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The Electrical Safety Council’s (ESC) Industry Summit, which recently took place in Westminster, brought together a range of key stakeholders to discuss consumer safety and the changing landscape of the electrical industry. The event focused on three significant developments - the changes to Part P and the ongoing review of the Building Regulations, what the Green Deal means for contractors, and how smart metering is likely to impact on the safe- ty of electrical installations.
www.esc.org.uk
Ascertiva Group, the company known for its NICEIC and NQA brands, has become a Times Top 100 Best Company to Work For. The accolade is awarded on the views of employees and the policies and processes of employers. “I am delighted that Ascertiva Group, NICE- IC and NQA, has been recognised as one of the best 100 companies to work for,” said Emma Clancy, CEO Ascertiva Group. “This is a result of hard work and effort by all of us, at every level in the company and it makes me extremely proud.”
www.niceic.com
EMSc (UK) has concurred with the findings published by Salix Finance in its recent report on step-down trans- formers. The report confirms EMSc’s own findings that step-down transform- ers do not save energy, but simply drop the voltage. The report draws on a study carried out in Denmark, in which step-down transformers were used to identify energy savings on a variety of equip- ment. The results found the savings were insignificant.
www.ems-uk.org
A new network of advisers to serve the distribution and wholesale market has been put in place by cabling provider Concordia Technologies. The six strong team will play a key role on the ground across the UK and Ireland, providing wholesalers with advice and support across its range of cables and accessories. Concordia Technologies’ general manager Angela Holdsworth said, “This team of highly experienced advisers will complement Concordia’s existing team and further increase our levels of service to our customers across the UK and Ireland. Supported by our in-house team, this means we can offer wholesalers comprehensive cover across our entire range of prod- ucts and services.”
www.concordiatechnologies.com
6 Celebrating 140 years of innovation
TO MARK ITS 140 year anniversary, Atlas Copco has been enjoying special celebrations at its sites through- out the world - not least in the UK & Ireland, as Alex Bongaerts, company secretary of Atlas Copco’s UK & Ireland operations explained, “It is a great occasion to create pride among employees and to make them enthusiastic about future opportunities. Our history guarantees long term industrial experience as well as innovative products and solutions to current and new customers, to suppliers as well as to current and future employees.” To highlight the company’s 1873 foundation, Atlas Copco’s president and CEO Ronnie Leten rang the opening bell at the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York (pictured).
A podcast with an exciting audio history of Atlas
Copco is available for download on
www.atlascopco.com/history. On the history section there is also a new e-book describing some of Atlas Copco’s achievements during the past 140 years.
www.atlascopco.com
Trojan batteries power ‘City of Joy’
TROJAN BATTERY HAS pro- vided deep-cycle AGM batteries to support a solar powered village in the Democratic Republic of Congo called the City of Joy. The City of Joy, located in city of Bukavu, was established in 2012 as a refuge for female sur- vivors of sexual violence perpe- trated during the recent decades of war in the region. The commu-
nity houses more than 180 women of all ages and offers pro- grams designed to help empower the women to become leaders in their communities and learn skills to help them provide for their families when they return to their villages. “Trojan Battery is honoured to be part of such a worthwhile pro- ject that focuses on healing and
bringing stability back into these women’s lives,” said Bryan Godber, senior vice president of renewable energy for Trojan Battery. “Battery-based renewable energy technologies have made it possible to establish reliable power in remote regions around the globe where access to electricity is unre- liable or even non-existent.” Trojan batteries are designed to withstand the rugged condi- tions often found in developing regions of the world where renewable energy sources are the primary source of power. Trojan’s 31 AGM batteries are maintenance-free, low tempera- ture tolerant, shock and vibra- tion resistant and have a low internal resistance for higher discharge current and higher charging efficiency.
www.trojanbatteryre.com
New contract for telecoms data hosting centre
SHENTONGROUP HAS WON a major project to supply additional standby power for a leading tele- coms company’s data hosting centre. Working closely with the company’s specifier, shentongroup provided a complete turnkey operation including design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning. The telecoms company had expanded its data centre operation, which necessitated it building a bespoke Energy Centre to house the new generators. The new servers needed UPS and generator power support to ensure continuity of service in the event of a power outage.
shentongroup has supplied two 3,200kVA standby generators, which together with the other 19 genera- tors on-site now provides a total of 27,900mVA of standby power.
The generators have been installed on the ground
floor, in separate rooms, and have been designed so that a further two generators can be added at a future
date. Should the necessity arise, both generators are capable of providing prime power at 2,920kVA with a 0.8 lagging power factor and with a ten percent over- load capability for a minimum of one hour. shenton- group has also provided fuel tanks with sufficient capacity to enable the generators to run for eight hours at full load.
www.shentongroup.co.uk
APRIL 2013 Electrical Engineering
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