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ENERGYACE SAYS WELL DONE to the inaugural Blackpool Business Expo! We have been saving our clients £££££ every year on their electricity costs by improving efficiency & removing hidden penalties.

We were part of Blackpool’s very first dedicated Business Expo which brought local businesses together. This creates new opportunities and a business community to be proud of. There were over 60 stands covering all business sectors from the local area.

Speakers included:

John Keen MD – Rosewood Keen Management Services & Council representatives

Highlighting the local regeneration and the benefits of getting businesses on the Fylde working together

RKMS & UK Energy Watch Improving your carbon footprint

Plus BBC Apprentice finalist Neil Clough!

Colin Burbridge Wine tasting Schools

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RKMS -Brian Butler Lean Management

and much more!

This unique, innovative scheme has been launched to help organisations in sectors including education, healthcare, retail, construction, property, manufacturing and leisure to reduce carbon, improve sustainability strategy and substantially reduce energy use and costs.

EnergyAce is proud to sponsor the Wigan Warriors Community Foundation and Maloney Associates “I’M A GREEN WARRIOR” campaign to educate, advise and support the development of a greener community. The project is based on an already successful model which has led to the creation of the award winning ‘Reds Going Green’ campaign at Liverpool FC and the ‘From Boardroom to Bootroom’ campaign at Manchester United FC.

This innovative campaign is like nothing else currently being delivered in the borough; the Warriors Foundation want to lead the way in decreasing the carbon footprint in Wigan. The I’m a Green Warrior campaign will engage hundreds of schools, colleges and businesses along with thousands of individuals to take part in the renewable energy agenda.

The clubs headquarters at CWM FX Central Park is already host to a state-of-the-art Education Centre, unparalleled sporting facilities, the highly reputable Wigan Warriors Youth Development Programme, and an assembly of reputable partners. In addition to this CWM FX Central Park will become an exemplar site for renewable energy with the latest technology, and will host a bespoke training facility to demonstrate the importance of renewable energy.

EnergyAce MD, Gary Vizard, said: “Helping the local community improve overall electrical efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and reduce electricity spend by up to 20% will be a benefit to individual organisations but also add to the prosperity and well being of our region.”

Commenting on the importance of the new initiative, Director of Community Development Wayne Joyce said:

“The community foundation has a core objectives surrounding health, well-being, education and improving the quality of people’s lives. Many people may not see renewable energy and reducing energy consumption as something that has direct impact on their day to day lives.

“This new and exciting project will educate and inform members of the local community, businesses and schools of the substantial environmental benefits that can be achieved in both the present time and for future generations to come.”

Keith Maloney, Director of Maloney Associates said:

“We are extremely pleased and proud to be commissioned as a strategic partner for Wigan Warriors Community Foundation. This exciting project will build upon the proven track record we have for substantially reducing the carbon footprint for many businesses, local authorities and prestigious sports clubs including Manchester United and Liverpool FC.

“The Hub will offer a unique energy and environmental service for delivering environmental benefits to the community whilst supporting the foundation to meet and exceed its core objectives. We look forward to working with the foundation, its partners and all members of the new energy exchange club.”

Championing the fantastic work of the Wigan Warriors Community Foundation, local MP Lisa Nandy said:

“The Warriors Foundation is one of, if not the best, Community Foundation’s in the country and the I’m a Green Warrior campaign is another example of the brilliant work they do. Renewable energy not only has the potential to bring down energy bills, it also promotes sustainability and helps us tackle climate change. It is vital that we raise awareness and encourage our children to learn more about the importance of renewables and that is why I am delighted to support this campaign.”

For any schools or businesses wishing to engage in the I’m a Green Warrior campaign please contact Mike Wearden at m.wearden@wiganwarriors.com or call 01942 762 880

WELCOME TO ROYAL AIR FORCE trained Alex Peaston who has joined EnergyAce as our Senior Sales Engineer. Achieving the rank of Chief Technician in the RAF, Alex went on to become a Trade Manager before a great FM career in building facilities maintenance at Selfridges & Co, engineering work with Stockport Council and then a role as Technical Works Supervisor with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the British Embassy in Moscow!

Alex also has experience in the education sector and as an electrical engineer with Norfolk Property Services.

What does this mean for you? Alex brings a high level of technical expertise for our clients, which means even greater confidence that the products and services we offer will exactly suit your needs and save you the money we promise!

And we like to think we bring the nicest people to the team too – in his spare time Alex has raised £400 for the Wigan and Leigh Scanner Appeal and voluntarily re-wired an electric wheelchair for a disabled person via the Royal Air Forces Association. Alex looks forward to meeting you soon.

One Borough Partnership we’re working with has generated an average 12.74% saving in tenants’ electricity costs using Our EnergyAce A4 Home system.

The Government’s Smart Meter roll-out has been delayed again until March 2016. Previous research shows the technology alone may not save energy as customers don’t understand how to benefit!

