Are you looking for a central heating system which is energy efficient, can cut down on heating bills and provides truly effective home heating?

Are you tired of dealing with gas boiler breakdowns? Have you found your old night storage heaters are frequently leaving your house cold? Then our Electric Heating System through German Electric Radiators is the choice for you.

The Greener Energy Group’s Electric Heaters and Electric Radiators offer a huge range of benefits to our clients. They are easy to control, simple to install, and are a fantastic way for cutting down on costly energy bills. This has ensured Electric Heaters have quickly become one of the most popular options for electric central heating systems in the UK. Our German manufactured electric central heating system options have quickly earned itself a reputation as a reliable alternative to conventional central heating system options such as gas boilers or LPG Boilers.

At Greener Energy Solutions, we provide the best electric heating solutions on the market. Our heating system options are manufactured by Wibo, a German company with decades of experience working in the industry, and who have years of experience providing the best quality Heaters and Electric Radiator options on the market. Greener Energy Solutions provides a quick installation by a qualified electrician and engineer, ensuring you avoid the problems of DIY installation, while we’ll also grant you 10 year warranty for its electric heating systems. Coupled with the low maintenance costs of Electric Radiators, this will ensure you have a reliable, long lasting heating system.

If you are interested in modern electric heating systems which can provide your home with reliable warmth around the clock and isn’t reliant on a potentially temperamental central boiler, get in touch with Greener Energy Solutions today. Call us at 03335 77 66 99 (or 03335 77 25 55 if you’re already a customer) or send us an email at info@greenerenergygroup.co.uk for expert central heating work.

Modern Electric Heating System

The term Central Heating traditionally was used in a literal sense and referred to a home heating system powered by a single source. So, for example, a conventional central heating system like Gas Central heating or gas heating would be reliant on a Gas fired boiler. As such Electric Central Heating Systems would be reliant on an Electric Boiler. Later, Electric Central Heating work referred not just to replacing gas boilers with electric boilers but using night storage heater systems.

However Modern Electric Central Heating System is a much broader term and can mean you are just replacing your radiators with an electric alternative. This is rather than replacing an oil burning boiler with an electricity powered boiler, which would provide all your heating and hot water needs. Radiators powered by electricity provide an effective alternative to water filled radiators, as well as alternative electric heating solution options such as infrared heating panels.

Electric Radiators, Heaters and Storage Heaters

At the Greener Energy Group, we provide Electric Heater and Radiator Options manufactured by the German Company Wibo. Wibo are based in Hamburg and have been manufacturing a range of products by hand since 1892, giving them an immense continuity of experience – especially in manufacturing heating products and ensuring they provide the best electric radiators on the market.

Electric Heater work using a heating element inside the body of the heater to produce warmth. Electric Radiators feel just like normal radiators (though they’re far more efficient at generating heat). An Electric Radiator can be controlled by its own thermostat and doesn’t burn fossil fuels.

Electric Heaters and Radiators shouldn’t be confused for Night Storage Heaters. AStorage Heater works by heating up bricks (usually made of clay or ceramic material) during the night and release the stored heat over the course of the day. Night Storage Heaters do have several benefits (they don’t burn fossil fuels or release carbon emissions, and are easy to install), but they are marked by a range of serious problems. They are difficult to control (having to usually be set a day in advance, meaning a very specific heating schedule which often wastes power), rarely offer the correct temperature (and often will provide insufficient heat. Storage Heaters were originally designed to run on ‘off-peak electricity’ – electricity provided by the electricity grid overnight when demand was low – notionally to ensure low running costs. However, the average cost has only gone up – cutting down the benefit provided by a storage heater.

Why Go With Electric Heaters?

There’s a huge range of benefits that come with heating provided by Electric Radiator and Heater systems.

Electric Central Heating provided by an Electric Radiator can offer a swathe of extremely helpful benefits to your home – especially over storage heaters or other, older systems.

Easy to Install

Many heating systems aren’t easy to install. Central Heating Systems often required complex pipe work to funnel hot water to generate heat, and as such central heating meant a significant amount of work in order to get properly set up. With electric central heating provided by radiators or a heating system, installation time (when performed by experts) is cut down to only a few hours. Most homes in the UK have access to the electricity grid, whereas some 5,000,000 or so homes do not have direct access to gas mains. This makes Electric Heating Scotland far easier and far quicker to install, with far less hassle.

By making use of our professionals, you can ensure your new electric central heating is installed quickly and integrated into your home with a clean, aesthetic appearance.

Zoned Heating

One of the biggest benefits of our heater options is the ability for zoned heating. With zoned heating, you can choose which parts of your home heats up. With our unique app and thermostat approach, you can choose which of the rooms in your home are heated, at what times they’re heated, and never waste any energy or heat in unnecessary spaces.

