ESA Road Tests – Sorry Enigin, Not Those Kind!
Hello again, when I first started this blogging I reckoned I would be lucky to sit down and do a new entry every couple of weeks or so, and even then only if it was rainy on the weekend, but I’m actually finding it easier than I thought to put a few minutes aside to tap out a few thoughts.
As you know, my main purpose here at Enigin at the moment relates to our status as a Council Member on the ESA, and I have already talked about the work all the Council Members are involved in for the launch of the new website in the New Year. Another good idea that has emerged from a far flung corner of the world has been taking up my time recently.
I have already mentioned in an earlier blog that we are going to be doing monthly product review reports, starting with shedding light (sorry!) on the world of LED. But now we have a new angle. What’s the best way to explain this? OK, after somewhere to live, what is often the most emotive purchase you make, particularly I suppose if you are a male? Yes, your car. If my colleagues at Enigin are anything to go by, this always deserves great attention to detail! So, you read the magazines, search the web, talk to friends and probably test drive a few. But how do you really know that the one you finally settle on will actually be exactly right for you and what you actually need it for? You don’t, not 100%.
Let’s say you need to travel 40 miles per day to work, on your own. Then two nights per week you have to transport your son’s soccer team. Saturdays you like to take the kids, dogs and bikes out to the country and of course there’s the weekly trip to strip the shelves in the supermarket. And of course, you like a bit of power but you are mindful of economy and green credentials. Quite a challenge when choosing just one vehicle. A test drive, even if it’s for a few hours isn’t really going to tell you if that car is going to be the best for all those needs.
How would it be if you could give the overall brief to an expert, let him line up a selection of suitable vehicles test each one for a week, exactly as you would use it, and then give you a detailed report with data and recommendations? No, my Enigin friends, the ESA is not getting into road tests!
Well, not for vehicles (yet), but we are going to do this for energy saving solutions. We’ve picked a typical commercial situation where there are savings to be made, and we are actually going to “road test” all the available solutions on the premises, ending up with a full report, test data and recommendations for that application.
So, two ways of bringing significant product reviews to the members. The LED review as a “laboratory” test and the other (I’m holding back on exactly what it will be) as a true field test.
More soon……
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