PDSW Communications
As part of our communications plan we have put together a suite of useful documents that explain the key changes that issue 9 of the Standard involves for you. You can download them using the links on the right.
Author Archives: SBrierley
Private: Notifying our neighbours
Notifying Our Neighbours Toolkit: Major Projects and Maintenance This toolkit aims to be a one stop shop to support Route teams and Contractors who need to notify neighbours about upcoming works. For good community relations we advise notifying neighbours 2 weeks in advance of works commencing. Please click on the link here to see a […]
SSoWPs v2.5 User Manual
For the latest SSoWP’s User Manual, please use the link below to access the SSoWP Guidance Manual page. SSoWP Guidance
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Different types of renewable energy, their advantages and disadvantages. Type of energy Where it is from Advantages Disadvantages Solar Energy from sunlight is captured in solar panels and […]
Heating, Air Conditioning & Controls
Ensuring that our internal environments are managed correctly is a key element of an energy strategy. Very often buildings change the way that they were designed to be used, or adequate controls are not provided, which means that energy is wasted. Very regularly, in buildings where air conditioning units are installed, we see both the […]
Lighting & Controls
Lighting generally accounts for around 40% of a buildings’ electricity use. In many cases, this load can be significantly reduced with the right type of lighting and effective control. Here you will find information on technologies that may help to better manage lighting energy use and costs.
Enhanced Capital Allowances
The Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECA) Scheme for Energy Saving Technologies encourages businesses to invest in energy-saving plant or machinery specified on the Energy Technology List (ETL) and allows businesses to write off the whole cost of the equipment against taxable profits in the year of purchase. This can provide a cash flow boost and an […]
Energy Saving Technologies & Services
Energy Efficiency Measures Framework We have put in place a framework contract to make deployment of energy saving initiatives simple across the business. The framework contains four suppliers who are experts in the energy efficiency field and who will survey sites, provide costed recommendations for energy efficiency improvements and then install them according to your […]
Utilities Budgets
Since 1st April 2015 operational utilities cost budgets have been devolved to the Routes. The devolved budgets were based on previous consumption volumes multiplied by a blended unit rate. From 1st April 2016 full utilities budgets for the remainder of CP5, including income, were devolved so that now full budget responsibility sits with the Routes. The […]
Safety Improvement Specialists IP
The Safety Improvement Specialists Group is an Infrastructure Projects (IP) group which develops and shares good practice across the Network Rail and its suppliers. The group sits within the governance of the IP Heads of Safety and Sustainable Development which is chaired by Head of Corporate Workforce Safety (Safety, Technical and Engineering). The terms of […]