Smart Energy Management as a Service (‘SEMaaS’) What is it? In many ways, the emphasis is on the ‘Smart’ element – in other words making ‘best practice’ energy and…
The UK Government’s new 78% Carbon Reduction Target On the 20th of April the UK Government announced an update to its national carbon targets, in line with recommendations from the…
Our Managing Director, Phil Warren, shares some thoughts on his time in the Energy Management industry. Integrating Smart Building Technology I have spent 25 years of my career working in…
Buyer beware – the marketplace for building automation, smart building, and building technology is evolving quickly and is full of new technologies, complicated integration and snazzy buzzwords. It is so…
What are the Heat Networks (Metering & Billing) Regulations? The Heat Networks (Metering & Billing) Regulations – ‘HNMBR’ – were introduced in 2014 to drive energy efficiency and carbon reduction…
The news of a new lockdown at the beginning of the year may have led some businesses to believe that there would be a pause on new policy development around…
We are seeking a Database Developer to join our Data Science team, which is based in peaceful countryside on the outskirts of Bristol (although we are currently home-working where possible).
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have recently launched the EXEED (Excellence in Energy Efficient Design) Certified Grant Scheme. The grant scheme provides up to 50% grant funding for…
Launched by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is a £1bn fund designed to encourage green growth across the public sector…
As businesses fight to ensure that any short-term recovery from the first wave of COVID are sustained, and as the UK officially enters a second wave and uncertainty abounds about…
The role of the office is changing. Over recent times, we’ve seen a rapid shift in how businesses across all sectors operate. Due to Covid-19, more people than ever are…
Will it be different this time around? For those of us that have worked in the built environment sustainability sector for some time, it could feel as if we’ve been…
The Predicament It is perhaps more than slightly repetitive to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a level of disruption to lives and business across the globe that hasn’t…
For the past twenty years, Energy and Technical Services’ clients have been availing of our extensive energy cost saving and building services experience within the multi-site retail and commercial sectors…
As we navigate these highly challenging times for all sectors of the economy, businesses are looking to the prospect of staff returning to the office environment, and how the risks…
In these difficult times, businesses are being forced to adapt and adjust their day-to-day strategies. For some, this involves making temporary staffing arrangements and adjustments to how they operate their…
John Kane is the Business Unit Director at Energy & Technical Services Ireland. Since becoming actively involved in the energy management sector over 15 years ago, I have witnessed firsthand…
It is true to say that traditionally there has often been conflict between the process of building development and environmental protection. Historically, the development process paid relatively little heed to…
There is perhaps no single aspect of energy management more important than energy data and analytics. In many ways, the energy performance of your buildings is directly tied to how…
In 2016, the Paris Climate Agreement came into force, with the aim to bring all nations together to undertake efforts to combat climate change and reduce its most damaging effects;…
For many people, the beginning is the time of year for resolutions and target-setting. So what better time to consider how we measure how well we are doing? As energy…
HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) issues are common across buildings new and old. Even where new buildings are designed with high-level performance credentials in mind, such as BREEAM ‘Outstanding’…
More and more, reducing energy consumption is becoming a key focus for organisations across all sectors. The benefits of investing resources in this area are numerous – not only is…
