Cylon Controls would like to announce new appointments to the sales and management team. Richard Gladney joins Cylon Controls as Ireland and UK Sales Manager and will supervise both markets with a network of over 70 Cylon Approved System Integrators. Richard brings 7 years experience in the HVAC industry having worked most recently as Sales Director for Control Aer. Our second appointment is for the Australasia market. Ross Wilson, who is based in Australia, takes up the role of Regional Sales Manager and is responsible for the Australian, New Zealand and Chinese markets.

Building Schools for the Future is a school rebuilding programme in England which began in 2005. Its aim is to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school and half the primary schools. As part of this programme, the Cylon BEMS was installed in 6 Schools at Gateshead, by Astral Control Services. The Cylon system controls and monitors the ventilation, air conditioning, heating, photovoltaic electricity meters, solar water heater systems and wind turbines. The information on building energy management in the 6 schools is made available from any networked PC to the Facilities Manager and Local Authority using Cylon Embedded Weblink.

The Irish government looks to new initiatives to reduce Ireland's energy usage and carbon emissions in order to bring the country in line with the EU standards. Therefore, the government announced in the Green Finance Bill their plan to offer tax incentives to encourage businesses to purchase energy saving equipments including Building Energy Management Systems. Businesses will benefit from taxable profits in the year of purchase. Low cost BEMS are often installed in buildings but this new incentive will encourage businesses to choose high quality BEMS allowing them to make long-term energy savings, reducing their annual running costs and energy bills. The Finance Bill specifies that Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) will hold the list of qualifying BEMS equipment. We are looking forward to the publishing of the final list later in the summer.