Quick to Heat Up

Wibo’s heaters will heat up within 7 minutes. This far outstrips the speed of alternative heating options, whether it’s infrared heating panels or gas central heating. This ensures you can quickly warm up the rooms of your home and become comfortable without any issue.

Low Maintenance

Another major benefit of Radiators and Heaters is the low maintenance. You will not need constant call outs or check-ups – as required with electric boilers and gas heating. This low maintenance and high reliability mean you will not only have an energy efficient system, but an electric heating solution which you won’t have to worry about breaking down or failing.

100% Energy Efficient

This is one of the biggest benefits you can get from a Radiator or Heater System. Other heating systems such as night storage heaters and radiators powered by gas or hot water heated by an oil boiler are only energy efficient to a degree – at best providing 90% energy efficiency. They will always suffer from the loss of energy – no matter if its burning gas or hot water. The only system that doesn’t suffer this loss is an Electric Radiator. When they generate heat, 100% of the electricity used is converted into usable heat. This ensures no energy is wasted, and ensures you are fully reimbursed for the running costs of your radiators.

Accurate Temperature Control

Many other central heating systems can’t provide much accuracy when it comes to temperature control. There’s a lot of fiddling involved, and many are imprecise. One of the major benefits of electric central heating and radiators is that they can provide some of the most accurate temperature controls on the market – using digital thermostats, apps, and other controls to allow you to set and control the heat without issue. Furthermore, because temperature fluctuation is limited, there’s no need to worry about having to constantly adjust the thermometer.

Why go with the Greener Energy Group?

The team at the Greener Energy Group has well over 30 combined year’s experience working in central heating installation and providing electric central heating options to clients all over the UK. Our team has experience not only with Radiators, but Gas Boilers, Solar Panels, Heat Pumps and performing a range of general central heating work. Our team has worked in a huge range of different properties, meaning our team has all the experience necessary to provide you with a quick installation without any issues.

We’re not just experience – Greener Energy is properly Qualified too. Greener Energy is part of both the HIES (The Home Insulation & Energy Systems Quality Assured Contractors Scheme) and EPVS (Energy Performance Validation Scheme). This ensures our staff are qualified with the necessary training to handle tools and perform installations, as well as work safely in domestic environments.

Furthermore, by going with the Greener Energy Group you’ll gain access to great deals on high quality German Wibo heaters and radiators. We provide these directly from their factory, ensuring you get quick access to some of the best heating technology on the market which is fully optimised to the needs of your home. Our heater deals offer the potential to cut down on your energy bills, save money and provide your home with far more energy efficiency.

We’ll provide our Wibo heaters with 10-year warranties which ensures that in the unlikely case you face any issues, our team can quickly help you out.

Contact Us Today

Are you interested in high quality heating options which can keep your home warm while saving you money and ensuring your energy is efficiently used? Give us a call today at 03335 77 66 99 (or at 03335 77 25 55 if you’re an already customer) or email us at info@greenerenergygroup.co.uk for more information. Greener Energy provides free surveys of property which ensures we can assess what the best options will be for your home.

Burglaries are a serious problem and can have long term impacts upon victims. There is the financial loss, which can be severe, but there is also the serious emotional impact of a burglary on their home.

CCTV has become one of the most popular options for security in the UK. Part of this is the decreasing cost of CCTV systems, which have become far more affordable in the last 10 or so years – making CCTV systems

In this article we’ll discuss the ways a professional CCTV can prevent burglaries.

The Evidence

CCTV is widely recognised as a successful measure to prevent burglaries. Back in 2017, in a discussion with the Guardian 12 former professional criminals described CCTV as the number 1 deterrent to breaking and entering a home. It has even been estimated about 67% of burglaries could be prevented by the effective use of a CCTV system. Many former professional and amateur burglars have stated that CCTV is a serious deterrent. So how does CCTV stop burglaries?

How does CCTV stop Burglaries?

Burglary is an opportunistic crime, and its prime targets are homes and other properties which appear to be empty or otherwise unoccupied, and without meaningful protection. Burglars will rarely attempt to break into properties which appear to be protected, even if that protection is relatively limited.

CCTV is widely agreed by former professional burglars to be the exact kind of protection they avoid when targeting a property. There is good reason for this.

Evidence for Prosecution

The potential of prosecution is what dissuades most criminals and burglars since CCTV evidence can guarantee criminal charge. As the last thing a burglar wants is to be caught and charged, they’ll avoid CCTV.

If a crime does take place and your home is broken into, CCTV will gather invaluable visual evidence of the events and it will also go far in ensuring the apprehension and prosecution of the criminals responsible. The ability for modern CCTV systems to secure this high-quality evidence makes it an incredibly valuable investment.

