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ENTECH OPEN SECOND OFFICE
The success of EnTech’s involvement with Briggs and Forrester at the new Bulgari Hotel in London has necessitated the company having two full time engineers based in the capital. This in turn led us to consider the merits of opening another office in that area.
Eventually the right opportunity came along and as of 3rd January the address of our southern office will be:
EnTech (Energy Technologies) Ltd
Freyberg House.
Crabtree Office Village,
Eversley Way,
Egham,
Surrey,
TW20 8RY
Martin Vickery and Robin Baddley will be holding the fort in Egham so if you would like to discuss any upcoming projects with either of them just give them a call: they’ll be pleased to hear from you.
Robin Baddley: 07968 369460
Martin Vickery: 07914 873769
We will still be operating from our Head Office in Stockport and, it goes without saying, you are welcome to come and meet with us at either of our locations.
Despite what some consider to have been the decimation of the UK’s construction industry over the recent past, I hope, like us, you have noticed the continued underlying growth in knowledge of and about KNX.
EnTech opening a base in the South of England is a response to this growth and our intention wherever possible to spread knowledge about the KNX protocol and the benefits if offers within the built environment. We believe that this growth will continue long into the future.
ENERGY MONITORING A, B AND C WITH SCHNEIDER
Working with Schneider EnTech have integrated the lighting control information into Schneider's energy management system.
Utilising the fibre backbone, information is passed between all three BBC buildings to a common point to allow easy viewing and manipulation of the energ usage for the buildings.
MEDIACITYUK BUILDINGS A, B AND C MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
Working with BAS and BBW Entech are maintaining thelighting control in each of the three BBC Buildings.
MEDIACITYUK NORTH AND SOUTH TOWERS DMX
Rotary North West awarded EnTech the specialist control spackage for the DMX lighting running up the sides of the two Studio Towers and the canopy lighting at the top of the towers. Full integration into the public realm system will be put in place so the whole installation works as one system.
SIEMENS RUSHDEN WORKS
EnTech are working with Seymour and Castle to deliver KNX lighting controls to the new Siemens factory facility.
PEEL MANAGEMENT SUITE
Yet another contract at MediacityUK has been won by EnTech.
Working for Farebrothers, we have been asked to deliver the lighting control: presence completely integrated into the studio lighting control system at the Peel Management Suite to be housed in the MediaCityUK Studio Building.
MEDIACITYUK B4 BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Another contract awarded by Cofelys: EnTech are to provide specialist training and maintenance to the B4 Building.
MEDIACITYUK B4 BUILDING
Via The Smith Group EnTech were awarded the contract to deliver the shell and core lighting control system in the MediaCityUK B4 Building (now known as the Orange Building). Using the KNX Open Protocol we provided:
Presence detection
Emergency light testing
DMX Control
Solenoid control within the toilets.
Orange is an 11-storey building, designed by architects Sheppard Robson.It is a glazed structure with four types of cladding, including one made of folded aluminium in a diamond pattern. It will house departments from Salford University and, on seven floors, staff from ITV Granada.
IMPERIAL COLLEGE, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL
Working direct for the Imperial College St Mary’s Hospital, London, EnTech have been awarded the maintenance contract for the intensive care unit. The contract is to cover all aspects including lighting, audio visual and privacy screen control. EnTech are working hand in hand with the hospital to create bespoke solutions to some very specific issues and problems.
BRITISH LIBRARY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
Working closely with Cofely Suez, EnTech have recently been awarded the maintenance contract for the prestigious British Library Building at their flagship St. Pancras building – the facility covers 14 floors, nine above ground and five below – and incorporates 76 plantrooms.
The maintenance will include maintaining two unique, automated book management systems that operate in a low oxygen environment.
EnTech will be looking at energy usage of the building and putting a plan in place which will reduce the library’s energy use and resultant carbon foot print.
BROOKSIDE CARE HOME, ORKSKIRK
EnTech have recently been appointed to provide the lighting controls to Brookside Care Home in Ormskirk. Entech were awarded the contract by Atlantic Electrical after a close relationship was formed with the consultant, Hannans.
IBT GROUP CHECKS INTO THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE PALACE HOTEL
The IBT Group, based in Stockport, has just announced a significant contract win to deliver building control solutions to a prestigious new hotel in London. Currently being developed by Prime Development, Prime Knightsbridge will boast 85 hotel rooms with an exclusive residential component on the upper floors as well as five basements with an unprecedented range of facilities.It will undoubtedly establish itself as a London icon.
Briggs and Forrester, one of the UK’s leading providers of building services, awarded the contract to EnTech, a division of the IBT Group, who will be responsible for the design and installation of KNX building control solutions to this high profile hotel.
