If you are an employer in a commercial business then you have a duty to comply with the Electricity At Work Regulations 1989. Whether you own or are responsible for a hospital, cinema, school, hotel, factory or office building, for example, you need to be aware of the Electricity At Work Regulations and to understand …
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Any good commercial business will look at all areas of its operations to see where it can save money, operate more efficiently and promote best practice. Increasingly, the area of building maintenance falls into this category as businesses look in more detail at how they can save energy costs, reduce their carbon footprint and secure …
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At least 80 lives were lost in the devastation of the Grenfell Tower fire in Kensington, London on June 14th, and while several inquests and investigations continue, we must ask ourselves what we need to learn from this? Certainly it can be agreed that a complete overhaul of construction practices in relation to fire safety …
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LED lighting has become a mainstream lighting source over the last few years, purely for its energy efficiency. It is well known that lighting can account for up to 40% of a building’s annual electricity costs, so technology was always going to find a way to make this more cost-effective to manage for facilities managers, …
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Underfloor Heating (UFH) has more recently become the preferred form of heating within the residential sector, but it is also becoming more commonly specified for schools, medical facilities, offices and factories. The most common forms of UFH all involve circulating water through high-performance plastic piping set within the structure of the floor. The water can …