CCTV evidence will not only pick up the criminals in the act, but it will provide a court with firm evidence of their guilt and can easily make the difference in deciding what kind of charges and penalty they will face. This threat of prosecution is a serious worry for both professional and amateur burglars, and as such they’ll often avoid CCTV equipped properties.

Versatility

A major benefit of CCTV as a security service is that it can cover those areas which might be seen by criminals as being particularly vulnerable. Rear entrances and access points for example are common targets of burglars, and so being able to keep a close eye on these is fantastic for keeping the home safe.

CCTV is easy to install across a property, with minimal need for existing infrastructure.  There’s a wide range of CCTV options on the market, and professionals can easily install a CCTV system that is perfectly suited for protecting your home and keeping your property, family and sense of security safe.

Remote Monitoring

Plenty of CCTV services provide remote monitoring options. This means the CCTV footage is monitored round the clock by an expert team, who can easily dispatch the police (or designated security like manned guarding services) to the property in the case anything suspicious occurs.

Remote monitoring helps stop burglaries in two ways. Firstly, many burglars (especially professionals) are aware of the advances in technology and security options like remote monitoring and have no wish to end up having to deal with the police or manned guarding – since it increases the potential to be caught and prosecuted. As such, they will work to avoid properties with CCTV, knowing the potential for them to be spotted and even apprehended. This furthermore massively increases the chances for the burglars to end up facing prosecution.

Remote Observation

A vast majority of burglaries target empty properties, and many have developed sophisticated methods for learning which homes are empty. If you’re on holiday or on vacation, your home without burglar alarms Glasgow is much more likely to be burgled.

Remote Observation is widely viewed as one of the most effective approaches to protect a property and is by far the best way to maximise the effectiveness of CCTV as a deterrent.

Remote observation is a professional service offering 24/7 monitoring to ensure a property is kept safe. CCTV monitoring ensures the property is watched constantly, and so any suspicious behaviour can be quickly responded to by professional security or police services.

Remote observation furthermore means you can access your property at any time you wish – no matter where you may be.

Get in touch today

If you’re eager to get the benefits of CCTV security for your own home, contact Central FS today.

Checking the label

This is a very important step when it comes to cleaning any upholstery; check the label. You can usually find this label on the underside of the sofa. Furthermore, you can (and probably should) check with the manufacturer too. They may have special rules or suggestions for when it comes to cleaning your sofa. In some cases, a specialised cleaning kit may be available, and this will be the best to use.

Common cleaning codes are W, S/P, SW, or X. These are as follows,

• W: It is safe to use water for cleaning with this material
• S/P: The material is dry clean only, and so it is only safe to use solvent-based cleaners
• SW: Either water or a solvent cleaner can be used; furthermore, steam cleaning is also safe.
• X: This means only a vacuum should be used; in general, X marked sofas will need to be cleaned by professionals, and amateur methods should be avoided entirely.

In the case of any ‘X’ marked Sofas, Acorn will be able to help and provide a robust and effective treatment.

Preparing your Sofa

Before any cleaning can start, there’s a few things you’ll need to get ready. You’ll need,

• A good, high quality cleaning cloth (avoid coloured clothes – this can result in dye stains on the sofa itself)
• Baking soda
• Carpet cleaner (if suitable for the material)
• A vacuum, with a brush attachment
• A good dry brush

You should begin the process by removing any cushions, removing any loose change, wrappers, or other things which have become entrapped in the sofa. Ensure the sofa is completely cleared of any of this before you get into the next steps of cleaning.

The next stage is using the vacuum (with the brush attachment) to remove any debris from the couch. This includes crumbs, hair, food particles, and other materials which create bad odours. The best approach is to use a gentle sweeping motion. Remember to vacuum in the crevices of the sofa. Special attachments make this process much easier.

Once this is complete, the next step is making use of baking soda. While baking soda is suited for most upholstery, it’s always good to test it out first. Find an inconspicuous area on the sofa and try using it there. Once you are pleased with the results, you can move onto the next step.

Apply the baking soda all over the whole sofa and allow it to sit for twenty to thirty minutes. This will allow it to remove any bad smells. Then, vacuum it up.

If you really want to make sure your fabric is thoroughly cleaned, blend the baking soda with carpet cleaner, and spread it across the sofa. After around twenty to thirty minutes, use either your vacuum or a damp cloth to remove it.

Spot Cleaning

Once the general clean is completed, the next step is looking for any spots or stains. For this, you’ll need a range of different items,

• A clean cloth
• Spoon
• Warm water
• A soft bristled brush
• Washing-up liquid

Using a measuring jug, mix 1 part washing-up liquid to 4 parts warm water. This mixture should be turned into a spreadable foam, which with a soft bristled brush should be rubbed into the stain.