The install will involve local room level control of heating and lighting integrated into the BMS and Hotel Management Suite. The hotel will open in 2012 and is being delivered by London based architect Squire and Partners.
Prime Knightsbridge will be the first new build luxury hotel in central London in over 30 years and promises to be a haven of tranquility immersed in the frenzy of the city centre.
HUGH IS SADLY LEAVING US….
Hugh Whalley, the man instrumental in developing Entech over the last three years is moving on to a new and exciting challenge.
Hugh has worked tirelessly to grow the company and our thanks go to him for that and our sincere good wishes are with him and Julia Duxbury in their new challenge.
We will continue to work with Hugh in the future……………….. Life’s too short and the world’s too small for anything else.
The Entech and IBT Group team.
.............. AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE!!
EnTech have just been awarded their fifth MediaCityUK contract.
Not content with having won the contract for the installation and commissioning of KNX in the three BBC Buildings EnTech have now been awarded the maintenance contract for Building C which they completed and handed over in September 2009.
Awarded by Cofely (GDF Suez), the contract involves remote monitoring, error reporting and a preventative maintenance plan to ensure the system is in the same state it was at practical completion. The contract runs over an 18 month period from March 2010 until August 2011.
MEDIACITY WINS 'OSCAR' FOR ENTECH!!
At the KNX Association's AGM on 10th February, EnTech were presented with the award for Project of the Year for the work they are undertaking at MediaCityUK in Salford.
Pictured: Constance Wolstenholme, PA to the IBT Group MD accepting the award, on behalf of EnTech, from Iain Gordon, the President of the KNX Association.
EnTech are immensely proud of this achievement awarded by the KNX Association which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and is a partnership of UK manufacturers, integrators and training establishments working together to promote the KNX standard within the UK.
The award is in recognition of the prestigious contract EnTech were awarded to install and commission KNX in the three BBC Buildings at MediaCityUK.
MAKE THAT FOUR!!
The fourth contract at MediaCityUK to be awarded to EnTech is for the design and commissioning of lighting control to the North and South Studio Building Towers at MediaCityUK.
Work on the two towers, one of which will house BBC offices and one will be a Holiday Inn, is to begin immediately, be completed this year and the grand openings will be early 2011.
Awarded by Rotary North West, this is the fourth MediaCityUK contract to be awarded to EnTech.
ENTECH SCORE MEDIACITY HAT TRICK
Hot on the heels of winning the contract for lighting control to the Studio Building, EnTech have been awarded the contract to install the control element of the DMX specialist lighting supplied and installed by Piggott and Whitfield.
With the incorporation of wireless and fibre technology this will allow the lighting for the whole site to be controlled from one central point.
ENTECH WINS 2ND CONTRACT AT MEDIACITY
EnTech are proud to announce that they have been awarded the contract to provide lighting controls for the Studio Building at MediaCity.
EnTech will provide the Studio Building with presence/constant daylight control, head end visualisation and system monitoring with the ability to control all lights from a central location along with automated emergency light testing, system administration reporting and interfaces to other building services -- fire alarm etc.
The contract was awarded via Rotary North West and will begin later this month with a completion date of January/February 2010.
The Studio Building will house one of the largest high definition studio facilities in Europe, featuring seven HD television studios and two audio studios (one dedicated to the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra).
2009 CPD Series
The ibt group are pleased to announce that we now have a fully accredited CPD presentation outlining the basic KNX technology and how it links via worldwide manufacturing partnerships into other elements of a totally Integrated Building Technology solution fit for the demands of the modern construction environment. As members of the UK KNX association we have committed to promoting the benefits of this worldwide open protocol bus system and the short seminars will be presented by Hugh Whalley, ex president of the KNX Association, now General Manager of Entech (a division of the IBT Group)
The ibt Group believe that the KNX solution answers positively, so many of the required fields such as sustainability, future proofing, energy saving, and therefore cost saving, and functionality far beyond the industry standard culminating in our totally environmentally sound offer.
If you would like a formally accredited CPD presentation to be held at your premises, or would just like more information then please contact Constance Wolstenholme on 0161 292 9033 or email constance.w@entech-ltd.com
Do not risk being left behind by not knowing about this proven technology whose development continues apace.
Lincoln University Main Administration Building
EnTech are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the contract to replace the existing lighting controls in the main core areas with a KNX lighting controls solution.
As a part of the long term maintenance and improvement programme, estates and commercial facilities and Lindum Construction will be carrying out works to the main administration building between June and September 2009. The scope of works will include constant daylight control along with presence and absence control, software will be installed to allow the control and monitoring of these areas from a central location in the building. The work will be carried out in association with our partner Siteco Lighting.
