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On 6:30am 30th June 15 intrepid cyclists started from CEMA HQ in Colwick on their way to Skegness. 9th Annual CEMA Skegness Bike Ride The weather was wonderful but the easterly wind would eventually take its toll. For the first time there was an ‘e bike’ with us – Frank Ciaurro set this bike to ‘turbo’ and off he flew. Unfortunately, 12 miles from Skegness, the battery expired and Frank had the world’s heaviest…
At IDS we are extremely proud of our ABB Authorised Value Provider status. Being an AVP means more than a token title. In order for us to maintain our ABB AVP status, we attend regular training and product updates. Our engineers and sales team are trained by ABB and must meet their stringent and exacting standards through continuous assessments, ensuring we are technically competent. This time it was the turn of CEO, Blaise Ford and…
Lorraine and Neil from IDS recently attended the Rockingham Speedway Track where the Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce held their annual exhibition, including a networking lunch and seminar on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). The event coincided with the run up to the last weekend of the British Automobile Racing Club (BRSCC) season. The cars were all out on the track taking advantage of practice day. A thrilling sight indeed! Taking centre stage and creating a lot…
The partnership between Camfil Farr and IDS allows clients a unique offering. By combining the energy saving products from Camfil Farr filters a with ABB Inverters from IDS the client will see a reduction of between 20 and 30% of the energy costs used by Air Handling Units. IDS and Camfil Farr Strengthening the Partnership Recently, IDS were invited to an internal presentation day at Camfil Farr. The Camfil sales force were split into teams…
With less than 60% of obligated businesses not making the original deadline for ESOS compliance of 29th January, a grace period of three months was given by the Environment Agency. However, as the period came to an end (29th April) there are still in the region of 3,000 ESOS qualifying organisations unaccounted for. Environment Agency Responds When asked about the enforcement process that will go ahead, the Environment Agency said, “We have recently started contacting…
Taking place on the 17th June and covering 4 days Blaise Ford MD at IDS and friends will be cycling across the UK, from the West coast, to the East. Kicking off from Ravensglass, situated just south of Sellafield, the cyclists will proceed over to Ambleside for night 1 via Eskdale, Hardnott and Wrynose Passes day 2 they travel on to Culgaith, just south of Penrith. This means cycling along the famous ‘High Street Roman…
We spoke to Lorraine Famiglietti of IDS regarding ESOS. A mandatory European programme to implement energy audits into large organisations. Here is what she had to say. “Those subject to ESOS get to find out how wasteful their energy usage is, but is there a comeback to change anything they find? No. Perhaps there should be, if companies find they are using too much electricity and they do nothing about it should they be held…
The Telegraph reported in July about the Government axing the poorly thought out Green Deal initiative. I have to say when this was launched initially I had such high hopes. With much searching and digging I found that inverters or rather energy efficiency improvements to commercial air handling units were going to be included. Then we found out the Green Deal was a ‘loan’ with rather complex and convoluted terms and conditions making the prospect rather undesirable and…
Once again our intrepid MD Blaise Ford took to the saddle and rode out with the British Gypsum team. Starting at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicstershire at 7am on Saturday the 6th of June, 104 cyclist set out for Skegness! This year the group raised much needed funds for Sheffield Hospital, Spinal Ward. Annual Charity Cycle Ride with British Gypsum This annual charity cycle ride is very well organised. The route is almost 95 miles, with regular food stops…
As avid followers of our social media accounts will know, we recently exhibited at MultiModal 2015. Multimodal is a freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event enjoying it’s ninth year. This was our first time at the show in any capacity and we were pleasantly surprised by the positive interest shown, doubtless down to the great achievements we can make on commercial and industrial energy saving. This is not an entirely new industry for us as we have…
