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PHS Waterlogic to support
West-African WaterAid project
PHS Waterlogic, the
UK’s leading supplier
of mains-fed drinking
water dispensers, has teamed up
with the charity WaterAid to help fund their
vital work in providing water and sanitation to
some of the world’s poorest people. Over the
next few months PHS Waterlogic will be raising
money for one of WaterAid’s key projects
in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Over a billion people in the world do not have
access to clean, safe water, and more than two
million people die every year from preventable
diseases related to the lack of safe, accessible
drinking water. WaterAid has been working to
alleviate these problems since 1981 for the
world’s poorest people across Africa and Asia.
PHS Waterlogic will be making a substantial
donation towards helping to set up a WaterAid
project in Burkina Faso, which is one of the ten
poorest countries in the world, where average
life expectancy is just 43 years. Less than 45%
of the population has access to clean water and
just 29% to sanitation.
The project will establish water and sanitation
infrastructure in six urban areas, and aims to
Pilkington cleans up with
Activ at its Liverpool branch
When it came to re-glazing more than 30 windows
at its Liverpool branch as part of a
£75,000 refurbishment project, Pilkington
wanted a cost effective product that would
not only reduce the need for cleaning, but
would also provide clearer, smarter-looking
windows, and where better to look than to its
revolutionary self-cleaning glass Pilkington
Activ.
With its worldwide success and excellent customer
satisfaction testimonials, Pilkington
Activ is becoming the first choice glazing product
for many residential and commercial developments;
and using its own proven self-cleaning
system to revamp its commercial office further
underlines the confidence Pilkington has in its
products.
Pilkington Activ has a unique dual-action coating
that reacts with ultra-violet rays and rainwater.
The ultra-violet rays present in natural
help over 40,000 people
gain access to water, sanitation and hygiene
education in Burkina Faso by 2009. Working
with local partners and community groups, the
WaterAid project will build and manage communal
tap stands, toilets and washing facilities.
David Matthews, Managing Director of PHS
Waterlogic, said “We are proud to be supporting
WaterAid’s vital work in providing water and
sanitation to those most in need. PHS
Waterlogic will be raising money for WaterAid
through a number of routes, including direct
donation, sales promotions and activities with
partners, and we are hopeful that these activities
will make a big difference to people’s lives
in Burkina Faso.”
Duncan Wilbur, Corporate & Events Officer from
WaterAid said “We are delighted that PHS
Waterlogic will be supporting WaterAid’s work
as a corporate partner. Their donation will
make a significant contribution to successfully
establishing the project in Burkina Faso. Thanks
to PHS Waterlogic’s support the people in the
project area will have a lasting supply of water
and access to safe sanitation. The first steps in
alleviating poverty .” RR No.: 85059WA05
daylight react with the coating to
start a photocatalytic process,
which breaks down and disintegrates
organic dirt. To further
minimise the need for maintenance,
Pilkington Activ(tm) is
hydrophilic which means that
when rainwater hits the surface,
it is spread evenly over the pane
and, as it runs off, takes the dirt
with it. Compared with conventional
glass, the water also dries
off very quickly without leaving
unsightly drying spots.
All of the windows were replaced
with double glazed units comprising
Pilkington Activ and
Pilkington K Glass, which reduce
noise penetration and increase energy efficiency,
in addition to maintaining a ‘just cleaned’
appearance.
Commenting on the project, General Manager
George Davis said: “Pilkington has occupied the
building since 1976 and this is its first major
refurbishment. We are in a regeneration area
and there are a lot of improvements going on
locally in anticipation of Liverpool being the
European City of Culture in 2008. Using
Pilkington Activ for our windows has not only
saved on maintenance costs but is also the best
possible way of proving to our customers that
the product works and that we believe in it
totally.”
The project also included the installation of a
refurbished cutting bench and renovation of the
kitchen and washroom areas. Further redecorating
is planned for later in the year.
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Intelligent
lighting
controls for
new hospital
Simmtronic Ltd has provided an intelligent
digital lighting control system for the new hospital
at Romford. The £260m PFI hospital is
being built by Bovis Lend Lease for Barking,
Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust and
the use of this technology represents a new
approach to lighting control within hospitals,
providing an opportunity for significant energy
saving.
Commissioned by contractor T. Clarke Plc to
provide an intelligent digital lighting control
system for this large new hospital, Simmtronic
has taken on some design responsibility for engineering
a high-reliability system capable of
delivering this complex project whilst providing
the energy efficiency demanded.
As part of the lighting control scheme, dimming
functions have been widely employed throughout
the hospital - in both wards and consulting
rooms. Simmtronic has also designed and supplied
a special lighting control interface with
the nurse call system to provide patients with a
personal bedhead control featuring on/off and
dimming functions.
The extensive use of presence detection in nonclinical
areas will deliver energy savings by
ensuring lights are automatically switched off
when these locations are unoccupied.
Romford’s new state-of-the art healthcare facility
will have a large cancer and renal dialysis
unit and comprise over 4800 rooms in a 1million
sq. ft. building with a footprint the size of 12
football pitches. The ground and first floors are
being dedicated to outpatient services and A &
E. Inpatient accommodation will be provided in
circular towers with a total of 939 beds in 4-bed
wards and single rooms. This circular design
shortens movement distances for both staff and
patients.
Simmtronic has provided T. Clarke with a highly
effective lighting control system which combined
with the modular power distribution system
has made installation and commissioning
quick and simple.
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