Thomond Park Staduim
Thomond Park Stadium is the home ground of Munster Rugby, one of the most successful and best supported rugby clubs in the world. The famous venue, renowned internationally for its unique history and atmosphere, has been redeveloped and now boasts an increased capacity of 25,600.
“Thomond Park Stadium has experienced over 50% savings in its water consumption through the use of Smart Energy Systems dry urinals and other water saving initiatives at the Stadium. The dry urinals were a good fit with the water conservation programme and have proved very successful. The ease of maintenance and the water savings in the cleaning of the urinals makes this system a very effective water conservation measure.”
-Colm Moran, Thomond Park Stadium, Operations Manager.
The Cliffs of Moher
SES approached the Cliffs of Moher, one of Ireland’s top visitor attractions, in relation to their water consumption on site and prepared a detailed audit on the savings that could be achieved by introducing some of their water saving products.
The suggestions included fitting devices to the taps to reduce the flow, adapting the flushing capacity of the toilets and introducing waterless urinals in the male toilets. A total of 12 new bowls incorporating the Key System were fitted in the centre.
“We are very pleased with the savings we are seeing to date on our BMS (Building Management System) as a result of introducing the water saving initiatives brought to us by Smart Energy Systems. We are very keen to ensure that all efforts are made at the Cliffs to save on our valuable resources. The introduction of the waterless urinals last autumn has seen the most significant savings. Once installed we recorded a reduction of nearly 10m3 (10’000 litres) per day, which is very impressive”
-Greg Davidson, Financial Controller.
University College Cork
University College Cork (UCC) is situated in south-west Ireland and was founded as a Queen’s College in 1845. The college has in excess of 18’000 students with over 3’000 staff. UCC became the first 3rd level educational institution in the world to be accredited with the prestigious international ‘Green Flag’ award in February 2010.
Water Usage Savings of over €100’000 a year have been achieved by UCC over the last 4 years, through the introduction of a water saving techniques.
“The continuous monitoring of water usage has allowed us to identify other areas where savings can be achieved. With the help of SES we are currently targeting the replacement of conventional flushing urinals with a waterless urinal system throughout the campus, with over 200 urinals on site; we see this as an area where sizeable savings can be made. Henry Jefferies, Building and Estates Office”
“This initiative has provided a great forum for environmentally-conscious members of staff and students to assist in how we tackle our environmental responsibilities as a university community.”
-Mark Poland, Director of Building and Estates
Heineken’s Ireland
Heineken’s Ireland, The site of the original Murphy’s Brewery (now the main offices of HEINEKEN in Ireland) combines a long and proud brewing tradition with the most up to date technology and innovative marketing.
“We enlisted the services of SES in 2012 to help show us the best opportunities we had to reduce water consumption around our Brewery Facilities in Cork. Following an audit of the different buildings SES made a number of recommendations on areas of savings. We are now working with SES on implementing these improvements and have already seen a significant reduction in day to day water consumption around the plant. I would highly recommend their services.”
-Peter McBarron, Facilities Manager, Supply Chain, HEINEKEN Ireland
Radisson Blu
Radisson Blu, The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel companies. It has a fantastic portfolio of more than 1,300 hotels in operation and under development, a global footprint covering more than 80 countries and territories and a powerful set of global brands: Radisson Blu, Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson and Hotel Missoni.
“We have been working with SES now for over 2 years on a variety of Water Management Projects. Having had problems with high water consumption in 2011 in our Radisson Blu Hotel in Limerick we were recommended SES by another company. As a result of some Leak Detection Works and the implementation of some water saving products we saw a significant drop on our overall water usage. As a result of this we have used their services in a number of the other Hotels in our group. We are currently working with them on introducing a Waterless Urinal System to all our suitable urinals.”
-Niall Kelly, Regional Purchasing Manager, The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
HSG Zander Ireland
HSG Zander Ireland: Formerly IFMS Limited (Integrated Facilities Management Services). HSG Zander Ireland Limited was established in 1999 as a joint venture between M+W Zander UK Limited and Hardwicke Property Ltd. We were developed as an independent FM services company for the International Financial Service Centre in Dublin. Today, they manage a number of properties and building complexes in the greater Dublin area. Their goal is to build long term relationships with our clients and strengthen them with these innovations.
“SES has completed works on a number of projects on behalf of HSG Zander over the past 3 years. As part of the Summer Works Scheme in 2010 they completed upgrades in all our managed Schools throughout Ireland. They have also completed a variety of Water Management projects in a number of our other commercial buildings. SES have also completed and managed a number of other projects on our behalf, including, CCTV Surveying, Drain Cleaning, Bund Cleaning, Water Main Replacement, Sub Metering, etc… We are very pleased with the services provided by SES and would highly recommend them.”
-Abeania Higgins, Contracts Manager, HSG Zander Ireland Limited
Searsons & the Old Orchard Inn
Searsons & the Old Orchard Inn: Famous Dublin publican Charlie Chawke installed the Smart Waterless Urinal in two of his most iconic pubs, Searsons and The Old Orchard Inn.
“I’m very happy with the Smart Waterless Urinal system and the saving are great, especially in these hard times. I will definitely be rolling the systems out in our other pubs”
– Mr. Chawke.
Brian McCarthy Contractors
Brian McCarthy Contractors is an international construction company with offices in the UK, Poland and Ireland.
