UK Passivhaus Open Days 2012 – Syntegra’s site visit

Syntegra Consulting attended on Friday 9th November the visit of the Fox Barn single family Passivhaus in Andover, Hants as part of the UK Passivhaus Open Days 2012. A huge amount of energy is waste through inefficiency, lazy design and bad habits formed by energy being historically too cheap to worry about, but it is […]

SYNTEGRA OFFERS FREE LED LIGHTING SURVEY

To assist companies in reducing their carbon footprint and the cost of energy for lighting, Syntegra Consulting is offering a new Free LED Lighting Feasibility Survey for commercial properties.  The survey assesses the potential for installing LED lamps by  calculating the building’s current lighting electricity consumption and recommending LED options to reduce electricity costs and […]

When is the use of LED’s most cost effective?

LEDs are most cost effective whenever there is a need for 24hr-12hr lighting. In simple terms, this assumption is based on the 50,000 hours of usage guarantee that leading LED manufacturers give for their products. The 50,000 hours is translated into 6.5 years of 24 hr lighting, where the return on investment will occur after […]