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IGEM NEWS | Industrial Affiliates

LIVERPOOL COUNCIL PARTNERS WITH

GAS TAG TO TACKLE ROGUE GAS FITTERS

Liverpool City Council has worked Underground system. When an
with Gas Tag to provide access to the engineer arrives at a property, they
technology for free to registered touch their mobile phone against the
private landlords in the city. The tag. That engineer is then geo-tagged
council is also calling upon government and a live link to the Gas Safe
to make this type of technology Register checks their qualifications in
GasTag is working mandatory for all landlords. real-time.
with councils to make Every year there are an estimated It stops rogue gas engineers in their
life harder for illegal 1.1million rogue jobs completed by tracks and provides landlords – and
gas fitters illegal gas fitters in the UK, putting more importantly – tenants with peace
households at risk of carbon of mind that the correct work has been
A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP aims to monoxide poisoning, gas leaks, fires carried out by a qualified engineer.
make Liverpool one of the safest cities and explosions. Paul Durose, CEO of Gas Tag said:
in the UK for home renters. To combat this problem, the Gas “I’m delighted that Liverpool City
Liverpool City Council has agreed a Tag system is designed used to check Council has the vision and foresight to
ground-breaking initiative to provide engineers’ Gas Safe credentials in embrace this ground-breaking
life-saving technology that will tackle real-time. technology, making it the safest city in
the dangers of illegal gas fitters and The Gas Tag is installed on the gas the UK – if not the world – for renters.
keep tenants safe. outlet in a property which tracks all “Our mission is to drive rogue gas
In a first of its kind agreement, the property’s gas appliances, services fitters out of business before they can
Liverpool City Council is working with and installations – and can only be put more lives at risk from carbon
pioneering tech company Gas Tag to used by a qualified Gas Safe monoxide poisoning – or worse.
issue gas safety technology to the Registered engineer. “By working together, we will make
city’s 7,500 landlords who manage It’s the same technology used in it as difficult as possible for illegal gas
30,000 private rented homes. Oyster cards on the London fitters to operate.” ■

CHEESE MANUFACTURERS CUT

ENERGY COSTS WITH HELP OF CALOR

CHEESE MANUFACTURER Dairy meet these energy-intensive demands. typically expected to reduce their
Partners is planning to cut its energy Calor has supplied and installed a CO emissions by approximately 30
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costs by 29 per cent annually by single, horizontal 60m above per cent when switching their energy
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switching from light fuel oil to LNG ground LNG storage tank on the site, source from heavy fuel oil.
and investing in new boiler equipment. which is vacuum-insulated and “There is a huge opportunity for
The company, based off the mains features a twin ambient vaporiser dairy production sites to benefit
gas grid in Newcastle Emlyn, west system. The tank is also fitted with from converting to LNG, with Dairy
Wales, is the first cheese automatic top-up technology, so that Partners expected to reap the
manufacturer in the UK to be an LNG delivery is automatically rewards from switching to LNG very
fuelled by LNG. scheduled by Calor once it begins to quickly, with a payback period of
Many other dairy production sites run low on fuel, providing peace of only two years.” ■
are expected to follow suit, due to mind to the business.
the improved cost savings and Oliver Knight, LNG Specialist at
greater operational efficiencies Calor, said: “Experts forecast that
available from the fuel when natural gas will be the fastest
compared with alternatives. growing energy source of the 21st
LNG can also help sites century. LNG is clean, easy to
dramatically reduce their carbon transport and economical, offered at
emissions, with Dairy Partners’ facility a more stable price than alternative
in Newcastle Emlyn planning to cut fuels, which means businesses can
its CO output by 30 per cent. forecast their energy costs more
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With the Dairy Partners site accurately. Meanwhile, the fuel’s
processing 150 million litres of milk sustainability credentials are
every year, LNG is the ideal fuel to impressive too, with companies Dairy Partners

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