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Learning is a Piece of Cake!
Green Apple Award Win for Grundfos
Have you been on the
For the 5th consecutive year
Grundfos Ecademy recently?
Grundfos Pumps were delighted
There is loads of really useful
to be announced as winners at
information on there- not to
the highly regarded Green Apple
mention tons of free gifts all
Environment Awards. Entering
waiting for you to claim!
the Engineering Category in
The Grundfos Ecademy is a
2009 with their Pump Audit Tool,
fantastic website which not only
the Grundfos entry explained the
offers you free interactive
real benefits to corporate end-
training modules but also
users and why they should give
rewards you for doing them.
such a level of focus to their
Each module has a short test at
pump systems. The Pump Audit
the end- the better you do, the
Tool system from Grundfos offers
more points you will get.
businesses a professional on-site
These points can then be used
check-up for pumping systems by
to purchase items from the gift shop: from Fleeces and Jackets to I-Pods and
measuring the overall efficiency
X-Box’s, this website really does have it all.
of their current pumps in situ.
...searchable archive at www.buildingconstructiondesign.eu
...searchable archive at www.buildingconstructiondesign.eu
Tel: 01525 850000
Tel: 01525 850000
www.gplusecademy.co.uk
www.grundfos.co.uk
Grundfos Sponsors Summit Skills ALPHA2 Hits 1,000,000 Milestone
In November, the one millionth
ALPHA2 came off the production
line at Grundfos Group HQ in
Bjerringbro, Denmark. This was an
important milestone on the journey to
revolutionise the market for small
circulator pumps. Today, with such a
strong emphasis on climate change
and the need to use energy wisely,
Organised by SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building services the ALPHA2 fits the environmental
engineering, skills competitions are the ideal showcase for apprentices to bill perfectly. With its A label rating
demonstrate their exceptional practical skills and experience the excitement of and plug and pump feature, it is the
competing in a public arena. Over the last year there have been a number of perfect green solution. In fact if all
heats across the UK and the top twenty then went head to head at the final at circulator pumps in the EU were
Interbuild in the NEC on the 21st October. Grundfos were proud to sponsor replaced by these A-rated pumps
this event and have been involved throughout the competition. Grundfos see 35 billion kWh and 14m metric tons
SkillPlumb as an extremely worthwhile competition. of CO
...searchable archive at www.buildingconstructiondesign.eu
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could be saved.
...searchable archive at www.buildingconstructiondesign.eu
Tel: 01525 850000 Tel: 01525 850000
www.grundfos.co.uk www.grundfos.co.uk
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