Buildings Services Get Energy Efficiency Boost

Online Energy RSource Centre launches to keep buildings ‘green & lean’

RS Components, Europe’s leading distributor of electronic, electrical and industrial components, has today launched the RS Energy RSource Centre at rswww.com/energyRSource, offering both expert advice and practical guidance on energy efficiency to buildings services and facilities management professionals.

The ‘one-stop-shop’ RS Energy RSource centre is designed to simplify energy efficiency legislation and help buildings services professionals improve their ability to deliver compliant and lower cost energy efficiency measures with short term returns.

For expert advice and independent information the Energy RSource centre features a complete legislation timeline, ‘Ask the Expert’ request, facts and figures and the option of a full energy survey. And to translate energy strategy into real efficiency returns, the portal also offers practical guidance on which products to specify and install through 3D lighting and facilities walk-through models, a Light Energy Saver calculator tool and a full range of energy efficient products including lighting, heating & plumbing, control & metering, test & measurement, insulation, IT and renewable energy, with many displaying a ‘green pound’ symbol to highlight their energy efficient credentials.

“Energy efficiency is a serious challenge for the buildings services industry as it struggles to reduce cost and comply with complex and extensive legislation,” comments Neil Harrison, marketing development manager at RS Components. “There is a lot of information out there, but finding the right resources and then making the right choices on how to deliver a compliant, energy efficient building solution is a labour-intensive and often, under-researched inefficient process in itself. We’ve launched the Energy RSource centre to bring everything buildings services and FM professionals need to know under one roof to simplify their lives and help them make more informed energy decisions.”

The Energy RSource Centre will be updated with the latest energy efficiency news, legislation and industry information to keep visitors up to date. The portal will also offer case studies and events across the industry to share best practice with other energy efficiency professionals.

About RS
RS Components is a catalogue based distributor of Electronic, Electrical, Electromechanical and Industrial Components. Founded in 1937, RS is part of Electrocomponents plc, and is a global business supporting over a million engineers. It has operating companies based in over 25 countries, including France, Italy, Germany and Denmark, with operations as far afield as Chile, Singapore, Australia and China, and distributes to over 160 countries worldwide.

Since it began RS has had the simple objective of providing a part for every job, from research and development though pre-production to maintenance and repair. As those jobs have diversified and became even more complex, RS has developed its offering and services accordingly. The customers it serves are professional users, with many different job functions, within all types of organisations and they require many different types of technical products supplied at high service levels.

Whether looking for power tools, process control equipment, transistors, oscilloscopes, plumbing supplies or protective clothing, they can all be supplied from one single source through a choice of purchasing channels and delivery methods – including free delivery as standard..

New technology also plays an important part. When RS launched http://rswww.com, it was the first UK plc in its marketplace with a fully integrated transactional web site. Operating in every market, its e-Commerce capabilities have seen over 40% of sales achieved over the internet.

RS also provides free technical advice and information on RS products from over 60 technical engineers as well as access to over 110,000 datasheets, ensuring that customers get the support and advice that they need.

RS offers customers unrivalled choice, support and reliability underpinned by an unrelenting commitment to service.