Taking place annually, The Energy Event is held at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham on the 8th and 9th of September. Here, BSEE summarises what the event has to offer.

The development of what will be one of the most technologically advanced broadcasting centres in the world includes a bespoke and highly innovative power distribution system from Marshall-Tufflex.

With the Coalition Government claiming that 2010 onwards will be ‘a new decade of transformation’ in terms of a low carbon future, how we heat our buildings remains an ongoing debate. Kevin Tolson, Marketing Director of Redring, puts forward the case for electric heating and outlines how it provides not just a sustainable but also an affordable solution for the future.

A constant stream of evolving legislation is designed to reduce carbon emissions in commercial buildings. Yet further, pending EU legislation means that air conditioning equipment will have to meet even more stringent standards.

The growth of the chilled beam market accelerated from 2000 – 2008 but what will happen in the next few years to this system with the introduction of ECM smart motors and Variable Air Volume (VAV) to fan coil units?

The construction industry in the UK is huge, employing 2.1 million people. It is also a very complex industry with over 250,000 firms. Anyone in the industry will confirm that to succeed, you must build up a body of knowledge, and that most of this knowledge comes from experience. Of course, many of us enter the industry with vocational or academic qualifications but these don't always prepare you for the challenges of the construction site, the design office or the plant room.

A medieval priory has been equipped with a state-of-the-art heating system based on high efficiency Sanyo ECO carbon dioxide-based heat pumps.

Woodspring Priory, a former Augustinian priory beside the sea near Weston-super-Mare, was founded in the thirteenth century and dedicated to Thomas Becket. The Grade I listed building is now owned and managed by the Landmark Trust and is let out as unique holiday accommodation.

BT, one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services, has begun the rollout of Sabien’s M2G boiler load optimiser following extensive pilots. M2G will be installed, in a rolling programme, to all suitable buildings within BT’s estate of 7,500 buildings.

Liverpool’s tallest building, the 40 storey West Tower, is fitted with Honeywell pressure regulating and safety valves to ensure constant ideal water pressures to all domestic water outlets and fire extinguishing systems, as well as to protect water systems from excessive pressure. The systems include a mixture of Honeywell brass-bodied and cast iron valves.