Over time, financial penalties fail to incentivise companies into action and simply become another cost to be ‘budgeted for’. Rather than penalise companies for using energy, a report from the UK Manufacturer’s Organisation EEF is encouraging the UK Government to stop making industry pay excessive green taxes. Instead, to cut costs for energy users, […]
Guide to CE marking for Electrical Power Drive Systems. CE Marking and Technical Standardisation Edition 4 : 2015 The fourth edition of this guide has been released by the GAMBICA Variable Speed Drives Technical Working Group. An update of the third edition, it takes into account recent changes in standards and […]
Are you ready for Ecodesign 2017? For many years inverter manufacturers have been promoting the cost saving benefits of fitting inverter drives to ac electric motors when used in suitable applications such as fans and pumps. The science is proven and there are many cases studies available should a user wish to […]
Jeremy Shinton of Mitsubishi Electric UK asks: Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) – Opportunity or Red Tape? ESOS is a new piece of EU legislation which requires member states to introduce a mandatory programme of energy audits for ‘large enterprises’. The mandatory energy audit scheme will impact on over 9000 of the UK’s largest […]
What is ESOS? ESOS is the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)’s response to Article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) – a requirement of all Member States of the EU. Three main requirements make up ESOS: 1 Measure your total energy consumption 2 Conduct energy audits to identify cost- effective energy efficiency […]