New offices and medical centre
Barratt Electrical and Mechanical of Manchester have instructed EnTech to install a KNX lighting control solution to two new buildings in Bury.
The buildings comprise 40,000 sq ft of office space to be used by Bury Council, the ground floor of which will comprise 7,500 sq ft of retail and leisure units and a 50,000 sq ft building which has been pre-let to Bury Primary Care Trust for a state of the art medical centre. Designed by architects Hurd Rolland, the medical centre will offer a huge range of facilities including two new GP's surgeries, a walk-in-centre and services from midwifery and speech therapy to ophthalmology and podiatry.
EnTech will be installing a KNX control solution which includes constant daylight control throughout each of the buildings, the emphasis being on energy saving and carbon reduction.
Lancaster University project
Building -- Learning Center Scope of works
DSI lighting control system including RGB LED control
Consultant -- Hoare Lea Manchester
Electrical Contractor -- Hirst & Danson
After working closely with Hoare Lea Consultants of Manchester, EnTech are proud to announce that they have recently been appointed to design and build the DSI lighting control system, including RGB LED control in the Learning Centre at Lancaster University.
EnTech in Electrical Times
A reporter from the Electrical Times recently attended the MediaCityUK site in Salford with EnTech's Noel Ward to get material and images for an exclusive in-depth story to appear in their May issue. N. G. Bailey and Bovis Lendlease were also involved and we are looking forward to reading what should prove to be a very interesting article.
EnTech Awarded Major KNX Contract at BBC's Media City
EnTech has just begun work on a significant contract win to deliver its technology solutions on phase one of the prestigious MediaCityUK development at Salford Quays, Manchester.
Awarded by NG Bailey, the UK's leading provider of building services and mechanical and electrical solutions, the contract will see EnTech providing the design and commissioning of an intelligent building control solution. The backbone three buildings to EnTech's design is the world's foremost open protocol for building controls, KNX. This cutting edge offer delivers massive energy savings and markedly enhanced functionality.
KNX as a protocol links via gateways to a standard specification BMS system. This allows for the communication of all data relating to energy, variance in use across zones or areas, fault reporting to the FM division and remote system diagnosis and control.
In effect KNX becomes the deliverer of the 'vital life signs' within the day to day life of any given building, regulating and maintaining these elements to the occupants' specific desired design and usage criteria. Maximising utility, minimising energy usage and waste.
EnTech is part of the ibt Group of companies which combines architectural design, lighting specialists and audiovisual solutions. As specialists in intelligent building controls, EnTech have long been a leading proponent of KNX and the company was selected after a lengthy review process during which the company demonstrated its ability to deliver world-class intelligent building control solutions on large-scale commercial projects.
The directors of EnTech have seen a noticeable shift in the construction market when it comes to the adoption of intelligent building controls. "Our business has grown significantly over the last 18 months and this is largely in response to the market's increasing awareness of the potential of KNX technology. The MediaCityUK project is no exception. In many respects, we see this project as the dawning of 'new age' in the market's acceptance of the KNX protocol: all of those involved in the specification process have included KNX because they know that it provides a building's owners and tenants with efficiency, sustainability and future-proofing," commented Alan Vickery, Managing Director of EnTech.
EnTech at BSEC Manchester -- 11 and 12th February 2009
This year is the first time that EnTech have exhibited at the Building Schools Exhibition and Conference which was held at Manchester Central Exhibition Hall on 11th and 12th of February. Hugh Whalley (General Manager EnTech) and Alan Vickery (MD, ibt group) attended on both days and found the experience invaluable in terms of meeting like minded people and potential future clients.
The exhibition was attended by more than 3000 people and involved in every aspect of the building and running of an educational establishment. The emphasis was definitely on saving energy, reducing costs and improving efficiency, an area in which we know we have a lot to offer.
Overall, EnTech feel that the exhibition was a resounding success -- many contacts were made and we now have a lot of work to do in order to nurture these new relationships.
Hugh Whalley commented 'This is the first time we have attended this particular exhibition, I found it to be an extremely busy 2 days with many consultants and architects attending the exhibition and conference that enabled us to make some good contacts for future business. It was also good to see so many local authorities attending; I found talking to them direct helped me personally to gain a better understanding of their structure and approach of the BSF programme"
Alan Vickery added "For the first time in many a year I found this conference both hugely enjoyable and informative, EnTech are bringing to the table a new and exciting technology and it was so refreshing that the vast majority of individuals and companies welcomed new ideas, concepts and potential solutions that these new technologies bring to the BSF programme. The professionalism I encountered was a credit to all those involved."