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Company Announcement: Old UPS Systems: Energy Inefficient Culprits ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’
 
13th September 2010
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Attached please find a press release on: Most organisations attempting to save energy in the face of rising electricity prices will often overlook one of the areas where energy wastage is at its highest - the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system.

"Installed to help overcome power outages and protect against deadly electricity spikes and harmful brownouts, these units are ‘hiding in plain sight' and are some of the worst consumption culprits," says Philip Hampton, chief technology officer at energy consulting company Powermode.

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Philip Hampton, chief technology officer at Powermode
 

Philip Hampton, chief technology officer at Powermode