Announced 26/11/15 As part of the Spending Review settlement the government has decided to wind down the national delivery of the Business Growth Service. No further grant applications accepted after 30 All projects must be delivered by 31 — Original…
The word ‘Cloud’ has gained new meaning in recent years, as a string of Internet based services have arisen including: SAAS – Software as a Service, web based applications run from data centres rather than your PC. IAAS – Infrastructure as a…
The Energy Act 2011 includes provision for the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) ‘Green Deal’, a scheme intended to reduce carbon emissions by revolutionising the energy efficiency of British Properties. Under the Green Deal, there will be no…
It is common practice for Organisations to develop and implement a health, safety and environmental management system. The driving force is to put the organisation in a frontal position in tendering for contracts and for managing contractors, suppliers etc. in…
In June 2011 ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) launched an International Standard for Energy Management, ISO 50001:2011. The standard uses the same plan, do, check, act model as other management systems and aligns with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Requirements of…
The WEEE Regulations are intended to reduce the amount of waste electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) being sent to landfill by reusing and recycling. The regulations put certain requirements on those producing, distributing and using electronic equipment. Waste Categories There…
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Data Centre Infrastructure Efficiency are measures of the energy efficiency of a data centre. Although they are essentially the same, they are used to illustrate efficiency differently. They compare the amount of energy used to…