Use a spoon to remove the foam – this is necessary because spreading the foam will cause it to rub into the fabric. After all this, use a cloth to white away any of the remaining foam.

Much like with using baking sofa, test this process first on an inconspicuous part of your couch and make sure you’re pleased with the results.

Dealing with even tougher Stains

In some cases, stains can survive spot cleaning. Stronger materials and products will be required for handling this.

Materials such as white vinegar become useful here. As always, it is important you test everything to ensure the results are what you want.

Mixing equal parts water and white vinegar, ‘blot’ the stains, and wipe them away after a couple of minutes. Then use a light mix of washing-up liquid and water (avoid too much water) to wipe the cleaned area.

Getting the Professionals In

If you feel the process is too demanding or complex, or would rather save yourself a lot of time and effort while also ensuring the best possible results, it’s always good to get experts in. There’s good reason that sofa cleaning is a professional industry; it can be a demanding process, and amateur mistakes can create unsightly stains and other marks.

Acorn Upholstery Cleaning Glasgow have years of professional experience cleaning couches and upholstery, saving you a lot of time, effort, and stress. Acorn can guarantee a thorough, fully professional service that’ll fully refresh your couch. Call us today at call at 0141 212 0212 or email us at info@acorncarpetcleaning.co.uk.

If you are serious about protecting your business and ensuring the safety of your staff, then hiring security guards should be your priority.

Security guards offer a range of benefits to business owners, and you’ll soon be wondering how you ever managed without them.

These are just 5 of the key ways businesses can benefit from security guards.

1. Deterring Crime

Security guards aren’t only there to deal with criminals when they enter your site.
The biggest impact they have is actually stopping crime from happening in the first place by providing a visual deterrent to potential intruders.
Whilst hiring a security guard may initially appear as another expense eating into your profit margin, a guard will more than pay for themselves if their presence prevents the theft of valuable merchandise or equipment.
SIA licensed guards are trained to spot suspicious activity and quickly follow security protocol to deal with it so even if a criminal is not deterred by the intimidating sight of a security guard they may well be intercepted before any damage is done.
Not only will a security guard’s presence prevent crime from taking place, but their experience and expertise mean they can give you advice on how to optimise your security systems and protocols.
Security guards can give you a full analysis of their observations whilst in the post, highlighting any weak points they have noticed that a criminal may be able to exploit.
These could include a window or door that is unsecured at night, a lack of personal identification needed to enter the property, or an area of your premises that is not covered by CCTV cameras.

2. Dealing With Crime

Despite acting as a significant visual deterrent against crime, your business may still be targeted, and professional security guards are trained in dealing with all sorts of criminal activity.
Different guards will be trained to different levels, and some may just record and observe the details of a crime and pass the information onto the police, whilst another may attempt to apprehend an intruder whilst on site.
By using a respected security company, you will ensure that your security guards are properly trained and licensed to deal with criminal activity in the most effective way.
If your company has an established security policy, you will be able to work with the security officers provided to make them aware of exactly what they are and they will make sure to follow the agreed procedures at all times.

3. Being the face of the business

Many security guards who work for private businesses will be in charge of manning the front desk.
This means that they are the first person that any visitors or potential clients will meet when they come into your business.
They will also check the credentials of people when they arrive, direct them to the correct departments, and answer any enquiries.
This means that security officers are far more than just security but are essential to the smooth running and success of your business.
It is essential that you hire professionals who are personable and approachable for members of the general public as well as being an imposing presence to intruders.

4. Wide range of responsibilities

The role of a full-time security guard is far more than preventing crime and desk duty.
As a leading installer of CCTV security systems, all Prime Secure’s security officers are trained to utilise video surveillance to help keep your premises safe.
They can also be charged with opening up your site at the start of the day, and locking up at the close of play, using their expert training to ensure that all entry points are completely secure before leaving the property.
Other responsibilities include ensuring staff get to their cars safely after dark and making sure that your alarm system is fully operational.
This not only makes your premises a safer place to work which will give your staff peace of mind and increase productivity, but also takes some responsibilities away from your staff who may have been carrying out tasks outside of their job description to keep the business running.

5. Encourage Customers

Many businesses revolve around gaining the trust of your customers.
Some businesses handle sensitive information or expensive merchandise on behalf of their clients and reassuring partners that their property and information will be protected is essential to success.
If a potential client attends your site for a meeting and they see a security presence in the form of professional security guards, possible in conjunction with a CCTV system and other security measures, they will be more confident about the professionalism and security of the services you can offer and the chances of securing their business will increase.