Charities reduce energy bills with voltage optimisation 2

Finance | Gareth Jones | 17 Jun 2010

Amnesty International and Greenpeace are hoping to save £4,410 and £1,286 per annum respectively on their head office energy bills by adopting voltage power optimisation (VPO) technology.

Following in the footsteps of WWF and RSPB, the organisations will each install two powerPerfector Plus units in their head offices, which will optimise the voltage of their power consumption and ensure equipment runs more efficiently and consume less energy.

The units will be installed over the summer, and work by dealing with the discrepancy between the actual supply voltage received (207V - 253V) and the optimum voltage their electrical equipment needs (220V).

Retty Eliades from Greenpeace said: “Greenpeace has always said that saving energy is good for the environment and just as good for the wallet, and we're always looking for chances to put that into practice.

“The powerPerfector system will save us money and reduce our carbon footprint at a time we're looking to spend our supporters' cash as carefully as ever.”

Interest-free loans are currently available from the Carbon Trust for charities wishing to adopt the technology.

Directory: Amnesty International | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) | World Wildlife Fund UK (WWF UK)

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Raphael
Carbon Lighthouse
19 Oct 2011

Voltage Optimisation can have a helpful place in certain industrial concerns, on partially loaded motors, and on grids that are systemically at overvoltage, but frequently the claims of its proponents are simply greenwashing. I hope these charities are ask lots of technical questions before deploying this technology to other field offices. Unlike compact fluorescent lamps, for example, voltage optimisation is not a one-size fits all solution.

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PS Siu
Fundraiser
RNS
21 Jun 2010

Looking at the photo you'd have thought maybe the charities in question were cutting energy bills by sending their employees down to some gothic-tech pub.

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