Repairing the construction and operation value chain with good leadership Any chain is useless with a gap or missing link. But that is exactly what we have in the value chain between building designers/constructors and building users/operators. It matters because...
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Paul Bennett will be speaking next week at the Major Energy Users Council on behalf of the British Institute of Facilities Management’s (BIFM) Special Interest Group. The event takes place on the 2nd of March at London’s Tower Bridge Guoman Hotel....
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Can’t see the wood for the trees? Use Big Data to deliver strategic energy savings. Introduction Are we blinded by an abundance of energy data? Perhaps we are, given that (evidence suggests) all too often we are not actually using...
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From April 1st 2018, the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) will be in force. From this date, it will be illegal to agree a new lease on a commercial property with an F or G Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...
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Although there’s definite a nip in the air, this is the perfect time of year to be reviewing the efficiency of your air conditioning systems… Air conditioning systems can be expensive to run – adding up to 50% to a building’s energy...
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How can the property industry and the energy efficiency sector collectively benefit from the new MEES which come into force in April 2018? What strategy could be applied, and are there opportunities for business development in its wake? Introduction There...
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I have been working in the area of energy savings for Facilities Management (FM) contracts for over a decade now and would like to share with you my top 10 energy saving tips that require little or no investment: 1....
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The Facilities Management industry in the UK is valued at over £100 billion and the energy being managed in such contracts is extremely large. Over the past decade, I have worked with hundreds of organisations all working to save energy....
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