WATERMATIC OFFERS COST EFFECTIVE ROUTE
21-Apr-2010WATERMATIC OFFERS COST EFFECTIVE ROUTE
TO CO2 EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
Pretty much every business in the UK is looking at ways to reduce its energy usage, and cut its costs. There are a number of ways a business can achieve this and some of them provide the added bonus of reducing the CO2 emissions associated with the use of that energy as well – and for many businesses, as importantly, this exercise can see them finding ways of cutting their maintenance costs which still amazingly, seem to be way down the list in the cost cutting equation.
Any business using more than 6000 megawatts of electricity needs to register on the Government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme (CRC’s) by April 2010. The CRC is a cap and trade scheme introduced by the Government with a target of reducing carbon emissions by one-third by 2050. The scheme demands that initially around 5,000 organisations, those that consume over 6 GWh/year and who operate half hourly metering join, and participants will have to purchase carbon allowances based on the Information Packs they receive from the Environment Agency.
Whilst this starting point targets the biggest users of electricity, it’s just that - a starting point with the aim of the scheme is to encourage business across the board to use less energy and generate less in the way of CO2 emissions. It’s the start of ‘the polluter pays’ tax approach that will gather pace here in the UK and across Europe in the next five years.
Whilst a worryingly high number of businesses seem unaware of the CRC and have done very little to prepare for its arrival, most businesses know the CRC is coming – it’s just they haven’t done much about it yet!
The time to prepare is now and Watermatic, part of the Sentinel Group, offers many businesses – large and small – an inexpensive way of reducing their energy consumption by reducing limescale build up in their systems. Limescale build up results in a need to use far more electricity than would be required for clean, scale free plant and hot water systems – in particular, hotels, nursing homes, leisure centres, food processing businesses, offices and retail outlets – are realising that Watermatic has a proven solution to at least part of their immediate problems.
Straightforward to install, KAL-GUARD+ is an in-line powered electrolytic water treatment device that delivers a proportional release of Zinc to manage limescale within a system. The unit incorporates a simple to use, yet sophisticated controller to match the level of dosing to suit the systems water hardness conditions producing a measurable “residual” effect throughout the system. As a result, in independent testing at Cranfield University, KalGuard+ has been shown to reduce limescale formation on heat transfer surfaces by up to 80 per cent.
Amongst businesses that have already installed KAL-GUARD+ equipment to protect their systems and reduce their energy consumption are well known names such as Birds Eye, BMW, Whitbread, Asda and KrispyCreme Doughnuts!
WATERMATIC provides products to combat limescale and corrosion in commercial and industrial premises. As well as being ideal for use in the hospitality and leisure industries, KAL-GUARD+ is also successfully used in factories, nursing and care homes and government buildings across the UK and Europe. None of the WATERMATIC products use chemicals or produce harmful waste products - but they do ensure the maintenance of a system’s cleanliness and energy efficiency and have WRAS accreditation.
For more information about KAL-GUARD+ including CPD Seminars, highlighting the potential savings your business could make, visit www.watermatic.co.uk and enter your details into the payback calculator or contact Rob Hill on 01928 583 281 for more details.
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