its wiring accessory products offer enhanced hygiene properties. The company’s popular Mode, Mode Part M and Polar plates have now been independently tested and have shown to have antiviral properties against enveloped and nonenveloped viruses. After a contact period of 4 hours, all tested plates were shown to have a 99.9% kill off rate against enveloped viruses and a 92% kill off rate against non enveloped viruses. This new antiviral testing is in addition to the antibacterial testing already carried out.


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ith an increasing emphasis on building cleanliness, Scolmore has taken a further step to ensure that


WHAT’S NEW SPONSORED BY Scolmore stays one step ahead with new antiviral testing


Mode, Mode Part M and Polar are all manufactured using Urea Formaldehyde, which has similar inherent properties to antimicrobial additives that inhibit the growth of infectious diseases. When independently tested, all products achieved a 99.99% kill off rate across all four types of the strains of bacteria – MRSA, EColi, Salmonella and Klebsiella Pneumonia. Mode is a range of contemporary, white


wiring accessories and is the company’s best selling wiring accessories collection to date. The range was developed as a high quality, flexible and modern solution for virtually any domestic wiring requirement.


strobes to its portfolio of MAGfire Conventional Fire Systems products. Designed as a range of


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MACHProView™ with VOC sensor from Reliable Controls


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eliable Controls recently released an optional volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor for its MACHProView and MACH ProView LCD


controllers. MACHProView devices are powerful, elegant,


freely programmable BACnet Building Controllers (B BC) that empower users to monitor and control the comfort and energy of any space. The MACH ProView LCD is also a BACnet Operator Display (B OD) that provides a plenitude of attractive, high resolution graphical interfaces. The new VOC sensor detects a wide array of chemical compounds, both natural and humanmade, to provide airquality measurement relevant to the comfort and health of your building occupants. VOC sensor features include the following: • 0–8,190 ppb range • Resolution: 2 ppb (0–2,008 ppb); 6 ppb (2,009+ ppb) • Automatic background calibration • Automatic humidity measurement Backed by a 5year warranty and a worldwide


network of factorycertified Authorised Dealers, Reliable Controls MACH ProView controllers with optional VOC sensing provide building operators with a sustainable solution to measure and regulate indoorair quality.


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ensure that the heads meet the ACGIH/ISO/CEN (EN 481) standard. The intensive testing has confirmed that Casella’s Cyclone sampling heads meet this standard when sampling at the published flow rate of 2.2 litres per minute. Every Cyclone is manufactured to sample respirable dust at a specific airflow rate; if the cyclone is not sampling correctly at the specified flow rate the concentration of dust can be over or under estimated; a concerning outcome when poor data could have a direct and negative impact on workplace safety and worker health. “The confirmation from the HSE that our Cyclone heads operate


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as intended is welcome news”, says Tim Turney, Casella Global Marketing Manager. “Recent testing of cyclones by other manufacturers has shown they were not meeting the EN481 standard, calling into question all past air samples taken with those heads. Our original performance to the standard at a 2.2 litres/min flow rate still stands, giving end users confidence in the results.”


www.casellasolutions.com Ovia’s new 3 in 1 multifunction dimmable LED driver


lways looking for products that make installation and operation quicker and easier, Scolmore Group Company,


Ovia, has introduced a new MultiFunction Driver to its commercial lighting range.


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offers 3 dimming options in 1 driver – Dali, Switch and 1–10V Dimmable. The new driver is designed to enhance


Ovia’s commercial LED Panel offering and means that Ovia Inceptor Slate and Jura LED Panels now have a multifunction driver as an option, to offer even more flexibility. The multifunction drivers are available in


2948W and 3869W variants to maximise their potential across a range of applications. The DIP Switch component will be supplied preset to a specific configuration, with the option to be manually reconfigured to any one of the range of specifications available by following the instructions printed on top of the driver. The DIP Switches are located under the removable termination cover.


Studies show that infrared heating could protect against the spread of Covid19 infection


by recent studies from the highly reputed Hermann Rietschel Institute for Heating and Ventilation Technology at the Technical University of Berlin. These indicate that using infrared heaters in the workplace could have a health & safety benefit relating to the potential spread of Covid19. It is known that Covid19


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infection occurs mainly via micro droplets produced while talking, coughing or sneezing. Professor Martin Kriegel, Head of the Institute's Department of Building Energy Systems explains how:


chwank, a leading manufacturer of gasfired inrared heaters, is convinced


"Larger particles sink to the ground faster. Smaller particles follow the air flow and can remain in the air for quite a long time. Even larger droplets (>60 m) can, under certain circumstances, spread far into a room. Possible horizontal air movements further intensify the spreading effect." So the studies conclude that


infrared heating systems that work without air movement could reduce the risk of Covid19 infection. because they transfer heat by infrared rays, similar to the way that heat is transferred by the sun. Therefore no air movement is caused. Steve Sherman, Managing


Director of Schwank UK, commented: “The studies are of significant interest and their conclusions are logical. These are findings that employers and facilities managers may well wish to take into consideration.”


