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Hannon as senior technical lighting engineer and Mark Lagoe as technical support engineer will further strengthen the technical support department to meet the needs of the company as it continues to expand its products in all divisions. James’ experience includes five years working as a qualified electrician and eight years as a senior site services engineer with a leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial lighting systems. James will play a key role in developing new products, with a particular focus on lighting controls which is an area of growth in the lighting sector. Mark has worked in the electrical industry for over 39 years and brings a wealth of experience to his


Scolmore expands technical support team S


colmore has welcomed two new members to its technical team. The appointment of James


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James Hannon, senior technical lighting engineer (L) and Mark Lagoe technical support engineer (R)


new role. As well as 20 years as a fully qualified electrician, he spent 19 years with a major manufacturer of electrical wiring accessories, circuit protection, cable management and control equipment. During this time, his areas of responsibilities included technical support, test reports, regulations compliance and bespoke consumer unit design. In his new role with Scolmore he will be drawing on this vast experience to deliver technical support across the company’s ever expanding wiring accessories ranges. With the recent addition of the Elucian circuit protection range to the Click wiring accessories portfolio, Mark’s expertise in this area will be a particular asset to the technical department.


UK homes heat up faster than European, study finds


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new study by intelligent home climate management company tado° has found that UK homes gain heat


significantly faster than European neighbours on hot summer days. The study, conducted in over 60,000 UK homes in the summer of 2021,


found that a UK home with an indoor temperature of 20°C and an outside temperature of 30°C in sunny weather gains on average 5°C after three hours. Compared with some Western European neighbours such as Germany and Italy, UK homes are gaining heat more than twice as fast. UK homes are among the quickest in Europe to heat up in hot weather but there is also a difference


between the north and south. Whereas southern English homes heat up on average by 4.7°C after three hours, Scottish home temperatures rise by 5.6°C in the same conditions. "Our study shows the degree to how homes react to outdoor temperatures and solar radiation," said tado°


co-founder & CPO Christian Deilmann. "As heat waves become more common, residents will increasingly turn to air conditioning to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures."


Extended deadline for ESF’s Safety Innovation Award


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lectrical Safety First’s Safety Innovation Award puts the spotlight on those individuals and businesses who put


safety at the heart of product development and service offering, while incorporating sustainability and innovation. To support an increasingly diverse selection of applicants, the date for entries has been extended to 29 September 2021. Entrants to the awards must include a detailed description of how their innovation improves safety, together with supporting evidence of how it fulfils award criteria. Applications are open to projects, products and services, at all stages of development, including design and concept. Applicants who are shortlisted will be invited to give a presentation to judges on Tuesday 5 October, after


which two finalists will be selected. They will go ‘head-to-head’ at Electrical Safety First’s annual product safety conference, on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 November, where the winner will be selected by the audience. “At Electrical Safety First, safety is the core of everything we do,” said Martyn Allen, technical director at


Electrical Safety First. “Our Safety Innovation Award reflects this and encourages other, like-minded, organisations that prioritise safety. This award is all about acknowledging those individuals and companies who stand out as safety champions.”


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