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Just before I get into the blogging zone this week, I’ve been asked to let you know that Energist UK has teamed up with Rickerby’s Solicitors to present a BREEAM Breakfast Seminar on May 25^th from 8.30 – 10.30 at Rickerby’s offices in Cheltenham.

Our Technical Director, Don Howard, will be on hand to explain the new BREEAM regulations, BREEAM Communities and an update on the Carbon Reduction Commitment. Please contact Energist on 08458 386 387 for more information.

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Now, you may not have noticed… but there’s been a bit of a political shift in the UK in the past week. Even before the Labour teams had left Downing Street, the Blue and Yellow hybrid party had started to churn out statements about new energy efficiency measures, and the plan for taking the UK towards our carbon neutral goal.

Chris Huhne is the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary; here’s a few bits of green news that his team is going to have to deal with in the upcoming months…

-Firstly, even before the election was called all those weeks ago, we knew that the SAP and SBEM calculations, Part L, Energy Performance Certificates and all associated bits of our Building Regulations would be safe from change until at least 2013. All parties understand the importance of reducing energy use in our homes and developing new sites in the most environmental way practical.

-Home Information Packs, on the other hand, are not so popular. Every time somebody wants to move house, a HIP is needed – not for much longer, these are going to be phased out. Although – importantly for us and all those Domestic Energy Assessors out there – Energy Performance Certificates WILL still be required.

-Smart meters for homes and more focus on Feed-In Tariffs also seem to be quite high up the ‘To Do’ list. Feed-In Tariffs are an encouragement for us to produce our own electricity. For example, if you have a Photovoltiac array fitted to your roof this year, you’ll be given 41p for every kilowatt of power you make. Smart Meters can tell you exactly how much electricity you’re using at a given time – they also ‘talk’ to your energy supplier so your bills will be more accurate.

-Both the Conservatives and Lib Dems agree that green spaces and ‘wildlfie corridors’ need to be encouraged, one option on the table is to bill developers for causing environmental damage to a site, with that money being used to fund nature reserves (or something similar) elsewhere.

-Power stations could cause friction – the Tories would like more nuclear stations and to use carbon catching methods, the Lib Dems want to focus on renewable power stations and encouraging industries to use less power in the first place.

Whatever happens in the coming months, Energist UK’s Technical Team will always be on hand to help with your Part L, Part G, Code for Sustainable Homes, EcoHomes, BREEAM and Air Testing needs. Call us on 08458 386 387.

We believe that the team here at Energist are superheroes, ever ready to fly (not literally of course!) to the rescue of customers facing the challenge of Part L Building Regulations. And it seems that our Customers agree with us as they have been more than happy to use their feedback forms to nominate Energist superheroes!

And at our Company Meeting in August, our Customer Superhero of the month was unveiled as Marcus, one of our team of Commercial Energy Assessors. Marcus is renowned for finding alternative solutions to SBEM challenges which result in saving our customers money. Well done Marcus!

At Energist we are fanatical about customer service! So you can imagine how delighted we are that our entry into the 2009 Gloucestershire Business Awards in the Customer Care and Service category has been shortlisted!

The results will be announced at the Awards ceremony in October - watch this space!

Why not experience our excellent customer service for yourself? Call us on 08458 386 387 to discuss your next project!

Visit our website - www.energistuk.co.uk

Energist UK, specialists in Part L Building Regulations and sustainable energy solutions, have appointed Alex Obubo to their IT Department as CRM specialist.

Alex joins Energist as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Gloucestershire.

A KTP is a two-year placement of a graduate in a company, working on a project of strategic importance and supported by the university. This national scheme is part-funded by government, and has a long record of helping companies to innovate while giving excellent career opportunities to the graduates involved.

Alex’s role at Energist will be to improve customer facing systems and processes to support Energist’s growth as the company establishes itself as a leading provider of environmental systems and services to the construction industry in the region.

Helen Mistry, IT Manager at Energist: “I’m delighted that Alex has joined Energist at a very exciting phase of our company’s system development. He has already started to make a difference”.

Rob was one of 140 cyclists who rode a gruelling 340-miles on a charity fundraising race from London to Paris. Rob spent three and a half days completing the journey which ended with the riders crossing the finishing line on the Champs-Elysées. 

Rob in training before his charity bike ride

Rob Sinfield, sales manager at Energist UK became one of the first cyclists to cross the finishing line of the Tour de France recently, 24 hours ahead of the competitors involved in the main race.

 This was the 4^th time Rob had undertaken this cycling challenge and although he wasn’t able to put in as much training as in previous years, he still enjoyed the challenge!

“It was exhausting but when you finally get there and know it’s all done and dusted it’s quite a relief to cross the finish line.”

Rob expects to have raised over £2,000 in sponsorship for Action Medical Research which studies causes of premature birth.

For more information or to make a donation visit www.action.org.uk/sponsor/grandprixdiary