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The Facilities Management Forum is next month – Don’t miss out!
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Your free ticket to next month’s Facilities Management Forum is waiting for you – Claim your place today!

28th & 29th June – The Midland Hotel, Manchester

Meet with innovative solutions providers who match your own requirements and attend the following insightful seminar sessions; 

  • Counter Terrorism Top Tips for Business –  Chris Phillips, The International Protect and Prepare Security Office
  • Why outsource your FM – Neal Grant, Derwent Facilities Management 
  • Air Quality as a key driver of FM performance – Mark Tyson, Legal & General Investment Management
  • Why do we change facilities suppliers every 3 to 5 years? – Liz Kentish, Kentish & Co Ltd

View full seminar details here.

Overnight accommodation, all meals and refreshments are included with your pass.

Places are limited so confirm your place here or contact me today to find out more.

Reducing the time and cost of pump maintenance
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By Armstrong Fluid Technology

Recent advances in connectivity have revolutionised service and maintenance of HVAC systems, predicting problems before they have chance to occur. Utilisation of Armstrong Fluid Technology’s Pump Manager, a Cloud-based service, can realise up to 50% savings in service and maintenance. In addition, by optimising the system’s performance and reducing energy drift, it can deliver up to 40% savings in energy usage throughout the pump’s lifecycle.

Armstrong’s Pump Manager uses the embedded intelligence and connectivity of Armstrong Design Envelope pumps to provide performance reports to system operators. With this information, operators can make changes and address issues to optimise HVAC performance, and can predict future technical issues before they become a problem.

Online trending and analysis across multiple parameters on single pumps, or on an aggregated basis for multiple pumps, assists in identifying performance degradation and facilitates a predictive and proactive approach.

Pump Manager will, for example, report issues such as excessive vibration, a broken coupling, risk of cavitation or a dead head should they occur, or conditions such as impeller imbalance, bearing failure, seal failures and shaft misalignment that would impact on operation of the pump if undetected. It provides a fully reactive and integrated vision of an individual building, able to integrate with BMS, EMS and CMMS, as well as offering API-APP integration.

In addition to optimising system performance and increasing pump reliability, Pump Manager has important service and maintenance benefits.  As it is cloud-based, system operation can be viewed remotely by multiple stakeholders from various locations, enabling issues to be dealt with in the most efficient way, reducing the number of engineer visits.  Those with responsibility for multiple sites can also monitor all of their HVAC assets remotely and in one place on a single system.  Previously they would have had to visit each site in person, or liaise with individuals at multiple sites to collect the necessary data from the pumps/system/BMS.

The reporting function is particularly helpful for organisations submitting SECR reports. Pump Manager retains historical data and can help to identify opportunities for future efficiency upgrades. The comprehensive data also helps FM companies and energy managers to demonstrate the progress they have made towards KPIs, by enabling them to quantify the improvements in building sustainability they have made possible

Click here to learn more.

Facilitating change with interior wrapping
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By Architextural 

Changing the outlook of a building’s environment can be stressful at the best of times. Although necessary and profitable for so many reasons, giving occupants a new lease of life, a successful refurb is bound to boost business and appeal too.

Nevertheless, inevitably this is going to cause disruption. Planning a refurbishment comes with countless responsibilities and important decisions. From decor and colour scheme to furniture and layout, a lot needs to be finalised before any work begins.

Our mission is to ease headaches when it comes to a building’s refurbishment. We don’t just have one solution for a facility refurbishment, here at Architextural we have a number of products that can lend themselves to an array of different applications and needs within the building environment.

Whether it’s the revitalisation of interior surfaces, making your interior glass a design statement, or increasing an occupant’s comfort and safety within a building. We have the product for you.

Click here to find out more.

Looking for new Maintenance solutions? The FM Forum Recommended Supplier Directory can help!
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If you’re looking for Maintenance solutions for your building, venue, school or company, the FM Forum Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted partners ready to help make your project a reality!

Put simply, there’s something to suit every requirement.

Start Your Search Now

Are you an FM supplier? Get listed!

The FM Forum Recommended Supplier Directory is the perfect platform to raise your organisation’s profile and extend your reach.

Promoted via the FM Briefing newsletter, website and our renowned meet-the-buyer facilities events – this digital FM directory offers a comprehensive list of industry solution leaders.

Click Here To Get Listed!

Or, for more information, please contact Paige Aitken on 01992 374079 or p.aitken@forumevents.co.uk

Do you specialise in Security solutions? We want to hear from you!
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Each month on FM Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the facilities management market – and in June we’ll be focussing on Security solutions.

It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help FM industry buyers find the best products and services available today.

So, if you specialise in Security solutions and would like to be included as part of this exciting new shop window, we’d love to hear from you – for more info, contact Paige Aitken on p.aitken@forumevents.co.uk.

Here’s our full features list:

June – Security
Jul – Air Conditioning
Aug – Waste Management
Sep – Asset Management
Oct – FM Software
Nov – Intruder & Alarm Systems
Dec – Fire & Safety Equipment

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Netcontrol energy management
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Netcontrol is an energy automation company providing monitoring and control equipment and solutions that allow companies to reduce energy costs and increase security of their supply.

