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General manager of Chauvin Arnoux UK, Julian Grant, sat down with Energy Manager Magazine (EM Magazine) to discuss his top tips for saving energy. A convergence of environmental and energy crises combined with changing working habits has put additional pressure on facilities managers to find savings and limit emissions. Therefore, it came as a bit of a surprise when Julian Grant, a man who according to his LinkedIn profile has over thirty-eight years of experience in electrical test and measurement equipment with a particular focus on energy efficiency, advocated taking a walk and watching your electricity usage as ways to reduce consumption and expenditure! Was this really the best advice he had to offer struggling facilities managers?! Well, like all things energy, the value of Julian Grant’s comments only becomes apparent after further investigation. Continue reading →

FarmingUK reports that lameness affects between 20% and 25% of cattle across the UK. Usually treated with expensive antibiotics, lameness costs the dairy industry approximately £53 million a year.[1] It has long been acknowledged that thermal imaging can provide an effective method of detecting lameness. Infections or inflammations are often the root cause of lameness and both conditions emit heat which can be picked up by a thermal imager. Catching lameness early and identifying its source means farmers can target their treatments more effectively. For example, lameness caused by an infection can be treated earlier with a shorter course of antibiotics, saving money; whereas lameness resulting from inflammation may be treated more effectively and economically with anti-inflammatories; by blocking the affected claw; or by keeping the cow on a soft surface until she has recovered. Until recently, farmers have been reluctant to invest in thermal imaging as it was thought that only high-end, very expensive models were sophisticated enough to reveal lameness. However, a recent study by Aidan Coe of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has discovered that less costly thermal imaging models are just as suitable for recognising lameness in cattle, potentially offering farmers significant savings while also improving the welfare of cows. Continue reading →

It is no secret that the cost-of-living crisis, rising global temperatures, and approaching climate targets have created more pressure than ever to reduce our energy consumption. For over a year, we have published multiple reports on councils, charities, and utility companies harnessing thermal imaging to identify sources of heat loss around homes, in a bid to reduce both energy bills and carbon emissions. We are very pleased and proud to reveal that we have played a significant role in one of these stories: that of Octopus Energy lending Teledyne FLIR Thermal Cameras to its customers as part of its Octo Assist customer support initiative. As Teledyne FLIR’s number one UK supplier, we initially provided three-hundred Teledyne FLIR One Pro Thermal Smartphone Attachments for Octopus Energy’s thermal camera loan program. Now, thanks to the popularity of the project, we have had the privilege of supplying a further one hundred and seventy new Teledyne FLIR One Edge Pro Thermal Smartphone Attachments. We are delighted to know that these cameras will go towards helping Octopus Energy’s customers lower their energy consumption, emissions, and expenditure. Continue reading →

Having tackled the Marketing Team’s collective acrophobia, we decided that confronting our claustrophobia during peak cold and flu (and presumably Covid) season was the way to go with our second team-building experience. That’s why, before Christmas, we chose to take on Cluedini’s Hex escape room. We had just sixty minutes to solve the clues, crack padlocks, and find the crystals and spells needed to prevent a local witch from unleashing her curse on Yarm as revenge for her great-grandmother’s unlawful killing. The stakes were high! Continue reading →

In 2016, PASS Ltd provided Devonshire-based beef and poultry farmer and recipient of Tesco’s Future Farmer Foundation Scholarship, Christina Hutchings, with a FLIR C2 Thermal Imaging Camera for her research into understanding ventilation to improve litter conditions in broiler houses. Now, that highly anticipated report, titled Where does all the water go? How a better understanding of ventilation can be used to improve litter conditions in broiler houses, has been published. In addition to detailing her in-depth investigations which Hutchings draws on to make several suggestions on improving barn ventilation, the report illustrates the critical role thermal imaging can play in farming. Continue reading →

Of course, our highly competitive Sales team couldn't resist trying their hands at axe throwing. Thankfully everyone came back alive and with their limbs intact. Read on to find out how our Sales department's "team building" experience at Hatchet Harry's went! Continue reading →

As businesses and schools reopen after the Christmas break, now is the time to test for Legionella pneumophilia bacteria that may have built up in stagnant water systems. With all the chaos of last year, it is understandable that stories about outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease were not at the top of news feeds. Nevertheless, several such stories broke in 2022, and, if we don’t want a repeat of this in 2023, it is imperative that we all take precautionary measures. Continue reading →

Having successfully imitated Vikings during their previous team outing, this time around the Training department decided to try their hand at being detectives. Keep reading to find out if they managed to crack the codes and get out of Project Escape Middlesbrough's Sherlock Mystery Manor! Continue reading →

Mediclinic Group is an international hospital group with facilities in South Africa, Namibia, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. Committed to ensuring patient safety as well as meeting sustainability targets, Mediclinic Group turned to Fluke’s ii900 Industrial Acoustic Imager in an effort to locate costly, wasteful, and potentially hazardous gas leaks quickly and easily.[1]   Continue reading →

Taking inspiration from the Training Team, for their second team-building experience our Dispatch Department decided to go axe throwing. Below is a characteristically brief summary of what happened. Continue reading →