Taking the first steps towards green buildings

Posted by Julian Grant on 08-Sep-2020 12:14:07

In his summer statement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a billion-pound programme to help improve energy efficiency in schools, hospitals and other public buildings. Called ‘The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme’, the programme, which is part of UK’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the public sector by 50%, is expected to see substantial investments in energy efficiency and heating upgrades over the next year.

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Topics: testing, PEL, energy loggers, energy efficiency, news

Add Wi-Fi to your PEL

Posted by Julian Grant on 09-Mar-2020 09:50:05

Connecting your PEL103 portable energy logger to a network is often a really useful thing to do, because it gives you access to all of the data collected by the PEL remotely, from any location where you have network access. And, if you have a network access point conveniently close to your PEL, all you need is a standard cable to hook it up to your network. But what if there’s no network access point near your PEL? The answer is to give your PEL WiFi capability. And that’s easy to do. This blog post will tell you how.

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Topics: test, testing, PEL, energy loggers, energy efficiency

Why monitor the voltage?

Posted by Julian Grant on 30-Jan-2020 12:44:57

Do you want to make your life easier when you’re carrying out energy surveys on your electrical systems? If so, here’s a suggestion you might not be expecting – don’t bother to monitor the voltage! That may seem an odd idea, but think about it for a moment.

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Topics: test, testing, energy loggers, energy efficiency