PRODUCT SHOWCASE The Proven Value of Wireless Utility Monitoring W


ireless utility monitoring products from HWM’s Radio-Tech brand have been used by Verco


Advisory Services to reduce a major UK food producer’s water consumption by almost 10% and gas consumption by over 5% in 5 months, with projections showing savings of around £1m in only 2 years. When implementing sustainability improvements, companies need reliable, traceable data to target their efforts effectively and efficiently. It can, however, be difficult to rationalise the expenditure and disruption of installing such a system against results that may seem too speculative or distant. The speed of return on investment from wireless monitoring is substantially quicker than for hardwired systems, and the costs can be easily identified up front to ease and simplify the specification process: there are no potential wiring or access problems when the battery-powered devices can simply be fixed into place, meaning the most appropriate equipment within budget can be identified and used from the very beginning. Verco, the energy management


consultancy, has been working with its client for several years, focussing in 2012 on improving the company-wide sub-metering of resource consumption across its 15 UK sites. To do this, Verco has used Ecochirp transmitters and Wi5 data concentrators from HWM’s Radio- Tech range, which have been installed to


enable rapid, centralised data collection from all areas of the business. The wireless devices were chosen largely because of their modular nature, integrating easily with the Carbon Desktop energy management system and requiring minimal ongoing maintenance and management. Easy to specify, install and expand, they have proven to be effective at providing a visible return on investment in the fastest possible timeframe. Radio-Tech is one of the UK’s leading names in remote energy monitoring and smart metering products. The company’s


small, battery-powered transmitters are coupled with their ‘Wi5 data concentrator’, which collects local readings wirelessly before sending all the information back via GPRS to the user’s choice of computer or server. For Verco, this approach has provided a quick return for evidence of real savings: a tangible reduction in consumption through targeted measures, significantly reduced spend on utilities and a more thorough and detailed picture of the company’s resource usage throughout its business operations and locations. www.hwm-water.com


New addition to Schueco AWS open out window system is super-insulated


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he tried-and-tested AWS range of outward-opening aluminium windows from Schueco UK has now been extended by the addition of a new system, the Schueco AWS 75.SI. This new window offers superb design flexibility and benefits from a number of optimised features which help it set new standards in thermal insulation. With a face-width of 111 mm,


Schueco AWS 75.SI can achieve a Uf value of 1.3 W/(m2K) and a Uw value as low as 0.91 W(m2K), figures which will not only comfortably exceed the new Document L 2013 regulations but which make it one of the highest performing aluminium outward-opening window systems in the UK.


In addition, the new window – part of a modular range currently available in frame depths ranging from 50 mm to 70


mm – offers excellent security thanks to Schueco’s own multi-point locking system. Large vent sizes are possible with the new Schueco AWS 75.SI window, with top-hung vents up to 2 m x 2 m (maximum 130 kg) and side-hung vents up to 1.45 m x 1.9 m (maximum 90 kg), allowing large areas of openable ventilation. The generous weight capacity of the concealed friction hinges or optional butt hinges, combined with the robust frame profiles, means that both double- and triple-glazed units may be accommodated.


With an almost unlimited choice of vent/fixed light combinations, the windows are ideally suited for punched openings, window walls or for insertion into Schueco façades where maximum areas of daylight and thermal insulation are required. The window may also be


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used together with the Schueco ADS 75 door system. For further information about the


Schueco AWS 75.SI window and other systems in the Schueco AWS outward- opening range, please email mkinfobox@ schueco.com


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