Contractors looking to have a greater say at an early stage of interior design should look at working with architects embracing virtual reality technolgy. Architectural firm Urbanist Architecture, which specialises in creating contemporary home renovations, extensions and new build houses and flats, said at the stage where mechanical and electrical connections need to be designed, especially…
DetailsFriday 4 August is the final deadline for entries to the Electrical Industry Awards 2017, the premier awards celebration in the electrical trade. The Electrical Industry Awards recognises professionals, teams and products. If you and your colleagues have led an innovative project, driven down costs, gone the extra mile in implementing change or achieved great results…
DetailsThe STA has welcomed the announcement of battery storage and reviews to the rules making it easier for homes and businesses to install the technology alongside PV panels. However, the announcements today will enable only modest progress, the association added. The majority of the points in the Government’s 29 point plan are simply a restatement…
DetailsECA survey findings show major opposition to draft 18th Edition of BS 7671 Just one in 16 electrotechnical businesses (6 per cent) from across the entire industry ‘absolutely support’ the proposed 18th Edition update to the Wiring Regulations, according to major new survey findings from the ECA. Nearly three in 10 respondents (28 per cent)…
DetailsNissan aims to be at the forefront of the electric vehicle market, the roll out of Vehicle-to-Grid technology and the installation of energy storage systems following the Business minister’s announcement of a £246million investment into battery technology and energy storage in the UK. Francisco Carranza, director of Energy Services, Nissan Europe said the realisation of the…
DetailsCommenting on Business Secretary Greg Clark’s support for energy storage technologies today, James Court, head of policy and external affairs at the Renewable Energy Association said: “The global market is quickly moving towards a decentralised model, relying less on large fossil generation and more on flexible and increasingly cheap renewable sources. More energy storage empowers…
DetailsBSRIA has welcomed the Government’s proposed plans to “shake up the energy market” making it easier, more flexible and more attractive for consumers to store energy, export it to the grid and arrange for “power-hungry” devices like freezers or washing machines to operate at times when sustainable power is available and potentially power off at…
DetailsThe number of connected technology devices used in everyday lives is growing faster than ever before and these devices require charging or to be run off the same electrical circuit in homes designed to handle less capacity than today’s consumer require. That is the key finding from new research conducted by reichelt elektroniks, which revealed…
DetailsResponding to the government’s 19 July statement on the ‘Farmer Review’ of construction labour models (published October 2016), ECA Director of Business Paul Reeve and BESA Director of Legal and Commercial Rob Driscoll commented: “The ECA and BESA are pleased that the government supports the importance of a ‘sector deal’ for the construction and engineering…
DetailsSELECT, the campaigning trade body for Scotland’s electrical sector, has thrown its weight behind increased pressure from MPs over the vexed issue of cash retentions within the construction industry. SELECT is once again highlighting the issue in advance of a government review of the Construction Act which is expected to include actions such as the…
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