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Modern commercial buildings depend on a complex network of electrical systems, powering everything from lighting to telecoms systems, computers, and machinery. Without regular professional maintenance and safety checks, electrical infrastructure and connected systems can quickly deteriorate, leading to unscheduled downtime, business disruption, and potentially hazardous conditions. Electrical maintenance is, therefore, a key aspect of commercial facilities management. In this article, we’ll examine five core reasons why maintaining your electrical infrastructure is so important.

Legislation introduced last year (1^st September 2023) began the phasing out of fluorescent lamps in the UK. Although there are some exemptions, most companies will have to phase out their existing lighting to comply with the UK and EU-wide effort to phase out hazardous materials in fluorescent lighting, such as mercury.

On 1st September 2023, the UK passed an important milestone in the phasing out of fluorescent lamps. The long T5 and T8 ‘light tubes’ that formed the mainstay of commercial lighting infrastructure across the country for decades are now unavailable for sale from this date, as are the halogen capsules used in small-scale fluorescent lighting, and the ring form T5 and T9 variants.

Navigating the energy landscape can be challenging for businesses seeking to balance cost efficiency with sustainability. Yet, among various energy storage systems, such as electric batteries, pumped hydroelectric storage, and compressed air energy storage, one technology has been underappreciated: heat batteries or thermal energy storage systems. This innovative solution could be the key to unlocking significant energy savings and sustainability benefits for your business.

The switch to LED lighting is increasingly becoming a necessary move for UK businesses, as it becomes more and more crucial to transition away from energy-inefficient and environmentally harmful forms of lighting, towards more affordable and eco-friendly solutions.

In this article, we explain the advantages of LED light bulbs and why 2023 is the time to make the switch.

If you’re considering an upgrade to your business’s lighting, then you may be wondering if LED (Light-Emitting Diode) lighting is the right choice. In this article, we outline some of the key benefits of making the switch to LED lighting in your business.

If you're looking for luminous, high-definition bulbs to brighten up an indoor or commercial space, you'll usually pick from LED or halogen lighting. Both methods offer crisp, clear, high-lux white light and run much more efficiently (and for longer) than traditional filament bulbs.

Halogen lights are small-scale, high-lumen lightbulbs that use inert, neutral gasses (i.e. halogens) around a tungsten filament to provide illumination. Halogen shielding increases the lamp's brightness, efficiency, and lifespan. Commercially available since 1959, halogen bulbs are today used wherever crisp, clear, intense lighting is needed, and form part of the lighting architecture in many public and commercial buildings.

It’s a legislative move that has gone largely unnoticed in the aftermath of more dramatic events, but as of October 1^st 2021, the iconic halogen MR16 lightbulb has dimmed its glow for the last time. What does this mean for property developers and facilities managers, and will the alternatives impact on project costs? Here’s what you need to know!

With so much new technology in the lighting sector, we thought a small glossary of LED lighting terms might help when choosing which LED lamps might best suit your needs. The following is a list of general lighting terms and LED-specific terms.