Resources & News

Awards

ABS consulting wins the Low Carbon Consultant:  Innovation of the Year Award for its Continuous Commissioning (ConCom) project at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.  The award was presented at the CIBSE annual dinner at the Grosvenor House, London on 6 February 2008.  Phil Hudson, The Trust’s Assistant Director of Estates, collected the award on behalf of the Trust and ABS.

 

Partners

SPGL http://www.spgl.eu/

SPGL is a professional services group, servicing a range of market sectors including Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Regulated Consumer Products, Healthcare, Chemicals, Buildings and Mission Critical Facilities. The group is headquartered in London with an office in Brussels and Belgium, with multiple projects world-wide including UK, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland and the USA.

 

Carbon River  http://www.carbonriver.com/ 

CarbonRiverTM SCS provide a turnkey solution for high integrity, rapid and low cost emissions management for Enterprise and Supply Chain, Product and Service – from measurement and analysis through to abatement and ongoing tracking. 

 

Upcoming Events 

March- June 2010 

ABS in collaboration with London South Bank University, has developed a Sustainable Facilities Management programme. 

Delivering Sustainable Facilities Management (SFM) through project based training and learning.
Achieve Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings and Occupant Satisfaction

 

This interactive course requires delegates to implement a real life project of their choice that will demonstrate the benefits of SFM, ideally to be carried out within their organisation.  The programme combines classroom learning supported by mentoring whereby delegates have regular access to expert help and advice for their project throughout the 5 month programme.

The programme includes strategies that have delivered and sustained significant financial and environmental benefits for ABS’ clients. Click here to see how Imperial College Healthcare is achieving annual savings of £570,000 and 6,000tCO2 from the strategies covered in the SMF programme.

Please refer to the course brochure for more information on the programme, delegate selection and fees.

 

News

February 2010- CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards 2010

Imperial College is a runner up in the category Client of the Year: Energy Performance, http://www.cibsemicrosites.org/low_carbon_performance_awards_2010/ 

ABS consulting has worked with Imperial College since 2003 on carbon and energy reduction initiatives. The outcome of work to date has resulted in:

  • CO2 emissions reduction of 2,900 tonnes
  • Energy savings of 6.3M kWh
  • Energy cost savings of £490,000
  • Improved occupant comfort 
This year the College is expected to save an additional 1,689 tCO2 and £267,403 by rolling out a new control strategy for its HVAC system.

 

January 2010- New publications

Overview of Overall Liking Score, http://www.usablebuildings.co.uk/fp/index.html              Guide to Post Occupancy Evaluation, http://www.isurv.com/buildingsurveying

 

July 2009 - Dimitra Diamantopoulos becomes an Associate Director

Dimitra Diamantopoulos has accepted the Directors' invitation to become an Associate Director of ABS consulting commencing on 1 July 2009. As Associate Director Dimitra will head the Carbon & Energy Management Group and take a leading role in the promotion and delivery of Continuous Commissioning.

 

June 2009 - ABS launches new and improved wesbite        

Thank-you for visiting our new website. Please go to Services & Solutions to see how we could help you with management, design, operation and maintenance of your facilities.  

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