FEATURE EVENT PREVIEW AN ACTION PACKED EVENT
Last month we previewed the Facilities Management exhibition taking place at ExCeL London from 17th-19th June. In this issue Electrical Engineering magazine takes a closer look at some of the other co-located shows taking place at the same time
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isitors to Safety & Health Expo, the largest UK-based safety exhibition
will find an extensive speaker programme and the very latest in innovative, market defining products. The exhibition is 30% bigger this year, with over 320 exhibitors. For the first time, the IOSH 2014 conference will be held at the show, which means an even higher level of attendee will be present. Heather Beach of OSH Global, said, “For a
few years now, the show has stayed the same size in Birmingham and it desperately needed a new lease of life. We are delighted to see that companies are investing in the move to London with a significant increase in participation.” The exhibition will feature everything
from training and consultancy providers to behavioural safety, drug and alcohol awareness, information services, publications, legal firms, as well as PPE suppliers. There will also be innovations from further afield with a fifth of exhibitors coming from overseas, highlighting the important role the UK market represents internationally. One of the key new features for the
event is the innovation trail, which is an easy way for visitors to investigate the new products and services on offer. Also, there is a new App that visitors can use to build an agenda that suits them and their needs. A key educational feature will be the
SHP legal and cultural arena - a forum dedicated to safety culture and legal issues, hosted by some of the country’s top lawyers including Simon Toseland, Workplace Law and Kevin Bridges, Pinsent Masons. They will be looking at key issues such as how to handle regulators, doing HSE interviews under caution and employee engagement.
ENERGY The Energy & Environment Expo (formerly the Energy Solutions Expo), will provide the ideal place to update your ‘green’ knowledge, providing visitors with access to the widest possible range of
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products, services and vitally, experts across the built environment sector, catering to a range of knowledge levels. Facilitating behavioural change doesn’t happen overnight, but there is a wealth of ‘quick wins’. Addressing lighting, for example, is a good launch pad into energy efficiency. Low energy lighting uses 75% less energy than traditional systems and lasts ten times as long. Turning down the thermostat by one degree, meanwhile, reduces fuel consumption by eight percent. However, having already implemented
quick win measures often becomes something of a barrier to further pursuing energy efficiency. At the expo, Andre Burgess of EMVC Solutions will make the case for pushing efficiency efforts further, arguing that energy efficiency investments need to be viewed as strategic, value creating investments rather than mere cost saving measures. Simple routine maintenance, for example, is often overlooked by decision makers considering energy management (organisations are likely to allocate a higher proportion of their energy budget to capital spend than to maintenance), and yet a poorly maintained boiler can drive up costs by ten percent and air conditioning systems by 60%, and result in shorter equipment lifespans and unnecessary repair costs. Energy price rises and supply security
are two of the most commonly cited concerns for organisations, which is why renewable technology is rapidly taking centre stage on the energy landscape. At the expo, Raoul Tufnell of Belectric will be discussing the many benefits solar power can yield, including reduced energy costs, subsidies revenue and supply guarantee, as well as the opportunities available to local authorities throughout the UK. Engineers have a large sphere of
influence and are well placed to guide their clients towards low carbon solutions. All too often knowledge gaps, hesitation and doubt prove formidable
Above and below: the Facilities Management exhibition and its co-located events is set to be action packed
barriers to the measures that can benefit many. However, armed with the right tools and information, these barriers can be overcome.
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS The Service Management Expo (SME) is Europe’s largest exhibition catering for the field service industry and with a 30 year history, has been a long established central event for field service professionals both in the UK and beyond. Having been integrated into the P&M series last year, attendees of Service Management Expo were able to take advantage of the wider range of companies exhibiting across the series as a whole. However, Service Management Expo
also firmly remains an important event in its own right. As the largest exhibition dedicated to the field service industry in Europe, Service Management Expo offers service professionals an opportunity to meet with a number of providers of field service software, specialised rugged hardware, fleet management technologies and more. Service Management Expo also offers
an excellent programme of free industry education in the Field Service Solutions Theatre, which this year is hosted by Field Service News editor, Kris Oldland.
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