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PEOPLE Regeneration specialist appoint three new board members UrbanUnion, a regenerationfirm, is strengthening its boardwith three new appointments to drive the business forward as it expands its operations across the central belt. ManagingDirector, Neil McKaywill be joined on the boardby; Kirsty Parry, Sales andMarketingDirector, Alan Dunsmore,Technical Director andCarol Lambie, FinanceDirector. Kirsty and Alan are being promoted internally, having been with Urban Union for eight and four years respectively and Carol joined Urban Union earlier this year fromCruden Building (East Ltd) where she was Head of Finance. www.urbanunionltd.co.uk AliMet’s James has Industry Distinction From theory to practice - AliMet Fabrications’ new Project Manager James Harris once swapped academic endeavour for ‘hands on’ experience. It led to a new career path which has taken him from shop floor to management. James studied architecture at Birmingham University andwas intending tomove into town planningwhen he seized an opportunity to gain practical experience. He beganwork as a production operativewith GEZE UK, before being promoted into project design and then servicemanagement. He has a City and Guilds qualification in electrical installation, is a certified powered pedestrian door technician and holds a CSCS surveyors’ card. James, fromTamworth, worked for GEZE for eight years and brieflywithDiack, as a projectmanager. His move to AliMet Fabrications allows him to use all his experience and contacts within the industry to support company growth and new services that AliMet is looking to introduce. www.alimet.co.uk Chord Consult gain quartet of senior engineers as business booms Nottingham-basedmechanical and engineering (M&E) consultancy firmChord Consult has added four new engineers to its ranks, in direct response to an influx of business from new and long-standing clients. The four new employees joining the team are Harry Stannard and Ryan Gibson as senior mechanical engineers, Fred Stannard as mechanical associate and Alex Skidmore as electrical director. These key members will offer a technical boost to the four founding company directors and the seven members of staff who have joined since Chord began trading on 1 June. Director MattWrate said: “We’re so pleased to be able to take on previous colleagues who offer a real wealth of reliable talent at this fast-paced, early stage in our development. The support we’ve received fromour industry allies and colleagues in establishing ourselves has been amazing and has enabled us to plan for long-term, sustainable growth as we look ahead to future projects.” www.chordconsult.co.uk Back L-R Neil McKay, Alan Dunsmore. Front L-R Kirsty Parry, Carol Lambie L-R Ryan Gibson, Harry Stannard, Alex Skidmore, Fred Stannard, Matt Wrate W ith HVAC systems accounting for around half of all energy use in buildings, and with energy prices increasing there is renewed pressure on commercial facilities to reduce their carbon footprint and improve sustainability. Many of the electric motors used in HVAC systems are run without any form of speed control, meaning they are essentially running at full power all the time, irrespective of d ma d. A variable spe d drive (VSD) is device that electronically controls th speed of the otor, ensuring that it only d aws t e inimum amount of energy that it requires to achi ve a required ou put (absorbed power). A driv running a f r ump in a HVAC system can halve the amount of energy used. Extrapolate this across multiple applications and ultiple buildings, and the energy savings can quickly accumulate, resulting in significantly lower electricity bills. With the latest generation of SynRM motor and drive solutions, the energy savings can be even greater. ABB’s “Energy Snapshot” service is now available for HVAC system operators. The service provides operators of motors and motor-driven equipment with new insights into where the opportunities for efficiency improvements lie within a facility. Applications that can benefit include air handling units (AHU), condenser fans, compressors, hot, cold and booster pump sets. The service in volves an engineer from ABB or an approved ABB Value Provider carrying out an in-person visit over the course of half a day. During the visit, the engineer will identify the motor-driven applications that offer the greatest opportunity to cut energy use in the shortest possible tim . A comprehensive report is then produced setting out the reco mende course of ction, offering a compelling business case fo investment i energy efficient motor and variable speed drive (VSD) technologies. The report is bespoke for every facility, incorporating actual operating data gathered during the inspection to recommend appropriate solutions, and provide compelling justification for them. This includes projected CAPEX and OPEX estimates, savings forecasts, payback points and energy/CO 2 saved over time, illustrated using charts and graphs as well a r w figures. HVAC systems comprise an estimated 50 percent of the energy used in buildings. With energy prices spiralling, a free service from ABB can help to identify the easiest opp tunities to duce outgoings, as Carl Turbitt , HVAC Drives UK Sales Manager, xp ains. To register your interest in the Energy Snapshot service, visit: https://campaign.abb.com/ EnergySnapshot2022 , or contact Carl Turbitt directly at carl.turbitt@gb.abb.com , on 01925 741111 , or find him on LinkedIn. 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