Established in Finland over 30 years ago and having offices in the UK for over 20 years based in Hazel Grove, Manchester.

Need to reduce your energy costs and improve your carbon footprint? Then employing electrical power monitoring devices will be crucial.

Please quote reference number 249

www.Netcontrol.com

What Netcontrol has to offer the Framework

Netcontrol devices allow you to capture, analyse and control your electrical assets

to identify energy wastage and to quantify energy improvements.

LV devices can be fitted easily and in most cases without shutdown to electrical distribution boards and plant.

A secure web browser dashboard displays the electrical performance and energy

information in time-based format allowing the identification of both technical and

behavioural energy losses, energy usage, costs and carbon footprint.

Whether you are a  local authority or a retailer looking to further reduce energy consumption or a manufacturer looking to reduce production energy overheads, protect electrical assets and  minimise costly production downtime, the Netcontrol devices will be critical in achieving your energy goals. Contact us for a no obligation installation and start your journey to lowering you energy costs and risks.

Obligation or opportunity: What’s driving corporate sustainability?
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By Inspired Energy

While Covid-19 may have hampered some organisations’ sustainability efforts, there remains significant pressure on businesses across all sectors to reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to the UK’s zero carbon targets. But what is driving corporate sustainability?

Impact on business reputation

We spoke to over 80 financial directors from businesses across a range of industries, from manufacturing to financial services, and asked them about the drivers to implementing a carbon reduction plan. The biggest driver reported was the impact on the business’ reputation, at 51%.

This is unsurprising as stakeholders are becoming more interested in an organisation’s green credentials, and when an organisation does not live up to expectations, customers and investors will act.

Similarly, our research found that consumer expectations were a significant driver for implementing a carbon reduction plan – at 41%. Customers are increasingly expecting the businesses they work with to address their impact on the environment and businesses are responding to this.

Sustainability in the C-Suite

Another key driver relates to mandatory emissions reporting measures, with 26% of our respondents highlighting this as a motivator for carbon reduction. Introduced in 2019, Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting scheme (SECR) is one of the most recent reporting schemes introduced, requiring organisations to publish details of their carbon footprint in their Annual Directors’ Report.

Although some businesses will simply view it as a box-ticking exercise, SECR can play an important role in bringing sustainability into the boardroom and be used to get board level buy-in on sustainability initiatives.When asked about their experience of SECR, 11% of respondents said that SECR had encouraged their business to invest more in energy efficiency and sustainability measures. Download our findings in full here:www.inspiredenergy.co.uk/report/

Corporate sustainability in the spotlight

The focus on corporate sustainability shows no signs of slowing down. And while business leaders may understand the challenges, not everyone knows how best to tackle them.

As the UK’s leading utilities consultancy, Inspired Energy has the experience needed to support your carbon reduction ambitions and net zero journey. Contact us today on 01772 680250 or email hello@inspiredenergy.co.uk.

Time is running out: Join the Carbon Impact Pilot
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By Amber Energy

Not so long ago, energy was just another cost for businesses to keep an eye on.

Now, the way it is sourced, managed, and used can be the difference between inspiring customer loyalty and losing them to more environmentally conscious competitors.

That is why decision-makers need to find the most strategic and sustainable way forward.

Making a net zero commitment is the easy part. Developing an effective sustainability strategy can be complex, but we’re making it simpler.

The Carbon Impact Pilot will help you to:

  • identify carbon waste
  • pinpoint potential cost savings
  • develop a realistic sustainability roadmap

At amber, we believe in doing the right thing by the planet and our clients. If this sounds like something your business would benefit from, you’re just one click away from learning more.

 Facilities Management Forum: Brand new venue, same great event
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We will now be hosting the Facilities Management Forum at the Radisson Blu Hotel Manchester Airport on the 28th & 29th June.

Would you be interested in attending the event in person or virtually?

In addition to your bespoke itinerary of 1-2-1 meetings with suppliers, your pass also includes overnight accommodation, all meals, refreshments and access to insightful seminar sessions.

Please could you confirm your attendance details here via our online form.

You might also be interested in our Smart FM Forum – a free, virtual event, which takes place on the 13th & 14th October and consists of business meetings and live webinars.

Looking for HVAC solutions? The FM Forum Recommended Supplier Directory can help!
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Looking for new Heating & Ventilation solutions for your building, venue, school or company? The FM Forum Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted partners ready to help make your project a reality!

Put simply, there’s something to suit every requirement.

Start Your Search Now

Are you an FM supplier? Get listed!

The FM Forum Recommended Supplier Directory is the perfect platform to raise your organisation’s profile and extend your reach.

Promoted via the FM Briefing newsletter, website and our renowned meet-the-buyer facilities events – this digital FM directory offers a comprehensive list of industry solution leaders.

Click Here To Get Listed!

Or, for more information, please contact Paige Aitken on 01992 374079 or p.aitken@forumevents.co.uk