Wilson Energy Limited, one of UK’s leading providers of fully integrated Heating, Metering, Pre-Payment and Billing & Bureau Services for residential homes and commercial developments, is an award-winning local employer dedicated to offering opportunities to give young people a step up in helping them to develop their careers.

A prime example is their most recent young employee, Josh Tooke, 19 years old, who started working for Wilson Energy in February 2021 in the Maintenance & Support department. Josh left college in 2020 and was looking for an opening to develop his skills in business. Josh works in the support team and his role includes arranging appointments for engineers, providing top-ups for residential customers, working onsite with some of the meter reading systems and providing customer quotes for spare parts. Josh says, “The most rewarding part of my job is helping residential customers on a daily basis. I deal with a lot of vulnerable customers, particularly the elderly. These people can be very lonely and sometimes they haven’t spoken to anyone all day so I will make time to have a chat with them and make sure they are okay”.

Andy Wilkinson, CEO, Wilson Energy commented; “Wilson Energy has provided many roles for young people over the years. It Is a project which is close to my heart, I want to be able to give young people the chance to help drive them in the right direction of their career paths. It is particularly difficult for young people right now, to secure positions that will help to develop their professional skills. It is really  rewarding to see many of them who have been successful and gone on to be Directors of companies or to provide them with the confidence to start their own business. As a business, we have also been actively involved with many local schools in the area, providing work experience placements”

If you are interested in opportunities to work with Wilson Energy and think you have what it takes to be a valuable member of the team, please contact Andy Wilkinson, andy@wilsonenergy.co.uk.

Wilson Energy has installed MID billing standard cold-water meters and electricity meters across four sites of nearly 200 residential properties.

Each site was originally for commercial/retail use but have now been converted into 1 and 2 bedroomed apartments, all in city centre locations, bringing life and footfall back into the high street.

Ultrasonic smart water meter, QALCOSONIC W1, is designed for accurate measurement of cold and hot water consumption in households, apartment buildings, and small commercial premises. It is the first ultrasonic water meter with the integrated Narrow-Band-IoT (NB-IoT) technology in Europe.

Together with the single phase direct connected electricity meters, each meter is linked into a dedicated metering data collection platform with central data concentrator that transmits data with actual meter reads to WilSon Energy’s back office. We are now contracted with the property management company to deliver a third-party billing & bureau service to new residents moving in to their new homes.

Our client saved a substantial amount of money by creating a building network operator designed system as opposed to a district network system and was able to complete the project ahead of schedule and sell the properties faster.

In-house assembly of our patented designed HIU sub-frames allows us to offer the client a fast and customised solution for any HIU configuration. When delivered to the construction site, the cabinet is ready for installation according to customer specifications and connection orientation.

Available in two different versions, in-wall and on­wall mounting, for most common system installations, the unit can be supplied for radiator connections and for underfloor heating (UFH). This can be in any combination of; six top, six bottom, three top and three bottom or four top and two bottom etc.

The sub-frame assembly is also available with optional first fix-rail and flushing by-pass valve.

The HIU can then be easily and quickly mounted on to the sub-frame, saving time and installation costs.

For more information, please contact enquiries@wilsonenergy.co.uk

Wilson Energy has secured a contract for Lily House in Wembley, for the supply and commissioning of heat interface units and smart metering systems.

The project has utilised Wilson’s brand new design of the Type 4.1, heat interface units which are both WRAS approved and tested in accordance with the BESA test regime. Chosen for its low return temperature, compact design and easy installation with configurable connections, the unit has a two part lockable front cover and viewing window for the heat energy meter. A first fix installation was carried out by the contractor using a manifold rail and flushing by-pass unit.

The smart metering package provided to the client, includes heat energy meters, cold water meters and electricity meters, which measure the consumption used within each dwelling  and is shown on the consumers ENE3 in-home display unit. The heating and hot water supply will operate on a Pay-As-You-Go basis, which is linked into WilSons’ new multi-lingual billing platform, customer portal and mobile APP.

We are receiving a lot of interest in our Hybrid HIU, particularly for heat pump applications from specifiers and consultants. Our range of heat interface units are evolving to meet this challenge.

In the UK, networks will typically be designed around an output temperature of 45-50 degrees C, which will maximise the COP, minimising both CO2 and
electricity bills. The Hybrid unit works at these low temperatures (or lower, down to 35 degrees C).

Domestic Hot Water presents a particular problem. Although 45 degrees is hot enough for most uses (and building regulations limit tap water temperature to 48 degrees), stored hot water must be at a temperature of at least 60 degrees to kill off legionella. This is commonly achieved by an immersion heater in a domestic hot water tank, which takes up space and pushes up heating bills.

The Hybrid HIU negates storing domestic hot water in a cylinder which is clearly desirable both in energy efficiency terms and saving space, and instantaneous water heating offers one option to top up water heating if required.

With more than 1,000 units deployed and operational in the field, we clearly see many more opportunities in these low temperature networks.