Enhanced Capital Allowance
The Governments Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme; for energy saving technologies, allows profit, or loss-making businesses, to benefit from tax breaks when investing in eligible, energy-saving, equipment. The scheme permits businesses to write off the whole cost of...
Heat Recovery – Industrial Heating Information
Industrial Heating Information - Heat Recovery The collection and re-cycling of what would be wasted or lost heat requires a lower temperature heat sink, where heat is captured and re-utilised. Recovered heat can be used in a variety of ways: pre-heating of combustion...
Asbestos in Cabinet Heaters
There continues to be a great many older cabinet heaters, in daily use, that still contain internal asbestos panels and potentially dangerous fibres that can be released into the atmosphere. Asbestos lagging, sprayed asbestos and asbestos insulating boards can easily...
HVAC
In order to provide a comfortable environment to live or work within, ambient temperatures need to be kept within an optimum range. Above or below these limits, will almost always result in discomfort, inconvenience, reduced contentment/morale and lowered...
Carbon Monoxide a Hidden Danger
Carbon Monoxide (CO) can be produced whenever fossil fuels are burned at inadequately high temperatures. You can't see, taste or smell CO, but it can kill quickly without warning, so it is important that the risks are fully understood. Oil and gas are...
Energy Saving
Commercial buildings Some general advice for industrial heating management The most common methods of heating commercial buildings are via radiators, warm air handling units and electric heaters - Where possible use unit or radiant heaters as these are very cost...
Working temperatures
What the Law says Temperatures in the workplace (working temperatures) are covered by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which place a legal obligation on employers to provide a “reasonable” temperature in the workplace. The Approved Code of...
Corgi Gas
What is (was) the CORGI Gas register? CORGI has been replaced as the adminstrator for the gas safety register by Capita - (see What is the Gas Safe Register?) CORGI was the gas safety watchdog set up in 1970 to help reduce the number of fatalities caused by faulty gas...
What is the ECA scheme?
Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme The ECA scheme means that a business can invest in energy-saving plant or machinery that might otherwise be too expensive. The first year allowances let businesses set 100% of the cost of the assets against taxable profits in a...
If you smell gas
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS Do not try to light any appliance Do not touch any electrical switch Do not use any phone in the vicinity Immediately call your gas supplier from a remote phone such as a neighbour or an office in another building Follow the gas supplier's...