Elections, elections, elections … Have you had enough yet? How many times have we heard this year that, across the world, there are more national and other elections in 2024 than ever before? Do these elections really matter? How do they impact the consulting engineering sector? The European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations (EFCA) thinks...Read More
Friday, 28 June marked the beginning of a new era in Ecodesign as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) was published in the Official Journal of the EU. Following on from the European Commission’s legislative proposal in March 2022, EU co-legislators – the European Parliament and the Council of the EU – spent over...Read More
The pressure is beginning to stack up as the demands of NZEB come more centre stage. The clamour for “silver bullet’” solutions is palpable as the worry of non-compliance heats up. Ironically, there is scope for significantly-reduced energy consumption from traditional good practice design that is being missed in the transition from concept to completion,...Read More
In an effort to increase annual profitability, businesses need to increase sales margins or reduce operating costs. Increasing sales margins can be difficult, especially in today’s economic climate, so reducing operational costs, particularly energy costs, goes straight to the bottom line. Such measures also make for easier compliance with both statutory and voluntary “green” responsibilities.Read More
The thing about pumps is that they are everywhere … in boilers, solar thermal systems, heat pumps, micro CHP, etc. So, if told that they could save 70% on power consumption by switching to a high efficiency Class A circulating pump, would your customers be interested?Read More