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BEAMA director Dr Howard Porter has fully endorsed the sentiment and views expressed in the Green AlliancBEAMA director Dr Howard Porter has fully endorsed the sentiment and views expressed in the Green Alliance’s new report – Teaching homes to be green – Smart homes and the environment’.
Speaking at the report’s launch (Royal Society, 20 November ’07), attended by keynote speaker Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness, Dr Porter said: “Smart Homes tend to be associated with leading edge technology rather than their environmental benefits. But, Smart Homes have much to offer and this report rightly explores this much-neglected aspect.
“Homes account for a significant 27 per cent of the UK’s carbon emissions so it’s essential that new ways to reduce this environmental impact are seriously considered.
”This Green Alliance Report will further communicate the concept of Smart products, and the technology involved, plus create more awareness of their undoubted impact in UK homes. Key elements supported by the Minister in his address.”
BEAMA’s Smart Housing Group has been actively communicating the benefits of investing in Smart products, and contributed to the report, which provides an overview of Smart features - particularly their environmental benefits and potential to contribute to carbon reduction targets.
Also, the report makes recommendations to Government and industry on maximising the potential of emerging technologies. Proposals included cover commitment to roll-out of Smart meters to homes within 10 years, harnessing the CERT (Carbon Emission Reduction Target) programme to test Smart technologies and increasing understanding, and awareness, of the evidence base for the benefits of Smart features.
20 November 2007 ends
Note to editors
About BEAMA’s Smart Housing Group – new web site
BEAMA, and a group of leading brand manufacturers of smart technologies, have created the new BEAMA Smart Housing web site – www.smarthousing.org.uk.
The initiative is part of the association’s Smart Housing Group’s aim to turn the concept of Smart Housing into reality, and communicate the benefits of investing in Smart products.
The web site is designed to be the first port of call for architects, specifiers, builders, installers, social services and householders regarding everything concerned with Smart product technology in the home. It has all they need to know about Smart homes.
The Group has identified four distinct Smart house types (Green Smart Home, Safe and Secure Home, Assisted Living Smart Home, Lifestyle Smart Home) and the web site provides detailed information concerning these, plus product descriptions, and highlights the importance of linked communication in the home.
Comprising leading manufacturers of Smart technologies with the aim to turn the concept of Smart Housing into reality by explaining the benefits of investing in Smart products, members include: Contactum, Danfoss, Eaton Electric, Echelon Europe, Electrium, Honeywell, Horstmann Controls, Kohler Mira, Legrand Electric, MK Electric, Pegler, Schneider Electric, Siemens.
More info from www.smarthousing.org.uk.
About BEAMA The BEAMA Association has been established for over 100 years, covering a range of industries in the electrical, energy, water and power related sectors.
The association still retains its prime purpose – serving members and the national industrial base as the recognised electrotechnical industry association.
BEAMA represents members’ interests in generic and specific areas within Government/Governmental organisations, UK and international standards, industry players.
BEAMA members are active in many market sectors including commercial and residential buildings and energy networks. BEAMA is a proactive trade association advising its members on relevant technology and market developments, particularly relating to the areas of product safety and sustainability.
For more BEAMA information visit www.beama.org.uk
Media enquiries Victor Wheeler, cerulean communication; Tel: 020 8441 2021; Fax: 020 8440 4070; victor@ceruleancom.co.uk, 124 Hadley Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 5QP
Issued on behalf of BEAMA, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7SL. Tel: 020 7793 3007; Fax: 020 7793 3003
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