Energy reduction trial shows significant financial savings

Geoff Clifton, Business Development Manager for VO4HOME

VO4HOME the leading, Yorkshire based, voltage optimisation company’s recent product trial, in conjunction with not-for-profit business support consultancy CO2Sense, and MJ Energy Services, sees significantly reduced bills, lowered carbon footprint and decreased energy usage for those involved.

 CO2Sense is a not for profit environmental consultancy that helps businesses to cut costs and carbon emissions.  They offer businesses in Yorkshire and Humber the chance to trial environmental products and services that can substantially reduce environmental impacts and costs.

VO4HOME’s voltage optimisation system is one of the key products selected for the Targeted Market Development programme. This innovative technology can both lower energy use and CO2 output – resulting in a reduced electricity bill for the customer.

“Mike Jackson of MJ Energy Services kindly located the trial site - a small business with a significant electricity requirement due to its use of numerous fridges and freezers.  The voltage optimization device was fitted and energy usage monitored and then measured against previous levels, and the results have been incredibly encouraging.  The project demonstrates the tangible financial benefits for those involved in the project, whilst simultaneously lowering their carbon footprint. It’s very much a win-win situation for the customer”, said Geoff Clifton, business development manager for VO4HOME.

Mr. Clifton added,

“VO4HOME is a cost effective solution that delivers tangible savings on energy consumption. Payback is usually within 4-5 years, although this time frame lowers with each energy price hike, which means that it is an increasingly commercially sound investment, Plus it also comes with a 5 year product guarantee.”

VO4Home:

• Can save 330-500lbs of CO2 emissions each year
• Can save money on power bills by around £90 to £150 a year
• Comes with guaranteed savings
• Will improve the life expectancy of electrical equipment
• Will improve the power quality (reduce harmonics and improve the power factor)
• Easy installation – no need to change electricity provider, no rewiring required, no maintenance required, no moving partsComes with a 5-year warranty
• Is fully designed and manufactured in the UK. 
• All VO4Home components, including even minor items such as the paint, are sourced from UK manufacturers

The VO4Home team has over 150 years combined experience in designing and manufacturing special transformers and the VO4Home design is a direct result of this experience.

http://vo4home.com/

Leading ‘green’ company shortlisted for innovation award

Sheffield based EMSc is pleased to announce it has been shortlisted for the prestigious Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business awards 2011, in the Innovation category. The nomination is for the company’s innovative Powerstar voltage optimisation product.

EMS has always been at the forefront of the latest energy saving technologies and is constantly looking to launch new products that will allow organisations to reduce not only their electricity bills, but their carbon emissions as well.

The solution is popular with both the private and public sector because of the tangible energy saving benefits it provides, not only helping organisations to meet carbon reduction commitments, but also cutting electricity costs at a time when surging energy prices are having a major impact on budgets.

EMS also recently announced another successful 12 months trading, with turnover increasing by 50%, to £12.4m. During the course of the last twelve months the company also doubled its workforce, to 70 people and has moved into new premises to accommodate the growth it has been experiencing.

Alex Mardapittas, managing director EMSc said, “We are extremely excited to be shortlisted for the award. We have developed a product for the 21st century, one which organisations large and small can install to reduce their carbon footprint and cut energy costs.” 

The company is accredited with the Made in Sheffield accolade in acknowledgement of the quality of its manufacturing process, its expansion into international markets and the international success of Powerstar. It has also recently launched a new website which showcases Powerstar www.powerstar.co.uk.

About EMSc UK
EMS is renowned for designing and manufacturing the Star® range of energy saving products. In addition to the market leading Powerstar voltage optimisation solution, the company also manufactures Airstar and Hotelstar, products that allow companies, organisations and hotels to reduce their energy costs as well as reduce their carbon emissions.

2010 - Winners of the Yorkshire Forward Innovator/10: Innovation in Action Award
2006 - Winners of the CARE4AIR AWARD
2001 - Winners of the DTI Smart Award for Innovation

About Powerstar

Powerstar:

Can save an average of 12-15% (up to 26.1% savings recorded) of electricity consumption.

Is fully designed and manufactured in the UK. All Powerstar components, including even minor items such as the paint, are sourced from UK manufacturers. The Powerstar design and any associated software are designed by EMSc UK Limited.

Requires no maintenance and has a 15 year warranty.

Comes with guaranteed savings.

Will improve the life expectancy of electrical equipment.

Will improve the power quality (reduce harmonics and improve the power factor).

Has the highest efficiency and provides better savings than any other voltage optimisation system sold in the UK. This has been proven in independent tests (on the same load and same voltage reduction) by the electricity supplier RWE npower. RWE npower commented: We did a trial with Powerstar and one other supplier. Powerstar showed a larger overall saving compared to the other supplier. In addition, it improved the power quality more. Powerstar was the better system in all aspects, including the technical design and capabilities.

