Pulse and Our Environment

Our environment is changing. Few people, these days, deny that climate change is a reality. The debate has moved on to how to address the challenge of climate change and to try to reduce the damage to our environment. The whole world needs to look seriously at its consumption of energy and its emissions of CO2. The weather is changing, temperatures are rising the need for cooling in the UK, is becoming greater. One of the largest factors responsible for climate change is our use of fossil fuels, which we currently use to power our vehicles, to cook with, to heat our water and houses and also to produce some of our electricity. We must find alternatives to at least some of these uses in order to reduce global emissions of CO2.

One answer is to use heat-pump systems to heat our homes and water, these systems work by harvesting energy, invested by the sun. These systems need a small amount of electrical power to run a compressor, but depending on the system, for each kW of power put in, you get around 4kW of heating or cooling capacity out! These systems which appear to us as 400% efficient, are far better than the most advanced gas-fired boiler. At Pulse we heat our entire projects department using heat pump technology.

At Pulse we endeavour to

• A) conduct our business in an environmentally friendly manner and
  

• B) provide our customers with, and encourage them to look into, environmentally friendly options when investing in new equipment.

Environmental Policy

We will use policies and procedures that will ensure the conservation of natural resources while minimising any adverse environmental impact from our operations, including, but not limited to;

• Compliance with environmental legislation and approved codes of practice in regards to its operations and activities.
• The reduction of travelling by engineers to a minimum by management and planning.
• Offering our customers, on installation jobs, the option of equipment which is environmentally friendly i.e. the use of modern refrigerants, the use of inverter driven condensers and free-cooling systems, wherever possible.
• Ensuring our maintenance customer's H.V.A.C and control systems are maintained to the highest standards, improving efficiency and economy.
• The management and safe handling of refrigerant gases used by our company.

We aim to review our environmental policies and procedures regularly to improve our performance and quality. All employees will be made aware of this policy and their responsibilities for environmental issues.

Pulse Services will maintain and operate a policy to ensure that;

• All waste will be, wherever possible, recycled.
• Products and suppliers will be shown preference for their reduction in environmental impact and conservation.
• A commitment to carry out business electronically, reducing paper usage.
• System controls will be continuously checked reducing fuel usage at the company’s premises and those of our customers.
• We will always seek to purchase products that are environmentally friendly, re-usable, recyclable and that do not damage the environment.
• All plant and equipment, not being used, will be switched off.
• Whenever possible, Pulse Services re-uses incoming packaging materials.

This policy statement is on display at company premises and is made available to the public via our website.