Trend Technology provides totally integrated HVAC systems solutions to the complicated requirements that many types of building demand today. Trend Technology products cover the full range of building control hardware, which include controllers, supervisor software, sensors and motor controls, valves and actuators.
Applications of Trend Technology includes Art & Leisure, Commercial, Education, Health, Hotels, Industrial, Military, Museums & Galleries, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Stadiums, Telecom, Transport etc.
One of the main products is sensors. The selection of Sensors includes Air velocity, Quality transducers, Frost Thermostats, Pressure sensors, Humidity Sensors, temperature sensors, occupancy sensors and more. Another product by Trend Technology is electronic locks which including remote keyless locks, touchpad keyless locks, smart proxcard locks and remote padlock.
Some of the products by Trend Technology include Supervisors, Input / Output Modules, Networks, Sensors, Electricity Meters, Frequency Converters, Linear & Rotary Valves and Actuaries, Trend Technology General parts, Trend Energy Management etc.
European legislation is looking to improve the energy performance of buildings, and there by dropping carbon emissions. This is now beginning to have an impact in the UK. One effect of the legislation has been the widely reported fiasco of including energy performance certificates in Home Information Packs for residential property sales. The non-residential sector will soon also be affected. From April 2008 all public sector buildings over 1,000 square meters, including part-occupied premises, will have to prominently exhibit a Display Energy Certificate giving a performance rating based on their annual energy consumption.
Certificates will be legal for one year and must be supplied by a qualified assessor, who will also issue an advisory report containing recommendations for improving the buildings energy performance. The occupier must retain this report, which perversely is valid for seven years. There is a penalty charge of £1000 for failing to do so. Failure to display the energy certificate carries a penalty of £500.
There is nothing here that smacks of duty or enforcement, only the risk perhaps of a little mild awkwardness. There is nothing that will create a climate of change in the way premises and facilities managers approach dealing with energy conservation among their myriad other duties. Energy management is a process of continual improvement and that is what should be expected as a minimum - year-on-year improvement in the operational ratings of buildings and meaningful penalties for failing to meet targets. A 3% improvement per year amounts to a gigantic 14% over 5 years, and 3% need not be that difficult to attain.
In many occasions plain housekeeping measures are sufficient. However, one of the most productive means of saving energy - and one that is all too often overlooked involves resetting the heating and ventilation control systems to reflect the actual needs of the building and its occupants. Control systems are frequently adjusted for what at the time are perfectly legitimate reasons - such as extended occupancy or changes to temperature requirements - but are then never reset when the need for the adjustment has ended. Such changes can easily become permanent.
A well-maintained building administration system can offer various other chances for delivering energy savings. For example, it can alert building operators when utilization is outside expected profiles or a particular system is not operating efficiently, or there are system faults that could have an impact on energy performance. All this can be easily achieved through regular control system audits.
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