27 million homes and two million smaller non- domestic sites will be smart-metered. A conservative 10% saving would generate a financial benefit of around £27 trillion over the next two decades! It’s not an idle boast; one Borough Partnership we’re working with has generated an average 12.74% saving in tenants’ electricity costs.

Our EnergyAce A4 Home system has, in effect, a zero cost for installation when carried out together with smart meters – for tenants, housing associations, homeowners & a range of smaller commercial organisations.

Why not contact us now for rapid reductions in your property’s energy bills?!

THE ESOS SCHEME formally kicks in 31 December 2015. We have a number of trusted assessors who can help you understand your energy usage. Failure to meet this basic requirement could mean a hefty fine and, if firms leave it until last minute, there may not be enough assessors available to complete the work. You will need to start gathering data from now onwards. Let’s make it a bit easier and cheaper for you….

TOP TIPS FOR ESOS REGISTRATION

Start early- begin collecting all relevant data ASAP and have it finished Q1 2015.

Review your past audits for possible reuse – you may be able to use the results from past energy audits negating the need for new ones.

Select the right Lead Assessor – review the experience and qualifications of the assessor to ensure they match your business needs. We have a number of highly recommended expert assessors; please contact us if you’d like us to put you in touch.

Determine the level of input required by your Lead Assessor – much of the auditing, data gathering and calculations can be done in house; agree an appropriate level of service with the Lead Assessor.

Select an appropriate sample audit size – this will make a huge difference to your auditing costs.

mplement identified energy saving opportunities – compliance costs can be easily recovered through implementation of simple no cost/low cost opportunities.

Did you know the new ESOS legislation applies to tenants, landlords and owners?

Are you one of the 10,000 organisations it affects?

To learn how to keep compliance costs low, read on …

The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)legislation requires all large organisations to identify energy saving opportunities across their business, have them verified by a lead assessor and submit them formally to the Environment Agency.

Do you have more than 250 employees?

or

Do you have less than 250 employees with a turnover of circa £40m + a balance sheet of circa £36m

or

Are you part of a corporate group which contains a business that meets the criteria above?

Whether you are a tenant, landlord or owner, if you answered Yes to any of the questions above you must comply with the new mandatory ESOS legislation.

Did you know…..

1. Initial fee costs for compliance audits are varying widely due to misunderstanding the ESOS legislation e.g. not getting the audit sample right.
2. It applies to tenants, landlords & owners (not just the bill payer.) This is likely to cause confusion leading to double accounting.
3. ESOS covers all your transport, building and process energy consumption.
4. Fines of up to £50,00 for non-compliance have been confirmed.
5. You don’t have to implement any of the audit findings!
6. More detailed guidance will be released later on in the year
7. ESOS is similar to the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme) in many many ways.

One of the easiest ways to cut at least 10% from your energy bills is to use Voltage Management technology. Our bespoke equipment is easily scaled from large industrial operations to residential estates. If you are installing smart meters or larger management systems, you can avoid extra costs by introducing this highly effective equipment at the same time – which improves our short payback periods even further.

Call us on 01695 559 785 for a no-obligation consultation.

It is almost two years since the sad demise of PQE Ltd, Power Quality Engineering of Wigan, a supplier of power factor correction and voltage optimisation products and services.

Thanks to our committed service and maintenance department, we have been able to help a great number of their old clients with maintenance issues and in many cases we have picked up the warranties and planned maintenance programs to assist PQE Ltd old customers maintain their financial savings and meet legislation.

As a manufacture of power factor correction and dynamic voltage optimisation under the unique brand of EnergyAce, we offer energy efficient & metering solutions for industrial and commercial applications, our expertise and extensive knowledge of all types of power factor products enable us to pick up any service agreements irrespective of manufacturer and offer assurances that any PQE Ltd customer will be offered assistance or advice with any power quality issue or service requirement.

The PES maintenance department offer a comprehensive service throughout the UK in the form of planned and reactive maintenance to ensure a customer’s energy saving equipment remains functional or back on line with the minimum of fuss and expense.

For more details on transfer of warranties and service agreements, please contact PES on 01695 559785 or email post@pesgroupltd.co.uk to ensure continued support and high levels of customer care.

ENERGY-SAVING MANUFACTURER EnergyAce – formerly Power Efficient Systems Ltd (PES) – is roaring out of the recession, doubling its staff to 20 employees in just one year, also doubling its turnover and quadrupling the size of its manufacturing facility!

A raft of patents has been filed on new energy saving inventions and several rollout contracts have been secured with leading high street names in the retail and restaurant sectors. EnergyAce’s Managing Director, Gary Vizard, said:

It is exciting growing a business; there is a real buzz about the place although it does not come without its significant challenges. “We’ve worked very hard as a team to win finance for research and development to support new technologies. This is now coming to fruition with the award of new contracts. We’ve rebranded as EnergyAce and expanded our export base to cover Europe, Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon & Nigeria.”

