According to its makers, the
imop can be used on “anything that consumes electricity”, such as motors, heaters and fluorescent lighting. It has been designed to optimise
energy consumption and works by increasing the
efficiency of inductive loads.
The company behind the device,
minimise Ltd, claims it has been proven to reduce electricity bills by as much as 25 per cent and, when attached to an electrical motor, makes it run more efficiently – prolonging the life of the equipment and so reducing maintenance costs. It can also help a company reduce its
carbon emissions.
The Carbon Trust has passed the device under its interest-free loan scheme, which provide loans of between £3,000 and £500,000 to businesses to and invest in energy saving projects.
The imop has been more than five years in development and, according to its makers, the key to its success is a unique ‘sizing kit’, which instantly selects the right size of the imop required to make the inductive load work. Devices are quickly and easily installed, and energy savings can be demonstrated at survey stage, says minimise.
“Governments worldwide are putting increasing pressure on
businesses to reduce carbon emissions”, says minimise managing director, Paul West. “And it is likely that financial penalties will be imposed. By installing imop products using the Carbon Trust loan scheme, businesses can safeguard themselves against such future costs, effectively for free.”
Minimise says companies can independently verify its claims about the imop through the European Union’s Environmental Technologies Verification scheme (Tritech ETV), which has certified imop.
Minimise is a joint venture between Advanced Power Components PLC and a number of electrical contractors and individuals involved in London’s infrastructure building business.
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