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EXCELLENCE, passion, outstanding
achievement and innovation were celebrated as the winners of
TheBusinessDesk.com's North West Business Masters Awards were
announced.
At an exclusive lunch at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, winners were announced in six categories, ranging from North West Newcomer - the most exciting new business, to North West Ambassador - the award for outstanding contribution by a senior business leader. The awards, supported by headline sponsor Jaguar , were made after readers voted on a shortlist compiled by a high-level panel of judges. Belfry Group saw off competition from MHA Lighting and Elite Telecom to scoop the North West Innovator, which was presented to Keith Rimmer, Managing Director, by Cobbetts corporate finance partner Paul Johnson. Please click here to download a copy of the winners supplement. KEITH Rimmer from The Belfry Group and inventor of The EcoPod, wins the North West Innovator award at TheBusinessDesk.com's North West Business Masters Awards.
EcoPod Heating System Short listed for Product of the Year at
Housing Excellence Awards 2012! We are delighted to confirm that
Belfry Group’s ‘EcoPod Heating System’ has been successfully
shortlisted in the category of ‘Product of the Year’ at the 2012
Housing Excellence Awards.
DemoPod Tours the Country! Following construction of our Demonstration EcoPod, we have begun to tour the country, stopping at various conferences and events. The fully operational DemoPod gives both existing and potential customers and insight into how EcoPod operates. Within our DemoPod unit, we have constructed a self contained "DemoFlat", containing a radiator, sink and shower unit, showcasing the system working live and in real time. Our Building Management System is also visible from the large television screens contained within our DemoPod, where users can simulate a top-up using our live billing platform and see the information displayed live and real time using our EcoPad display unit! Click here for our DemoPod Gallery
Knowsley
Housing Trust on Board with EcoPod! Belfry Group have recently been awarded with a contract to supply and install EcoPod Heating Systems to each of the 4No High Rise tower blocks at Gaywood Green, Knowsley. Following recent negotiations with Knowsley Housing Trust, works are due to commence onsite within the coming months, Belfry Group, working closely with the client will deliver the £2million project not only on time, but within budget.
Two EcoPod's
Successfully Lifted onto Wirral Towers
Two EcoPod plant rooms were lifted into place on Friday 2nd March 2012, to two high rise towers - Vittoria Court and Neston Gardens, with each lift perfectly as planned and without a hitch! Onlookers at both of the Wirral Partnership Homes Tower Blocks were left open-mouthed as the two giant cranes lifted both EcoPod's high above the surrounding roof tops and onto each tower block. As part of the multi million pound regeneration of three of Wirral Partnership Homes tower blocks, a total of three EcoPod heating systems are being installed on top of high-rise tower blocks at each of the Wirral sites. Completion of the EcoPod Heating Systems are due for completion within the coming months.
EcoPod
Emerge Victorious and Scoop Award for Most Innovative Use of
Renewable Technology at the Housing
Innovation Awards 2012.
EcoPod Heating
System has emerged victorious, scooping the award for Most
Innovative Use of Renewable Technology at the Housing Innovation
Awards 2012, held on 1st March 2012 at the Millennium Gloucester
Hotel, London.
