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Zero carbon homes

Posted on 23rd August 2021 at 13:33

The 30-year delivery plan for the construction industry aims to deliver high-quality zero carbon homes using sustainable building methods.

The Future Homes task force includes housebuilders, professional bodies, suppliers, regulators, environmental groups, and planners.

Woking a construction site which must soon meet carbon zero standards

Electrical installation for logistics and distribution

Posted on 13th January 2021 at 17:56

Logistics businesses all around the country have seen increased demand, even before we started to shop and work from home during the last year.

The Office for National Statistics says that internet shopping accounted for more than a quarter of all our retail spending in September 2020.

MSE has been working at warehouse and distribution sites across the country to help them meet this growing demand with improved electrical installations and lighting.

The connected homes market is growing

Posted on 30th September 2020 at 13:51

The Connected Homes; State of the Market 2020 report says that over 7.5 million homes across Europe now have connected home energy devices. This figure is expected to grow by 13% in 2020.

What is a connected home?

Connected homes include climate controls, remote heating management, home energy management, and home automation products such as smart lighting.

Will all our homes become carbon neutral?

Posted on 15th May 2020 at 18:05

Will all homes in the future be carbon neutral?

In one initiative to bring this goal a little closer Schneider Electric is working in partnership with Sustainable Ventures.

A new dimension to lighting technology

Posted on 10th December 2019 at 12:29

Did you know that you can now tailor your own lamp shade and light online?

Using 3D printing techniques, it will be made using recyclable material and delivered to your door within two weeks.

With a few clicks you can have your own bespoke LED table lamp made from 24 recycled CDs.

This new service has been launched across Europe following a successful pilot project in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Electric flight – Alice through the looking glass?

Posted on 17th September 2019 at 12:45

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Carrying on with this month’s green theme, we were interested that electric aeroplanes featured on the agenda at the recent Paris Airshow, in response to global warming concerns.

A prototype of the world's first commercial all-electric passenger aircraft was unveiled.

Known as Alice, the new plane will carry nine passengers for up to 650 miles. Three lightweight electric motors with propellers will give the new plane distinctive appearance, compared with traditional aircraft. Orders have already been placed and Alice is expected to enter service in 2022.

A cleaner, greener cuppa

Posted on 30th June 2019 at 13:46

As you know, we like to keep an eye on new developments involving electricity generation and use.

That’s why we were interested in the recent announcement that more electricity will be generated from zero carbon sources than fossil fuels this year in the UK.

According to the National Grid, this is the first time since the industrial revolution that we have generated more electricity from renewable sources than fossil fuels.

Strange but true – electricity from mushrooms

Posted on 3rd June 2019 at 08:51

Although this news report initially seemed ‘stranger than fiction’, it’s a genuine example of extraordinary science.

Mushrooms that you can buy at any grocers have been used to generate electricity.

They were covered with bacteria that can produce electricity and strands of the new wonder-material, graphene, were used to collect the current.

Virtual power plants

Posted on 21st May 2019 at 19:12

Here’s a clever idea… Siemens has introduced a virtual power plant (VPP).

It’s a software solution that balances electrical loads from buildings connected in a ‘microgrid’ that has both renewable energy and energy storage.

The new VPP service allows electrical loads of commercial buildings or industrial sites to be combined, helping to reduce the need for reserve power by balancing consumption. Building operators can then sell surplus energy back to the electricity market. Siemens believes this approach will increase the flexibility of the whole market.

The battery buzz

Posted on 25th February 2019 at 11:25

To make a difference to our use of the national power grid, we need to store the energy generated through the wind and sun until we need it.