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Are you Falling Victim to Value Engineering?

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Many of us know the extent that ‘Value Engineering’ occurs but all too often it goes under the radar, leading to ‘Unconscious Incompetence’ on the clients’ part. This is something that needs to be addressed and eradicated if we want to avoid another tragedy like Grenfell. The Grenfell inquiry has exposed the sharp practices adopted […]

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Surviving the Xmas lockdown

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Winter can be hard at the best of times. This time it feels a bit harder with the current lockdown looking likely to last into the new year.  So we’ve got 3 simple ways to keep feeling good through these tough times… Sing!… Don’t worry, no one needs to know (or hear!) but the simple […]

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Helping London Borough of Islington provide better living environments for their residents…

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social housing lighting

We are proud to have been selected to partner with Newmay Electrical on the refurbishment of 24 high Rise blocks this month for London Borough of Islington  Newmay Electrical will install Commulite emergency and communal Lighting systems into 24 high rise blocks in London Borough of Islington.  Residents can look forward to enjoying significantly improved […]

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Smart Cities – How can social housing providers be part of the initiative and make the changes that count?

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Emergency lighting

Making smart choices now when specifying your building requirements will not only improve life for your residents, but you will streamline your own operations. There’s also wider social and environmental impact. When you remotely monitor a system, you gain control, peace of mind, and you save on human resources and the costs to run and […]

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How many trees can we plant for our children?

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Just One Tree

How many trees can we plant for our children? As part of our environmental commitment we partnered with @JUST ONE Tree to help reduce our carbon footprint and restore our planet. Now, we’re supporting them to raise awareness of the #JustOneTreeDay – their dedicated non-Uniform Day for schools around the world! If you’re a parent […]

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A guide to measuring illuminance of emergency lighting

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Catch 22 of emergency lighting

Where authenticated data, as mentioned in BS EN 1838:2016, is not available, the following measurement method may be used. Measurement of illuminance of emergency lighting installations can be very difficult and needs to be carried out with good instrumentation and great care. All site test work needs to be carried out by simulating a failure of the […]