny Sener, OCS’s ICT Shared Services Director commented: “It is our vision to take advantage of latest technology and best practice to excel in a highly competitive facilities management sector and we challenged the market with our requirement for a transformational communications structure. We have chosen Azzurri to help us achieve our roadmap for innovation and increased productivity partnered by cost reduction to support a quality customer service.” Azzurri Communications Director of Mobility and Converged Solutions Martin Flick said: “OCS wanted a partner who could match their ambitions and we’re delighted to work with them on this ground breaking project.” Tel: 01524 595453
www.ocs.co.uk
Building & Facilities Management – March 2011
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