Ken Heaton, Energy Manager for MITIE Managed Services has recently been named by the Energy Institute (EI) as the winner of the Nemex Energy Manager of the Year, 2007. The annual awards are judged by the EI and were recently presented at the Industry Achievements Awards dinner, held during the Nemex annual national energy management conference and exhibition.
Commenting on his award Ken said, “I would not have won this award without the help and support of many other people, it has been a team effort and I am extremely proud to win on behalf of everyone at MITIE, who has supported me in delivering savings to our customers and attacking climate change.”
MITIE staff, involved in delivering facilities management services, have recently been involved in a number of initiatives to support clients and their partners in the area of energy efficiency and awareness. With a growing pressure on organisations to reduce their carbon footprint and support the achievement of the country’s tough climate change targets, the issue of sustainability involved in working with buildings is now firmly on the agenda across a variety of sectors.
In particular, MITIE staff recently supported a range of energy awareness and sustainability initiatives being undertaken within a number of schools across the UK, as part of the organisation’s commitment to sustainability.
Ken Heaton has been working over the last year with Castle Vale School in Birmingham, to help them in their drive to become more sustainable and energy efficient. The project was filmed by Teachers TV, for a series of ‘Going Green’ programmes aimed at developing energy awareness and sustainability across the education sector.
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Editor’s notes
MITIE Group PLC
MITIE is one of the UK’s leading support services companies, delivering facilities, engineering and property services to more than 6,000 public and private sector clients. It is also one of the UK’s largest employers with over 45,000 people supporting customers every day.
MITIE provides all of the facilities services that organisations may wish to outsource including Catering, Cleaning, Document Management, Front of House Services, Energy Services, Engineering Maintenance, Facilities Management, Landscaping, Grounds Maintenance, Pest Control, Security and Waste and Environmental Services. MITIE also offers engineering and property services, improving buildings for its customers by providing Building Refurbishment, Fit-Out and Maintenance Services, together with Mechanical & Electrical Engineering.
MITIE’s unique share ownership ethos ‘Management Incentive Through Investment Equity’ (MITIE) encourages our employees to focus on what our customers want. MITIE’s success in delivering sustainable growth, through responsible and proactive engagement with stakeholders, has enabled the Group to become a FTSE 250 company, achieving annual revenues of over £1.2bn.
MITIE Managed Services is the MITIE Group’s Facilities Management (FM) arm and provides bespoke FM solutions for a wide range of clients throughout the UK including; the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Communities and Local Government (formerly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister), T-Mobile, AGFA and TfL.
Teachers interested in this initiative can find further information on the Castle Vale Primary Initiative, by visiting the following web links, located at www.teachers.tv: http://www.teachers.tv/video/12080, http://www.teachers.tv/video/12079, http://www.teachers.tv/video/12078