MONTH IN FM
BRITISH COMPANY LAUNCHES SAFE, HEALTHY AND ADVANCED NEW
TECHNOLOGY, WHICH KEEPS COMMERCIAL SPACES ULTRA-CLEAN AND
PROMOTES CONFIDENCE AND REASSURANCE IN A COVID WORLD
Open World Technology Group (part of SIA
Holding) has developed Velvet2030, a complete
sanitising solution to keep viruses, bacteria and
odour sat bay, in order to help businesses cleanup
their buildings and reassure their sta and
customers that they are working in an ideal and
safe environment.
Velvet2030 has been developed
following extensive research and
input from environmental experts in
the Energy Safety Research Institute
(ESRI) at Swansea University in Wales
and the University of Arizona in the
United States.
With the COVID-19 vaccination
programme well underway in the
UK, businesses now have to promote confidence
and plan for the return of employees to their places
of work and for when consumers start to travel en
masse once again.
Open World Technology Group focuses its cuttingedge
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WARWICKSHIRE BUSINESS POWERS TO
THE TOP WITH CARBON-FREE BATTERY
COLLECTIONS
Warwickshire environmental specialist Valpak Ltd is celebrating a er winning
one of the top national awards in its industry, for its carbon-free battery
collection service.
The service, which is
free of charge, is a first
for the UK. It uses cycle
couriers to collect waste
batteries from workplaces
in Cambridge and London.
The bikes use reverse
logistics, picking up
batteries a er dropping
o parcels at o ices and
retail outlets. The scheme
has already collected 6.974 tonnes – equivalent to 348,700 waste batteries – and
Valpak is hoping to expand it to other areas of its national collection network.
Valpak pioneered the service, working with logistics partner Zedify and battery
recycler Ecobat Logistics. On 27 January, it beat 12 other shortlisted companies
to win the Partnership Excellence award at the National Recycling Awards, the
recycling industry’s most prestigious ceremony. The judges said they were
impressed with the scheme’s innovation, adding: “It could be replicated at a local
level at a number of locations, and we can see others adopting it in the future.”
Any business can sign up for free Valpak battery collections, which accept any
small household batteries.
https://www.valpak.co.uk/recycling-waste-services/free-battery-box
info@valpak.co.uk 03450 682 572
VWT UK APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF SALES FOR
THE MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
Veolia Water Technologies UK (VWT UK) has
recently appointed a new Head of Sales for the
Municipal and Industrial sectors, Daniel Parry.
Now responsible for the sales and proposal
teams for all wastewater opportunities, Daniel
will focus on strengthening VWT UK’s position
as the leading water and wastewater treatment
and technologies solutions provider.
Daniel began his career with international
infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, working
his way up to Bid Manager by 2008. In this
role, Daniel worked on key tenders for
biomass, gasification and energy to waste
projects, overseeing a multi-discipline team covering planning, environmental
compliance, landscape design and structural services.
With a wealth of knowledge and project management experience under his
belt, in 2013 Daniel joined VWT UK as an Industrial Proposal Manager, before
progressing to Industrial Sales Manager and now to Head of Sales - Municipal
and Industrial. In his new role, he will oversee a team of three business
development managers and three proposal engineers, working to secure new
business opportunities for VWT UK.
Daniel commented: “To best serve our customers, I want to ensure that the
municipal and industrial teams are kept well informed on the latest trends and
leading issues in the market today. Specifically, as we plan for the future, we
will be looking to focus on phosphorus removal technologies and emerging
pollutants, two key issues facing the market at the moment.”
www.veoliawatertechnologies.co.uk
nano-technology in high footfall areas, which
include hospitals, airports, stations, hospitality
venues, o ices, schools and universities to make
sure these environments are permanently clean and
healthy.
Research has shown that poor
indoor air quality is the fourth
largest risk to health in the UK and
a report by DEFRA
shows this that impacts
the economy by £2.7
billion a year, due to
lower productivity.
Furthermore, the
CBA reported in 2020, that illness
from “dirty air” in buildings costs UK
employees £990 million annually in
lost wages.
The nano-technology application used by
Velvet2030 uses an invisible coating on treated
surfaces. The photo-catalytic surface creates
powerful oxidisers from oxygen and humidity that
neutralises viruses; eats air pollution; inhibits algae,
mould and bacteria; prevents biofilms from gluing
inorganic dirt to surfaces; and allows water to run o ,
making treated surfaces self-cleaning. This process
also encompasses a ‘visual compliance technology’,
making it easy to spot areas which
have been treated e ectively and those
which haven’t. One application of this
process has a 12 month life cycle.
Once treated, Velvet2030 technology
checks pollution and cleanliness
using cloud-based monitors within
a building, constantly reviewing the
location and the air quality within it.
Stakeholders are then alerted if there
are adverse changes to Interior Air Quality (IAQ), via a
bespoke online dashboard. The cleaning regime has
been verified to global best-in-class standards.
Open World Technology Group is already
collaborating with companies including, Campbell
Gray Hospitality, BAM Royal Group to service
Heathrow Airport’s commitment to improve air in
relation to tunnels and structures, and Riverstone
Living Ltd, a revolutionary retirement home
developer in London, who have an emphasis on
quality-of-living using clean air technology.
www.towtg.com info@towg.com
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