“We recently had some issues with water leaks on one of our larger Housing Estates, where we had to call on the services of SES. The guys came on site and located two major leaks within a few hours. We were very pleased with their works and as a result have introduced them to other clients of ours with similar water loss problems.”
-Pat O’Neill, Site Foreman, Brian McCarthy, Contractors, Ennis
J. V. Tierney & Company Ltd
J. V. Tierney & Company Ltd, Operate as Consulting Engineers for Building Services, Sustainable Design Specialists and Project Managers in the Construction Industry.
“I have used the services of SES on behalf of a couple of clients to date, notably a large Hospital and a School. I found the guys very experienced in the area of water management and leak detection and will be using them for any water management projects we have in the future.”
– Andrew Mulhall, JV Tierney Consultants, Dublin
Leahy & Conway Architects
Leahy & Conway Architects was founded in 1986 and offer professional design services to domestic and commercial projects throughout the west of Ireland.
“A client of ours (Secondary School) contacted us recently in relation to a suspected leak within the school grounds, upon a quick survey of the School I identified water leaking through an outside retaining wall of the School. I therefore suspected the leak to be outside. To help confirm this prior to digging I called on SES to verify my suspicions.
As it turns out the leak was actually within the school under the floor as detected by the guys from SES using gas. I am glad I contacted SES on this occasion and will ensure I do so in the future when it comes to water leaks.”
– Michael Leahy, Leahy Conway Architects, Ennis
St Anne’s Community School
St Anne’s Community School Having received a large bill from Clare County Council for our Water Consumption earlier this year, we call on SES Ltd to investigate our premises. Following a survey of the grounds and introducing a sluice valve to divide the Schools supply in half they isolated one water leak and repaired another. Following on from this we have acquired the services of SES to introduce water saving products into our school, including; Water Saving Push Taps, Aerators, Toilet Restrictors and Urinal Controls throughout the school.
“This work along with the repaired leaks has reduced our consumption extraordinarily. We would like to thank SES for all there help over the last 12 months.”
-Caroline Lodge, School Principal, St Anne’s Community School, Ennis
Hotel Doolan
“As part of our initiative to reduce our utility bills within the Hotel, we called on SES. As a result of installing there water saving products, including there shower heads, aerators, and urinal controls, we have seen a dramatic drop in our overall water consumption.This in turn has resulted in savings on our water bills and also savings on our heating bills as a result of using less hot water. I would highly recommend Smart Energy Systems products and services, and I have already passed on there details to colleagues in the hospitality sector”.
-Isabel Browne, Financial manager, Hotel Doolin, Doolin, County Clare
Harbour Hotel
“We have introduced SES Water Conservation showerheads into our hotel bedrooms and have installed their Smart Water Saving Tap Aerators into our bedroom taps. The fact that we were able to install their products ourselves so quickly and easily made it an easy decision straight off. We have seen a 60% reduction in our showerhead water consumption based on our old consumption rate of 18 litres/minute. We were delighted with the products supplied by Smart Energy Systems and would recommended them to other hotels as a result.”
– Geoff Kinsella, General Manager, The Harbour Hotel, New Dock Road, Galway
ESB
“Having had problems with unaccounted for water loss for a number of months, we called on the services of SES Ltd. Following an initial meeting the guys from SES set about surveying the pipe network.Within a few hours they had surveyed the pipe and identified and verified the suspect area.We carried out the dig in house, and I am happy to say the guys from SES Ltd were spot on. There were 3 leaks in close succession exactly where they marked. I would highly recommend SES Ltd, when it comes to Leak Detection.”
– Joe Fitzgerald, Environmental Coordinator, ESB Power Station, Ardnacrusha
St Senans School
“Following a letter from the Clare County Council advising us of high water usage. We called on SES to help us get to the bottom of the problems. They in turn did exactly that identifying a substantial leak underground in the yard of the School. Along with locating and fixing the leak in less than a day, they also advised us on how to reduce our consumption within the school and they helped in getting the council to install a new meter at the entrance to the school. We could not recommend SES highly enough and as a result we have had know hesitations in recommending them to other Schools in the locality.”
– Sally O’Neill, Principal, St Senans School, Shannon.
The George Boutique Hotel
“As part of our initiative to save water, we have introduced a number of SES Water Conservation products in all of our Hotel Bedrooms. We have also installed their Smart Waterless Urinal System into all of our existing Urinal Bowls. Along with saving over 100’000 litres of water per urinal, the fact that they were able to retrofit their waterless adaptors into our existing urinals, made it an easy decision straight off. We were delighted with the products supplied by SES and have recommended them to other Hotels as a result.”
-Altaf Khan, General Manager, The George Hotel, Limerick.
Colaiste Mhuire
“With the reintroduction of Metered Water Charges, we called on Smart Energy Systems to hep us reduce our water charges. In addition to installing Water Saving Push Taps, Aerators and Toilet Restrictors throughout the school, they also carried out a leak detection survey of all the school pipework.
As a result of this they located and repaired 3 water leaks within the school. The combined loss of these leaks was 700 litres an hour. We would highly recommend SES Services and Products.”
– Jean Pound, School Principal, Colaiste Mhuire, Ennis
Element Six
Element Six, Shannon, have had issues with leaks that had gone undetected for a number of years. Despite the attempts of several service providers the leaks were not located.
While on site our team surveyed all the water mains and located the leaks, one of the leaks was losing an estimated 67 m3 a day or (46.5 LPM), which is enough water to fill a swimming pool every week.
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