PRESS RELEASE
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Belfry signs exclusive EcoPod deal with Carillion
BELFRY Group has signed a deal with leading UK energy services company, Carillion, to exclusively market and install its award-winning EcoPod heating system. The revolutionary system, which was designed and developed by Belfry MD Keith Rimmer to help alleviate fuel poverty, uses a combination of renewable technologies to virtually halve energy costs and emissions in a wide range of buildings. The collaboration agreement gives Carillion the exclusive right to market, sell and install the EcoPod system worldwide. Keith Rimmer, Managing Director of the Warrington-based Belfry Group, says: “This is a major deal for Belfry Group and it has the potential to open up some amazing opportunities. “Carillion Energy Services shared our vision for the future of EcoPod and we are excited at the prospect of driving it to the forefront of the renewable energy market.” Carillion Energy Services director Phil Shepley says: “EcoPod has already proved to be an outstanding solution for reducing fuel bills – by over 40% in some cases – and carbon emissions. A major benefit is that it allows renewable energy solutions to be introduced into large apartment blocks and, for the fuel poor, EcoPod brings significant reductions in energy costs to those who need it most. “The EcoPod system has already had tremendous success. Combining with Carillion means that we can now bring EcoPod to a wider customer base and we will have the delivery capability to expand the use of EcoPod across the public and private sectors and in domestic and commercial applications. “Carillion has an exclusive licence to provide EcoPod to customers worldwide and by investing in this innovative system, we can build on the current installations around Manchester and Liverpool. “Collaborating with the Belfry Group in this way allows us to further develop a sustainable business in line with our 2020 Strategy for Sustainability.” EcoPod reduces carbon emissions and energy costs by using a combination of renewable technologies, in a self-contained system retro-fitted to existing and new buildings. Clients include local authorities, housing associations, trusts and commercial and industrial property owners and schools. Key benefits of EcoPod include:
EcoPod is delivered to site fully commissioned and working ready to be lifted by crane into position. The pre-prepared reinforced steel base the EcoPod is lowered onto ensures good weight distribution and provides a solid foundation. If installation on the roof is not suitable, the system can also be installed within a building. Notes to editors EcoPod was voted 2011 Project of the Year and Environmental Initiative of the Year by leading trade publication Heating and Ventilating News for Chartist House in Hyde, Manchester. The project consisted of a 16-storey high-rise block and technology used included the EcoPod system, featuring a thermal solar, bespoke building management system, cascade boilers, thermal stores, inverter smart circulation pumps and a plastic high riser system. The modular plant room was constructed off-site and lifted onto the roof for final fitting. The project also included the fitting of 96 heat monitors within heat distribution units, installed within each apartment. The building management system provides real-time web-based monitoring and 24-hour access. With benefits for vulnerable people and fire protection options for all, the EcoPod system has reduced carbon emissions from 160,000 kg to 69,000 kg. LED lighting and inverter packs were also installed, allowing the project to achieve a reduction in fuel costs of 50 per cent and addressing fuel poverty issues, with savings passed directly to the client. As there is no stored DHW or individual gas boilers, no L8 testing or landlord gas certification is required. The system was also recently short listed in the categories ‘Most Innovative Product’ and ‘Most Innovative Use of Renewable Technology’ at the Housing Innovation Awards. About Carillion Carillion is a leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group had annual revenue in 2010 of £5.1 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada. The Group has four business segments.
About Belfry Group Since 1993, Belfry Group has offered an increasing range of building, maintenance, security and cleaning services to clients in a wide variety of markets in the United Kingdom. From retail shopping centres to Colleges and Schools, from blue chip organisations to regional housing associations, from telecommunication giants to business park management, from industrial complexes to fast food outlets, Belfry Group are renowned for the provision of quality, service and value for money to customers. We pride ourselves on offering a personal, localised service to our clients, using only our own In-house approved qualified staff engineers and specialist contractors to ensure we achieve absolute customer satisfaction throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Unlike others, Belfry provides a 24-hour emergency call out service with no mileage charges or travel charges. Because we do not use call centres, when you call Belfry you will always be able to access a fully-qualified and experienced member of our management team to assist you in resolving your problem.
EcoPod Short Listed for Product of Year at the H&V News Awards 2012.
After much deliberation, due to another record year for entries, the shortlist for the 2012 H&V News Awards has been released. The number of submissions received this year proves that as ever, innovation lies at the heart of our inspiring industry. EcoPod Heating System has once again been shortlisted for Project of the Year for the 2nd Year coming! The 2012 awards are taking place on Thursday 26 April 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane.
EcoPod Short Listed for Most Innovative Use of Renewable Technology at the Housing
Innovation Awards 2012.
EcoPod Heating
System has been short listed for Most Innovative Use of Renewable
Technology at the Housing Innovation Awards 2012.
EcoPod is Lifted into place at Barton Village!
