Gaining interest from attendees and exhibitors alike, ENERGicloud’s Ec-EXPO [a bespoke virtual exhibition] allows service providers, consultants and suppliers to showcase their products and services in a dynamic way using the latest online media tools – a far cry from the staid directory listings commonly found online. In addition several new and exciting features soon to be released in ENERGicloud2.0 were outlined in a roadmap for even greater collaboration and ease of use for its members.

These useful additions highlight ENERGicloud’s continuing development and drive to provide the UK’s leading FREE Business Energy best practice and collaboration network for the industry.

Key to this future is ENERGicloud’s integration with portable devices, so the prize of a Google Android Tablet in the Draw was appropriately chosen to emphasise ENERGicloud’s support and compatibility for emerging technologies.

Entries for the Prize Draw closed at the end of the NEMEX exhibition, and we are delighted to announce that the lucky winner is:

Tim Taylor, Environmental Manager, Ricoh UK Ltd.

We hope that like so many others who visited our stand during the exhibition Tim will continue to make good use of the increasing benefits and facilities ENERGicloud provides for its growing business energy community.

For further information please contact Sheila Miller on 0117 986 0065. sheila.milller@energicloud.com

In keeping with the online age, a free prize draw for a portable weatherproof HD video camera (a Kodak Zx1, with 4GB SD card) which can integrate movies with your PC and upload to YouTube™ gained interest from would-be movie makers.

The final deadline for entries was at the close of the event, and the winner drawn at random yesterday by an independent third party.
We are now delighted to announce that the winner is:

David Woodward, Assistant Director, BRP, Barnardo’s.

So congratulations to David! We hope he will have an exciting time capturing and sharing some of life’s unmissable moments.

The rest of us can instead enjoy what ENERGicloud’s Ec-EXPO exhibitors are providing for our visual and aural delight, as video integration becomes part of our online virtual exhibition.

Right on cue to meet these needs is ENERGicloud – a business energy networking platform and information exchange providing the opportunity to embrace external collaboration across the energy supply chain. With Groups, Forums, Documents, Messaging and RSS feeds, the ability to discuss and progress policy formation and delivery has never been easier.

Committees and working groups can achieve not only joined-up thinking but also joined-up participation and progress. Information can be exchanged in real time across the whole group, with latest revisions posted for all to view.

This way of working will assist those administering as well as those participating, as one accessible place is created for the project. ENERGicloud negates the time-consuming need to sift through emails, papers, or filing systems to get to the right information.

In addition group work can take on a wider remit as the onsite community grows, providing a higher profile amongst peers.

Groups can be set up as both public and private to allow full control of access rights to allow the information to be discussed with the right stakeholders.

The Social Media revolution is upon us, and embracing it for corporate benefit and collaboration is undoubtedly the way ahead, because 21st Century Energy Matters.

For anyone trying to juggle these increasingly difficult and multiple roles (often with impossibly limited budgets) whilst also meeting current CRC data collection/reporting requirements and coping with insecurity of supply, volatile prices, CSR, environmental issues, credit risk insurance, and carbon trading, etc., ENERGicloud delivers a comprehensive and much-needed user-driven resource. The site also boasts newsfeeds, newswires, directories, and events.

“Energy Policy affects the whole industry, yet communication and collaboration across sectors is poor,” explained Director Robin Hale. “ENERGicloud is designed to bring together individuals, groups and organisations within the whole supply chain – from consumers to suppliers, consultants to lawyers, technology specialists to government officials, and infrastructure specialists to local authorities.”

“In such a complicated and volatile market a ‘silo’ mentality will not win the day,” said Mr Hale. “By allowing professionals from all sides of the industry to come together to make contacts, post forum topics and newswires, contribute articles and/or questions for posting, and vote on key topics, ENERGicloud facilitates valuable interaction between and within sectors, communities, and organisations.”

The UK’s only independent and fully inclusive energy site, ENERGicloud enables users to enjoy the benefits of a secure, multi-tier energy platform, and provides a unique opportunity to discuss, question, advise, interact and collaborate with other energy professionals ‘at the sharp end’ by sharing knowledge and experience to maximise performance.

Elaborating further, Mr Hale went on to say, ”ENERGicloud’s ‘Group’ function enables key topics within groups to be expanded to form second-tier groups – either public groups, or private groups with specific/invited members, providing uniquely targeted segmentation within the ‘cloud’ structure whilst still embracing the whole industry.”

For ENERGicloud the sky is indeed the limit; the multi-tiered cloud structure ensures infinite potential for it to evolve to encompass all issues within the ever-changing business energy community.

ENERGicloud: MAKING THE NET WORK FOR YOU – EXPLORE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENJOY!

Talking up a storm, ENERGicloud’s Director, Robin Hale discussed the forward-thinking ‘cloud’ structure and formation of services and benefits with event attendees, exhibitors and conference organisers.

‘Energy Policy affects the whole industry yet communication and collaboration across sectors is poor. ENERGicloud’s structure brings together disparate views, debate, contributions and services, allowing for interaction between sectors to take place whilst at the same time embracing sector communities and organisations’.

‘Encompassing the whole industry, ENERGicloud’s approach to Groups, Blogs, Members, Directory and Forums makes it an ideal networking opportunity for Energy Purchasers, Consultants, Technology Specialists, Environmental Managers, Finance Officers and Key Account Managers’.

‘ENERGicloud’s Groups function, allows individuals from all sides of the industry to sign up, make contacts, post forum topics and submit articles for blog posting. Key topics within groups can then be expanded upon and a second-tier group with specific members can be formed. This provides targeted segmentation within the ‘cloud’ structure whilst catering for the wider community.

The variety of topics debated at The Energy Event’s many conferences and seminars held over the two days served to further highlight the growing need for an inclusive open forum and network to continue discussion, keep up-to-date with developments and suggest ways to proceed.

If you are part of an internal team and would like to beta test ENERGicloud’s private group function which allows you to control member access and viewing rights, email info@energicloud.com.

For further information visit: energicloud.com/about

YOUR NETWORK THE WAY YOU WANT IT – EXPLORE, CONTRIBUTE AND ENJOY!

ENERGicloud a social networking site for those working in the energy industry is now ready to be moulded into shape by those who matter – energy professionals.

Created to bridge the gap between individuals, groups and organisations in the energy industry, ENERGicloud provides a solution for better dialogue, collaboration and depth of knowledge. With dedicated blogs, groups and forums our aim is to become the virtual home for the sharing of energy, environmental and carbon information.

Providing FREE registration to the public areas of the site there is no longer a barrier to getting involved in the debate or making contacts in your field.

ENERGicloud is an inclusive site and welcomes the whole supply chain from consumers to suppliers, consultants to lawyers, technology specialists to government officials and from infrastructure specialists to local authorities.

ENERGicloud is not here to compete with other information organisations but instead will embrace them to add their weight to the discussions. We are here to provide communication for the whole industry, and now it’s up to the industry to accept this challenge.

For further information contact:
Robin Hale, Director – ENERGicloud ( robin.hale@energicloud.com )