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Heart of England Housing and Care, a not for profit company, has turned to
Powercall UK for provision of its generator callout service.
Dedicated to providing high quality care residents and so wanted to ensure that experience of providing residential care for
for the residents of its nine care homes in essential facilities such as heating and light frail and dependent older people, suffering
Worcestershire, Heart of England Housing could be provided in the event of a from dementia and other related illnesses.
and Care, a not for profit company, has prolonged powercut.” Any financial surpluses are used only to
turned to Powercall UK for provision of its Powercall’s nationwide generator improve the standards of care and
generator callout service. Now Heart of network is serviced by a 24/7-control amenities provided for care home
England Housing and Care can be assured room, which despatches a generator from residents. The company’s nine homes
that it will be able to fulfil its duty of care a local depot with a target of 1-hour throughout Worcestershire are renowned
to residents by having a standby generator delivery time, and a guaranteed maximum for providing high quality care to all
in-situ and connected up within an hour of 3 hours. Upon arrival the delivery residents in a way that enables them to
thanks to Powercall UK’s unique service. engineer connects the generator to the retain their dignity and independence.
Conscious that powercuts are pre-fitted connection point and advises the Since it was launched in January 2005,
becoming a more frequent occurrence in customer to switch over to the generator. Powercall has received a large number of
the Worcestershire area, the company’s An indicator lamp is fitted to the responses and orders from a wide range of
Building Surveyor, Neil Peggs, decided to changeover switch to advise the customer companies including healthcare
investigate emergency standby power for when the mains power is restored. organisations, universities, local authorities,
its homes. With the cost of purchasing a “Powercall UK is the only company that care homes and other multi-site
standby generator for each of the nine provides this facility”, concluded Neil applications. With the demand for
homes felt to be prohibitively expensive, Peggs. “Their unique service reassures us emergency power set to grow at 7% per
Neil decided to investigate other options. that our residents and staff will not be annum over the next five years, and with
“In the last three years there have been subjected to any prolonged inconvenience predictions of more extreme weather and
two major powercuts in Worcestershire or discomfort when a powercut occurs.” a less secure mains power supply
area that have lasted in excess of four Heart of England Housing and Care is a Powercall UK is finding a high demand for
hours”, said Neil. “We are dedicated to not for profit company with charitable its service. Tel:08707583210
providing high quality care for all our status, with more than 15-years Email:af@powercalluk.com
Emirates Stadium
gets hi-tech pitch
with help from ABB
healthy turf and aeration through the gravel bed and
helps drain the soil. through the root zone. Reversing it
The high-tech provides drainage from the root zone down
pitch at the Arsenal to pull moisture away from the surface.
Emirates Stadium The air system is powered by an
was designed and extremely large fan, which is fitted with a
built by John Hewitt large ABB motor and a 160 kW ABB low
of Hewitt Sportsturf harmonic drive. Low harmonics were
Ltd, with heating, essential to prevent interference with TV
ABB supplied a variable speed drive that mechanical and electrical equipment cameras and possible disruption of
helps Arsenal Football Club play in all provided by Arthur Pollard Ltd. coverage of the games.
weathers, while ensuring harmonics do not Below the turf, the root system is made The plant room’s micro-processor
affect TV cameras covering the game. up of sand and various grades of gravel to control panel communicates with the ABB
An ABB industrial drive, supplied by form a permeable bed. The air pipe-work is drive, monitoring the air movement at
ABB Drives Alliance partner Central situated in this gravel bed, above a wet ground level and adjusting it according to
Electrical, feeds an ABB motor used to heating system. pre-set variables. When no air is required,
power a fan that provides air to an under- The air system can work in two the ABB drive powers down the system
pitch aeration system that promotes directions. Forward direction, it provides saving energy. www.abb.co.uk/energy
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