Virtus have been appointed by Bupa to project manage the refurbishment of a 132 bed care home in Chester. This is our first appointment with Bupa after an extensive prequalification and bidding process. Andrew Ogilvie, Director stated “Our first appointment with Bupa is another milestone for the business in its plan to secure long term […]
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We are continuing to work with our long standing client Cornbury Park to provide power to the South Hill Barns Business Park from solar PV. Virtus Consult have been appointed to optimise the PV Scheme to meet maximum demand with the most cost efficient payback, establish a solution that is acceptable to the planners and […]
Read MoreJan Ponsford presented to five groups of Sixth Form Students at the Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College Careers Fair on Friday 17th June. The event was well attended by 80 industry specialists who gave an insight and advice in careers in their industry. Jan spoke about his own career and the personal attributes as well […]
Read MoreVirtus Consult have been asked to review the potential technical and commercial viability for solar PV in fields at Brize Lodge, including the capital cost of installation and the expected return thereon. The study will aim to identify the outline technical and commercial viability of a number of options for a scheme and to identify […]
Read MoreSupply and Demand: Why We Need a New Energy Trilemma Ian Marchant, former head of SSE and of the Energy Institute, argues that there is a need for a demand side trilemma in addition to the supply conundrum. The biggest energy policy issue facing us is not the so-called energy trilemma but the various perspectives […]
Read MoreBy 2030, more energy will be saved across Europe than the amount of energy consumed deriving from oil, according to an analysis by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). Announcing this project, the European Commission headlined that “energy saving to become the first fuel”. The EC stressed that energy savings should now always be […]
Read MoreEnergy efficiency levels in process industry are expected to continue to improve vastly over the next 33 years, to 2050. A new in depth study, prepared by ICF Consulting, covers anticipated energy usage in eight separate industrial sectors. Between them, the eight sectors account for one-quarter of total UK final energy consumption, covering 98 per […]
Read MoreThe new nuclear fuel production plant that Virtus are project managing in Derby reached another significant milestone with the delivery and installation of the first piece of process plant and equipment. The project is now entering a new phase where construction and process installation works are concurrent, requiring a robust permitting regime to maintain safe […]
Read MoreMore than half of Britain’s population like the idea of building their own home. With that in mind, the notion of creating the largest self-build development at Graven Hill, near Bicester was born. The scheme has been designed to simplify the process and enable people to achieve their dream. The site is big enough to […]
Read MoreSalford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has secured £6.9m of funding to support the development of its energy efficiency programme. The scheme which is set to save the Manchester hospital an estimated £2m per year, will include the installation of a new 2.5MW combined heat and power (CHP) engine, along with a series of energy reduction […]
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