St Paul's Community and Learning Centre (SPCLC) is an independent charity led by volunteers, dedicated to managing the St Paul's Church community centre in Brierley Hill, near Dudley.
When Peter Plant, Treasurer for SPCLC, realised their previous Building Management System (BMS) had become unusable due to the 2 and 3G switch off, he knew he needed to find a replacement system. He told us "I had to teach myself how to do it manually in the boiler room." He had heard about the HeatingSave BMS and when he read more about us, he and the other volunteers were impressed with the features HeatingSave offered. "It sounded better than the old system [we had]" he added.
After the system was installed, Peter immediately noticed a big difference. "We have two boilers, and the old system used to bring on two boilers at the same time. HeatingSave now only brings on one boiler, and if it needs a boost, it will automatically bring the other one on. When that's finished it will go off, so it's more or less working on just one boiler now!"
Peter was also happy with how simple the system was to use and how easy it was to control the system on multiple devices. We asked him about how he found using the system, "Very easy. Better than going into the boiler room and pressing all the buttons! I have HeatingSave on the main desktop, I've got a ThinkPad here as well which it's on, I get it on my iPad when I'm away, and my iPhone." He added "The software is brilliant".
Peter also singled out the HeatingSave HelpDesk for praise. When Peter has had an issue, he was able to quickly and easily get it resolved. "There was something I wanted to find out about, I rang, and he told me straight away."
Finally, we asked Peter if he would recommend HeatingSave to other organisations. His answer was "I would recommend it to anybody!"
Thank you, Peter and the St Paul's Community and Learning Centre.
Customer Information:
St Paul's Community and Learning Centre
Hawbush Road
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 3NL
Charity Number: 1108108
01384 76010
https://dudleyci.co.uk/services/st-pauls-community-and-learning-centre