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putting more pressure than ever before on
businesses to re-assess their environmental
impact. For many organisations this means
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proactive steps to review and reduce their to change the
carbon footprint creating a more sustainable state of water within a
environment for the future. pipeline supply. It acts on all
As the Carbon Trust launches a new ‘carbon areas of the system, not only
footprinting’ guide, a leading FM business has removing iron in suspension but
taken its own environmental initiative by launching converting any corrosion into a ‘self-repairing’
three new technologies aimed at reducing the magnetite capable of sealing any potential pinhole
carbon footprint of commerce and industry. OCS leaks. Magnetite reduces the mass of corrosion by
Engineering – the engineering and technology about 90%. The system also removes biofilm and
division of property support services group OCS – reduces scale. It has been successfully installed in
has set out to demonstrate how high-technology Japan where it was developed more than fifteen
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solutions can help protect the environment, years ago. The system requires no mechanical
reduce energy consumption, cut down the intervention, being installed externally to the pipe
carbon footprint and improve sustainable surface. It is guaranteed for ten years and has a
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building management. functional life-expectancy of around forty years.
“These technologies represent the future of These new technologies have been harnessed
workplace management systems but they are by the company’s engineering division in response
available today”, said Richard Burl, managing to an increasing demand from building owners
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director of OCS Engineering. “We see it as our and managers to seek out ways of
responsibility to seek out and provide engineering reducing their environmental impact
and technology solutions which are able to whilst at the same time bringing
improve an organisationís sustainability as well as overall building operating cost
benefiting its balance sheet. Our message is clear. reductions.
Sustainability and profitability are no longer OCS Engineering is part of a
incompatible aims.” £600 million group employing
ICE™ sits above conventional BMS systems 61,000 people across four
and, by combining the latest advances in artificial continents. Offering one complete
intelligence and proprietary algorithms, seeks out solution from a single point of
‘hidden relationships’ between variables in a contacts, the company’s six divisions
building such as internal and external encompass engineering, security,
temperatures, meteorological predictions, building catering, transport, cleaning and hygiene. Part of
thermal characteristics, and other minute changes the group’s business strength lies in its capacity to
in operating conditions. Using this highly predictive influence and help customers to be `greener’.
intelligence, ICE™ is able to carry out continuous, From pioneering breakthrough technology such as
high-level interactive adjustments to building Activap™, a new and unique non-toxic, non-
systems which can result in significant energy irritant, 100% natural solution used to render
savings across all building energy usage. waste harmless in feminine hygiene units, and
Ecaflo™ uses a water conversion technology to airfresheners free from propellant gases, through
create a highly potent biocidal agent – effective to the application of micro-fibre cleaning systems,
against all classes of hazardous microbes, viruses, clients are given the tools with which to help
bacteria and fungi, including Legionella, HIV and reduce their energy consumption and emissions.
Cryptosporidium. One big environmental As legislation in the area of waste
advantage is that the Ecaflo solution can be used management and recycling becomes increasingly
in building water systems to replace traditional complex, the group has recently launched its
chemicals such as chlorine-based bleach. Whilst flagship service OCS WasteLine to provide a
effectively helping to eradicate nationwide comprehensive expert waste handling
some serious threats to public service right from the business’ back door.
health, the Ecaflo fluid known Utilising the specialist resources of approved
as Ecasol, is totally harmless network partners and the expertise of its sister
to human health and the company Cannon Confidential, the UK’s leading
environment, providing an self-delivery service for sensitive waste collection,
ecologically sound alternative destruction and recycling, OCS WasteLine’s
to aggressive chemicals in the one-stop-solution service treats the landfill option
building environment. as a last resort, preferring to maximise cost-
NMR Pipetector uses effective opportunities for waste management.
nuclear magnetic resonance www.ocs.co.uk
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