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How to switch to renewable energy
The benefits of generating wind, biomass, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric energy and switching to renewables.
Generating biomass energy and anaerobic digestion
How biomass energy and anaerobic digestion work, and their advantages and disadvantages for your business.
Generating geothermal energy and ground source heat pumps
How geothermal energy and ground source heat pumps work and their advantages and disadvantages for your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of solar energy generation
The pros and cons of solar power, how it works and how to install a solar energy system in Northern Ireland.
Discharging trade effluent
An overview of trade effluent, also known as liquid waste, and how its discharge is controlled and regulated.
Generating our own renewable energy - JH Label Solutions (video)
Keith Hamilton of the James Hamilton Group explains how JH Label Solutions invested in a solar PV energy system.
Reducing and treating your trade effluent
How your business can save money on waste water bills by managing, reducing or treating its trade effluent.
How to avoid unauthorised effluent discharges
How your business can avoid discharging effluent without permission and potentially incurring costly fines.
Do I need consent to discharge trade effluent?
Work out if your business needs a trade effluent consent or agreement before you discharge to the public sewer system.
What is trade effluent?
Examples of what is and isn't trade effluent to help you understand your responsibilities when discharging waste water.
How to identify process inefficiency and waste
How to use tried and tested methods to identify and reduce waste and improve the efficiency of your business' processes.
Continually improve processes to reduce inefficiency and waste
How to review and improve your business processes to continue to reduce wastage on an ongoing basis.
How to use Lean and Six Sigma together
How Lean methods can be used alongside Six Sigma working methods to improve the efficiency of processes.
How to implement process efficiency improvements
Identifying ways of improving process efficiency and reducing waste to increase the profitability of your business.
Get the skills to start a business when unemployed
How find sources of training and support to get the experience and confidence to start your own business.
Finding a business idea when unemployed
Tips and resources to help you to find a successful business idea, concept, product or service to base your business on.
Checking boiler efficiency
Calculating boiler size, checking the boiler efficiency database and information on Energy Performance Certificates.
What is the EU Construction Products Regulation?
Background to the new Northern Ireland CPR rules looking at the EU Construction Products Regulation.
Construction products and the UK(NI) indication
Information on the new UK(NI) marking and when your business needs to use it for construction products.
Placing construction products on the Northern Ireland market
Guidance for businesses placing construction products on the Northern Ireland market and the correct markings to use.