EnergyAce was recently chosen to take part in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Development Program and the Goldman Sachs High Growth Program at Oxford University. MD Gary Vizard was personally invited onto a prestigious panel at the Labour Party Conference alongside Shadow Minister Business Innovation and Skills, Ian Murray, MP, Ian King of Sky News, Fiona Laffan of Goldman Sachs and Steve Hughes at the prestigious think-tank, Policy Exchange. The “Five Million Points of Light” debate looked at the issues surrounding business finance and growth for SMEs.

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We’re proud to be a success story amidst the doom of the recent recession. The company continues to grow and we have ambitious plans for the next 4-5 years, targeting rollout contracts with multi-site retail organisations and the 25 million homes in the UK.”

Here’s the Wigan Observer’s Business page, featuring the story!

GENERATOR CLOSURES and breakdowns mean spare electricity capacity will be down to just 4% this year, National Grid has announced, compared to a previous margin of 17%.

Contingency plans are in place to manage supply, including paying big firms to switch off on the coldest winter evenings. Energy efficiency is the first fuel for business – reducing spend and carbon emissions by up to 20%. Save to make your business more profitable and protect your energy supply; our investments have a typical less than 2 year payback period.

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Background

Concerns about energy security after a fire have forced the closure of Didcot B, a gas-fired station in Oxfordshire which produces enough electricity to meet the needs of one million households. It was reduced to half capacity with Ironbridge and Ferrybridge also crippled by fires earlier this year and supply hit by plans to close a site at Barking in east London.

Data from the energy regulator show 17,657 blackouts affecting 3.5million people this year, compared with 1,600 cuts affecting 180,900 just two years previously.

Managers and policy makers are referring to energy efficiency as the ‘first fuel’- a term coined by U.S energy intelligence company chairman, Jon Wellinghoff. First fuel analysis is now available to help British small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and even homeowners benefit from energy saving data and tools which are usually only available to larger industrial and commercial businesses. EnergyAce A4home is widely regarded as second only to cavity wall insulation in keeping your energy use and costs under control.

Thomas Mercier, a 20 year old student from the University of Valenciennes has now completed eight weeks work experience with EnergyAce; we are delighted to have been the one company to open our doors to the International Trade student, who contacted over 80 firms in the UK to secure a placement.

Thomas joined us to further his degree and gain experience in a business-to-business environment whilst enhancing his already great grasp of the English language.

Thomas said:

“It is really interesting to see how a company with such innovative products that save energy and help reduce carbon emissions works, I have accompanied the sales engineers, the maintenance teams and worked closely with the managing director, I am learning new things every day.”

Gary Vizard, Managing Director of EnergyAce, said:

“We are really delighted to have Thomas stay with us, we see education of the next generation as a very important part in the future development of new ways of thinking. Thomas’s eight week stay will hopefully impress on him the importance energy efficiency plays on sustainability. We are sure he will remember this experience for many years.”

Thomas added:

“It’s the first time I have left my family and my friends for a long period and moreover in a foreign country with a different language. Everyone is really nice to me and thanks to that I feel really good! It was my birthday while in England and Gary and Eileen, the directors, bought me a present and a birthday cake in the colours of the French Flag which I shared with everyone at work.”

WHAT A PANEL ! MD, Gary Vizard, was honoured to join the debate with the prestigious think-tank, Policy Exchange, alongside Ian Murray, MP, Shadow Minister Business Innovation and Skills, Ian King of Sky News, Sponsors Fiona Laffan of Goldman Sachs and hosts Steve Hughes at the Labour Party Conference.

Gary was chosen to be involved in the conversation about the industrial future of the nation because of his story as an entrepreneur.

GARY IS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER by training who has worked in the energy efficiency industry since 1993. He rose through the ranks to General Manager of one of the industry’s original PFC manufacturers and saw the opportunity to start his own business after becoming disillusioned with his then employer. He re-mortgaged the family home to raise £25,000 to start PES (now EnergyAce.)

Until 2009, the business operated as a lifestyle business with 4 employees. To take advantage of the market, PES moved to bigger premises and steadily began to grow. This growth continues and PES now employs 20 people. PES is currently targeting large multi-site retail organisations and has recently found success with the award of a £600,000 contract from a leading restaurant group which will lead to further expansion over the next year.

WITH NEARLY 5 MILLION small and medium enterprises in the UK, accounting for nearly 60% of employment and 50% of turnover, this event provided an opportunity to discuss how businesses are able to obtain capital to fit their business needs and to help them grow. It aimed to answer questions such as:

• What options are available to encourage growth of SMEs and innovative entrepreneurs in the UK?
• How can we best fill the gaps between finance and enterprise?
• Do SMEs really have the potential to contribute to a higher and faster growth rate of the UK economy?
• Is the current small business support landscape adequate?
• What makes a small business finance ready?
• How can small businesses be made aware of innovative / alternative finance solutions?
• What are the best policy recommendations?

Click on the image below to see the whole Finance Debate video featuring Gary from 24′ 05″