Powerstar® is the registered trademark of EMSc (UK) Ltd.

Voltage optimisation and the Brighton Eco Energy Fair

Prominent voltage optimisation company, VO4HOME, will be a primary exhibitor at the 2011 Brighton Eco Energy Fair, which will be running between 10am and 4.30pm on the 15th October, at the Brighthelm centre. 

Having recently been a key exhibitor at the recent National Home Improvements Exhibition Eco Home Zone, VO4HOME will now form a principle element of the Eco Energy Fair.  The event is designed to raise awareness of the issues surrounding energy use and to help the people of Brighton & Hove better manage their energy needs, saving money as well as the environment. 

The fair will play an important role in demonstrating how scientific advances and strategies can help homeowners reduce their carbon footprint through the adoption of energy efficiency technologies - technologies that lower energy consumption and household bills. VO4HOME’s voltage optimization device will be on show with a host of other energy innovators.

As part of their involvement in the exhibition Geoff Clifton, Business Development Manager at VO4HOME, will be delivering a talk on, minimising your carbon footprint and exposure to the escalating financial costs associated with recent energy price rises.

Mr. Geoff Clifton, business development manager for VO4HOME commented,

“We jumped at the chance to be involved in the Eco Energy Fair, especially because it is in a city that understands the language of sustainability,” adding that “the show will provide a significant platform for those in Brighton and Hove who wish to become familiar with energy efficiency technologies and strategies that can be simply and easily integrated into the home.  Innovations that save the consumer money, lower energy use and reduce their carbon footprint.”

VO4HOME is a cost effective solution that delivers tangible savings on energy consumption. Not only can it be quickly and simply installed but pay-back is usually 
within 4-5 years, which means that not only is it a sound investment, but it also comes with a 5 year product guarantee.

VO4Home:

• Can save 330-500lbs of CO2 emissions each year
• Can save money on power bills by around £90 to £150 a year
• Comes with guaranteed savings
• Will improve the life expectancy of electrical equipment
• Will improve the power quality (reduce harmonics and improve the power factor)
•  Easy installation – no need to change electricity provider, no rewiring required, no maintenance required, no moving partsComes with a 5-year warranty
• Is fully designed and manufactured in the UK. All VO4Home components, including even minor items such as the paint, are sourced from UK manufacturers

The VO4Home team has over 150 years combined experience in designing and manufacturing special transformers and the VO4Home design is a direct result of this experience.


www.vo4home.com

MORE THAN JUST STREET LIGHTING CONTROL

 Christmas lighting can be remotely managed by Harvard’s LeafNut system

Harvard Engineering’s multi award winning wireless street lighting monitoring and control system LeafNut, has been proven to manage more than just street lights by successfully controlling Merthyr Tydfil’s Christmas street lights.

The solution for Merthyr’s Christmas Lighting uses a MagNode - a miniature wireless radio control system - attached to groups of Christmas lights. This allows the system’s central server to communicate with each group of lights, ensuring they can be accurately synchronised at times of switch on and off. 

By using LeafNut to manage and control festive lighting a significant number of man hours to install and maintain the festive lighting can be reduced, as lights and fuses do not need to be checked individually.

LeafNut provides Local Authorities with the ability to increase the reliability of Christmas lighting, also allowing for greater maintenance accuracy, as operators can identify light problems in advance, accurately predicting failures.

Michael McDonnell, sales and marketing director at Harvard Engineering, commented,

“We first intended for LeafNut to be used solely for street lighting, but the potential for the system to manage and control a variety of outdoor lighting quickly became apparent. The solution can not only help Councils with different outdoor lighting requirements, but also many companies that manage large outdoor lighting systems to save energy, reduce CO2 emissions as well as maintenance costs.”

LeafNut was chosen to power the Christmas lights in Merthyr Tydfil after the solution was successfully being rolled out across the council’s street lights.

Harvard Engineering
Established in 1993, Harvard has grown to be a leading player in the LED lighting and wireless street lighting industries. Harvard’s innovative range of products includes the CoolLED range of switchable drivers and LeafNut, the revolutionary wireless remote monitoring system for street lighting.

Awards
2011 - Shortlisted for the Orange Innovation Award at the National Business Awards
2011 – Winner Insider’s Growth 100 (Yorkshire) Innovation Award
2011 - Winner of the Innovation Award at the Wakefield Express Business Awards
2011 - Winner of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, within the Innovation category
2010 - Winner of the Light Sources & Controls Award at the Lighting Design Awards
2010 - Winner of the Yorkshire Forward Innovator/10 Innovation in Action Award
2009 – Winner of the Yorkshire Post Business in Excellence

www.HarvardEng.com