And The Votes Have Been Counted…….!

Aug. 4, 2008 - PRLog -- These are being introduced to comply with the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Half of the UK’s energy consumption arises from heating and lighting buildings - EPCs are designed to encourage higher levels of energy efficiency.

Efficiency is much more than just switching off the lights at the end of the day. The machines and equipment in a workplace all have an impact on its EPC rating.

Mars Drinks (http://www.marsdrinks.co.uk/index.asp) aims to make efficient business practices simple and accessible for our customers, and we therefore design our drink vending machines with this in mind. But don’t just take our word for it – we have recently been working with an independent energy testing company to compare the energy efficiency of our FLAVIA Creation 400™ and KLIX OUTLOOK™ drink vending machines against the leading market competitors.

And a drum roll please… the FLAVIA results are now in, and have so far revealed three exciting facts…

* The FLAVIA Creation 400™ is more energy efficient than the leading single serve competitor. In fact, tests revealed the leading competitor in single serve uses 26% more energy.
* The FLAVIA Creation 400™ is 17% more energy efficient than the average result for the leading bean to cup machines tested.
* In 'Standby' mode, the FLAVIA Creation 400™ outperforms all of the leading table-top freshbrew office coffee machines tested.

So how have we done this?

We’ve invested resources into our vending machines: 20% of our research and development budget is focused on delivering sustainable products to our customers. So the new FLAVIA Creation 400 (http://www.marsdrinks.com/mars-drinks/en/Sustainability/Y...)  incorporates the latest ‘smart’ technologies: such as, LED Diodes; electronically controlled heating; and efficient water tanks – all of which are designed to make a real difference.

The KLIX (http://www.klix.com/klix/en-GB/Productsandsolutions/Vendi...) results are due in soon – so watch this space…….