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Your Seven Essential Steps to ‘Guaranteed’ Energy Reduction on your Motor Driven Systems
Electric motor driven systems comprise a massive 40% of the world's total electricity consumption, 65% of it here in the UK alone with up to 85% in industries such as Water Utilities.
However, there has been a lot of inaccurate selling of energy savings that can be achieved when utilising Variable Speed Drive technology, mainly by salespeople who do not understand the fundamentals of how ...
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Visit our latest blog at our website www.quantum-controls.co.uk/blog/ where we look at the main causes of motor failure

Motors Fail For Many Reasons Here Are the Top Five Culprits

Over the last few weeks I have provided you with information concerning the Government's new Energy Efficiency Scheme (ESOS) and what the ramifications will be for businesses going forward.
Remember here at Quantum we can come in and discuss your individual (ESOS) requirements in more detail directly with you.
However, for ease let's use the power of Facebook to answer some of your more common questions we have received, especially from our existing clients says Kevin Brown ...Managing Director of Quantum Controls - (pictured below). This is the final update relating to (ESOS). So if you have any specific questions please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be delighted to assist you.
Question
What happens if businesses don't comply?
Answer
Much like other schemes in place in the UK, non-compliance to ESOS is dealt with by the Environment Agency who can issue significant fines to companies that fail to comply.
This includes fixed civil penalties of anywhere upwards of £50,000 for the most severe violations, and daily fines of £500 per day for a maximum of up to 80 days issued if a company carries on breaking the rules after the compliance date. Failing to register on-time, disclose information, submit, complete, provide accurate data and maintain adequate records are just a few of the infringements that are punishable under the rules of the scheme.
As well as the significant financial penalties for non-compliance with ESOS, the Environment Agency also has the power to publish the names of the non-compliant parties, the details of their failure to comply and the amount of fines imposed. This is potentially very damaging to any bids you may have ongoing and could severely damage reputations and see contracts lost. This makes compliance with ESOS a much more desirable and a less reputation damaging option, than the more public ‘naming and shaming’ currently proposed by the Environment Agency to police the scheme.
To find out more about ESOS, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to attend a meeting with you and your colleagues to discuss the scheme in more detail.
Quantum can carry out your ESOS audit for you, for more details of this call us on 01661 835566 or email us at esos@quantum-controls.co.uk.
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As I have previously mentioned to you all, I had promised to answers questions we have received from our clients regarding the Government's new Energy Efficiency Scheme (ESOS) and what will be the ramifications for businesses going forward.
Remember we can of course come in and discuss (ESOS) in more detail directly with you. But for ease of use let's use the power of Facebook to answer some of your more common questions we have received - says Kevin Brown Managing Director ...of Quantum Controls - (pictured below). We will post various Q&A concerning this over the coming weeks to keep you updated.
Question
Does ESOS compete with the CRC Scheme?
Answer
ESOS does not replace any of these existing schemes and is an additional requirement for qualifying businesses regardless of whether they are carrying out work to comply with an existing scheme.
The scheme does however have significant overlap with a number of existing UK energy efficiency schemes, such as the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme, Climate change agreements and mandatory Greenhouse gas reporting.
Under ESOS you can make full use of data from these other schemes as part of an ESOS assessment, which avoids duplicating work.
Some good news at least!
If you are already using an ISO 50001 Energy Management System to monitor energy then you do not have to carry out an energy audit under ESOS.
However, you do still need to make the Environment Agency aware of your ISO 50001 accreditation by the 5th December 2015 deadline.
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Variable Speed Drives - Some of your Questions Answered!
We regularly receive questions from our customers which we always attempt to answer, we want to make sure that you have all the information you need to aid and assist you to make the right choices for you in your role as Engineers. This time we have received several requests from our clients concerning Variable Speed Drives.
Below is a list of four recently asked questions
... 1. Can I put Variable Speed Drive (VSD) on my Compressor?
2. Will I save energy if I fit a Variable Speed Drive (VSD) to my Compressor?
3. What are the benefits of Variable Speed Drives (VSD) on Compressor Applications?
4. What are the benefits of using Variable Speed Drives on Compressors?
For the answers please visit our ‘Resources Section’ on our website www.quantum-controls.co.uk where we have prepared a short video to help guide you, www.quantum-controls.co.uk/resources-sign up.html to find out more
For more information please do not hesitate to contact us on either 01661 835566
Or you can email us at enquiry@quantum-controls.co.uk
Kevin Brown - (Pictured) is Managing Director of Quantum Controls Ltd
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No losers when the 'Tiny Lives Charity' is concerned

Last week I promised to publish various Q&A’s from our clients who have asked us questions regarding the impact of the UK’s governments new ESOS scheme and what it may mean to their business.
Here I will try to answer the most common FAQ’s we have received - says Kevin Brown Managing Director of Quantum Controls - (pictured below).
Question- How do I comply with ESOS Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme?
... Answer - Under ESOS, 90 percent of total energy consumption must be accounted for in an energy audit, carried out by an ESOS approved assessor.
These audits must be carried out and submitted by the 5th December 2015 and every four years after that, with each audit required to be registered with the Environment Agency.
You can appoint an approved assessor from an external company to carry out an ESOS audit for you. They have to be an assessor approved by the Environment Agency to be able to carry out an ESOS audit so please ensure you check beforehand.
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What does the Governments new ESOS scheme mean for my business?
We have been inundated by our clients asking us for the details of the governments new ESOS scheme and what it means to them, we can of course come in and discuss this in more detail directly with them. But here I will try to answer the most common FAQ’s we have received - says Kevin Brown Managing Director of Quantum Controls - (pictured below). We will post various Q&A concerning this over the coming weeks.
...Question:-
What is the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)?
Answer:-
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme, or (ESOS) for short, is an energy assessment and energy savings scheme for large businesses, that has been created by the UK government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
The scheme targets large organisations, which are defined as:
• You have 250+ employees • Your turnover is greater than £42.5 million • Your balance sheet shows more than £36.5 million
A business considered large enough according to the above criteria must be able to:
• Measure their total energy consumption • Carry out compulsory energy audits to identify cost effective energy efficiency improvement projects • Register their energy audits with the Environment Agency
The energy audits that large businesses have to carry out under this new ESOS scheme have to account for 90 percent of all the energy used, which includes:
• Electricity consumption across all sites • Natural gas consumption across all sites • Fuel used for heating across all sites • Fuel used for transport for business operations
Organisations that operate under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 such as local authorities, government departments and businesses awarded supply and service contracts by the UK government, like public infrastructure or transport companies, are the only businesses that are not required to participate in the ESOS scheme.
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To avoid disappointment book your place now by emailing seminar@quantum-controls.co.uk or call Rebecca Neale on 0330 9000 247.

Quantum Controls wins prestigious ABB Award Kevin Brown Managing Director of Quantum Controls (pictured right) receiving the company’s prestigious win for the ‘Highest increase in percentage sales year-on-year from 2013 to 2014’. The Award was presented on the 30th March 2015 at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry by Neil Ritchie who is head of ABB’s Discrete Automation and Motion Division in the UK.

ITS FINALLY HERE YOUR FREE DVD GUIDE. COVERING ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MOTORS

Watch our brand new sketch video, 5 Key Steps to choosing the correct motor for your application: http://bit.ly/17h8oTa

New on our blog this week: What is the difference between a VSD and a Soft Start Starter? http://bit.ly/17GERDo

We have just commissioned a brand new Sketch Video. The Seven Essential Steps to Control Panel Design. Call us any time on 0330 9000 247 with your Control Panel requirements.