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Inceptor Slate is Ovia’s premium LED Panel range for the commercial sector.


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available in three different sizes – 600mm x 600mm (30W) in Warm White and Cool White; 1200mm x 300mm (30W) and 1200mm x 500mm (50W) both in Cool White. They are designed to fit standard panel sizes, making them an ideal retro fit for existing, less efficient lighting options. They are IP44 rated, come prewired with FastFit Flow as standard and can be surface mounted, recessed or suspended.


www.oviauk.com Excel Introduces Enbeam Blown Fibre


biggest has given us a lot of new opportunities to learn. One key route for satisfying this thirst for knowledge, has been the development of a wide range of Grundfos webinars that have all been designed to appeal to any professional that has an interest in pump solutions. Today there are 32 different


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webinar topics available and almost 5000 people have taken the opportunity to gain access to the wide range of topics, each of which is delivered by selected members of our experienced staff. Every tailored course offers an in depth insight into a range of subjects whether you are involved in building services, industrial applications or the water industry.


Grundfos webinars put a new spin on learning


f all the changes that have come about to our working lives in 2020, one of the


Plus, as you would expect from a pump solutions innovator such as Grundfos, there are many new themes in the pipeline. As things will hopefully get back


to normal in 2021, we do hope to be back on track with our classroom Pump School courses and of course our ECADEMY remains open for business 24/7. All of which is great news and we hope it is reassuring to know that there are still multiple ways to get access to pump knowledge. If you would like to catch up on


any of these webinars you can, as recordings are available on demand. Simply visit the website and click on the training tab, where they are ready for you to watch, as and when it suits you.


www.grundfos.co.uk


HSE Testing Confirms Casella Cyclone Air Sampling Heads Reliability


asella, leading expert in hazard sampling and environmental monitoring, has worked with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to undertake testing of its Cyclone Air Sampling heads to


entry level products that are suitable for conventional systems, it offers installers more options  with compact designs and the ability for surface mounting, or flush mounting for a more discreet fitting. The range comprises two sounders – a sounder and a bedroom


sounder, with both available in a choice of red or white and providing the option for three distinctive tones. The combined sounder and strobe, again offered in a choice of red or white, offers additional visual indication where VIDs (Visual Indication Device) are required. The maximum sound output is 96db and the flash rate of the strobe is


40 per minute. Compact in design, the products are constructed from fire rated ABS and offer UL approval to EN 543. ESP’s fire protection portfolio currently comprises the MAGfire


Conventional Fire Alarm products, MAGfire Addressable range and the MAGDUO range of twowire fire alarm systems.


www.espuk.com ESP adds new sounders and strobes to its fire protection range


SP has added a new range of fire sounders and combined sounder


suitable for internal or external applications, complemented with Enhanced Fibre Performance Units (EPFU) of 4 through to 12 fibre in both single and multimode. The internal Enbeam microducts will be offered in the distinctive Excel


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ice blue jacket colour, whilst the external ducts have black highdensity polyethylene outer sheath with aluminium foil inserted between the jacket and microducts to provide moisture protection. Ross McLetchie, Mayflex Sales Director comments, “As bandwidth


demand continues to grow, we are experiencing increased demand across our Enbeam fibre offering, so the introduction of the blown fibre solution could not come at a better time. The concept of installing ducting throughout buildings, campus, or data center environments is far from new, but we believe this is perhaps the time for this type of solution to become more mainstream and provide truly future proofed, upgradeable backbone and FTTX solutions to meet customer needs.” For further details call the Excel sales team on 0121 326 7557 or visit


the Excel website to read the full press release. www.excelnetworking.com/news


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xcel, the copper and optical fibre cabling infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of its Enbeam blown fibre solution with immediate effect. The system includes a range of microducts


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assessed before membership is approved. Member firms have a combined turnover in excess of £6 billion


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annually. Member firms carry out design, installation, inspection, testing, maintenance and monitoring activity across the domestic, commercial, industrial and public sectors. This ranges from power and lighting to data communications, to energy efficiency and renewables, as well as the design and installation of cuttingedge building control technologies. ECA’s near 3,000 members range from SME electrotechnical


businesses to nationwide engineering services organisations that employ thousands of professionals on major UK projects.


www.eca.co.uk Read the latest: www.bsee.co.uk


CA is the UK’s largest trade association representing electrotechnical and engineering services organisations, at regional, national and European level. ECA membercompanies are rigorously


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