A revolutionary heating system that protects vulnerable residents and helps to alleviate fuel poverty has been installed at an ‘Eco Village’ in Greater Manchester. Onlookers at City West’s Barton Village were left open-mouthed as a giant crane lifted the first EcoPod high above the surrounding roof tops and onto Engel's House. As part of the £14.3 million regeneration of Barton Village, a total of four EcoPod heating systems are being installed on top of high-rise tower blocks at the site in Eccles. Keith Rimmer, Managing Director of Warrington-based Belfry Group, designed the EcoPod to alleviate fuel poverty in high-rise buildings. As well as reducing fuel costs and carbon emissions by more than 40 per cent, it also features an innovative Building Management System (BMS), which automatically alerts landlords when ‘at risk’ tenants fail to adequately heat their properties. Mr Rimmer said: “It was quite a spectacular sight to see the EcoPod being lifted into position by a giant crane.” Colette McKune, Director of Asset Management at City West Housing Trust, added: “Barton Village is a flagship regeneration project and we have been looking for innovative solutions in a number of different areas, not least on the heating side. “This solution from Belfry will enable us to heat properties at a cost that tenants can more readily afford so we are addressing any fuel poverty issue head on. “Crucially, it will also alert us automatically when vulnerable residents are not using heating and hot water, which is a great early warning mechanism, particularly in the winter months when outside temperatures plummet.” The EcoPod will be installed on the three remaining blocks at Barton Village as well as Craunton, Cremer, Ewood and Kemball Houses in the next phase of the high-rise improvement programme at Ladywell Green in Eccles., followed by an additional four high rise blocks in Manchester. Work on Engels House is expected to be completed in March 2012.
Flagship Barton Village Adopts EcoPod Heating System! Salford-based City West Housing Trust has appointed Warrington-based building and maintenance company Belfry Group to install EcoPod Heating System at a development in Eccles. Belfry's EcoPod system will be installed at City West Housing Trust's £14.3m Barton Village development, which is expected to be completed in 2015 and consists of 4No. High Rise blocks where EcoPod will be installed. Colette McKune, Director of asset management at City West Housing Trust, said: "Barton Village is a flagship regeneration project and we have been looking for innovative solutions in a number of different areas, not least on the heating side. In the past we have had fuel poverty issues in our blocks so we knew we had to develop a renewable strategy that was going to provide a solution for our tenants. This solution from Belfry enables us to heat properties at a cost that tenants can more readily afford so we are addressing the fuel poverty issue head on. Crucially, it also alerts us automatically when vulnerable residents are not using heating and hot water, which is a great early warning mechanism, particularly in the winter months when outside temperatures plummet. This will help us educate tenants on energy efficiency and significantly reduce their fuel bills."
BBC Report Warns on Fuel-Poor
Deaths An independent report warns that thousands die each year from fuel poverty. Charlene Franklin talks to Simon Gompertz (BBC Reporter) about fuel poverty: "There have been times when I wouldn't eat two or three times in the week" Please click here to read the full story.
EcoPod
Victorious at H&V News Awards 2011 Belfry Group Limited emerged victorious from the 2011 H&V News Awards 2011, the event held at The Grosvenor Hotel in London attracted the very best from the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning industry, however it was Belfry Group that scooped the prestigious "H&V Project of the Year" award, in addition to the "Environmental Initiative of the Year" award in partnership with New Charter Housing Trust. The EcoPod was also highly commended as "Industrial/Commercial Heating Product of the Year". The awards not only give recognition to the EcoPod system which has increasingly proven savings but also recognises all of the hard work and effort exerted by all Belfry Group staff.
A Partnership for the Future
Belfry Group Limited and New Charter Building Company have joined forces to provide clients with a complete building and maintenance solution. This partnership brings the skills and knowledge of both companies, together to make a better tomorrow for our customers. Managing Director of Belfry Group Limited, Keith Rimmer, said: “We provide a wide range of bespoke service solutions for our customers and with the strength of New Charter Building Company, this will strengthen our existing team no end. This reverse partnership agreement will ensure that both companies achieve sustained profitable growth whilst delivering an outstanding quality service to all customers. The natural synergy between the two companies means we are able to offer a complete property solution to a wide range of sectors, at the best rates on the market”. Group Director of New Charter Building Company, Andrew Stafford said: “This is a great opportunity for us to work closely with Belfry Group Limited and provide customers with a complete turnkey solution, from services ranging from Heating & Plumbing, Air Conditioning, Electrical, Security, Drainage to name a few. Both companies have extensive client lists and we hope to be able to benefit from this and offer clients excellent levels of service and competitive packages to help them reap the rewards of this agreement.” |
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