Smart solutions to help you
save energy
It's why, in the face of rising costs, we've created the energy saving hub with practical tips, data driven insights and advice to help you tackle rising energy costs and stay energy smart.
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Designing a care home laundry room
Discover how to build a compliant, energy efficient on premises laundry room in a care home.
Watch our video to find out what makes a safe and efficient on-site laundry room and how JLA’s experts can help you plan, install, and maintain it all.
How can the care sector maintain infection control while driving sustainability?
JLA’s Chief Data & Marketing Officer, Christina Larkin shares her thoughts on how care homes can navigate the triple challenge of infection control, rising utility costs, and the drive for greater energy efficiency.
Staying ahead of rising energy bills while guaranteeing disinfection
Lucy Cripwell, discusses how you can keep laundry loads infection-free while keeping energy costs down.
What does a heat pump dryer cost versus gas or electric?
As more of our customers look to reduce their carbon footprints as well as their energy bills, heat pump dryers are becoming a viable alternative to the more traditional electric and gas variants – but do the costs stack up?
Make your care home more sustainable
Christina Larkin, JLA’s Chief Data and Marketing officer, recently featured in a roundtable podcast with Care Home Management and along with other leading industry experts where they discussed:
- How care home owners are responding to the calls to be more sustainable
- The reaction of managers, carers and other stakeholders
- Where clashes may occur, including sustainability versus infection control?
- How sustainability in care homes will evolve over the next few years
Tune in to the podcast now!
Alternative heating systems from JLA
Looking to replace an old boiler? Explore the future of heating with our guide to low-carbon, energy-saving air source heat pumps.
Energy-saving tips for commercial laundry equipment
Commercial laundry energy-saving tips and cost-saving measures you can implement.
Macerator or bedpan washer – which offers the best energy savings?
JLA explore the benefits of using a macerator over a bedpan washer, and how the right choice could enhance care standards, reduce infection risks, and bring you savings.
Reducing carbon emissions with JLA’s SMART electric tumble dryer
With decarbonisation a growing priority, many customers are considering electric alternatives. How do the latest generation of electric dryers stack up?
What’s best: hybrid heating or traditional boiler?
What could you save by switching to a SMART commercial washing machine?
JLA’s SMART 40 washing machine used 33% less electricity than its standard counterpart, saving 0.96 kW of electricity per day. Based on 10 loads in a day, this adds up to a saving of 48p per SMART machine, per wash, or £4.79 per day.
The JLA 40 SMART washing machine used 96.4 litres of water less per day (47%) compared to our standard model, which equates to a 67% decrease in water costs, or a saving of 32 pence every 10 washes.
Versus our standard JLA 40, the JLA 40 SMART washer used much less detergent and softener, delivering 77% and 32% savings. This comes out a 40p pence saving on detergent costs, and a 6p reduction for softener, over 10 washes.
Totted up, the SMART washer’s savings across water, electricity, detergent, and softener resulted in a 48% reduction in the total wash cycle cost, down to just £1.25 per cycle.
Spread these savings across a year, and your care home could save £1,748.50 by making the switch to a SMART washing machine. Across five years, that amounts to an impressive £8,742.48.
Safer air for care homes with air filtration
Discover the importance of air filtration systems for reducing airborne infections in care home environments from our Infection Control expert.
Financial support for care homes
As a care home owner or manager, you’ll know how challenging it can feel to provide high-quality care while balancing your books – especially during the current energy crisis. The good news is that you don’t have to weather this tricky time alone. We’ve pulled together details of some of the financial support and resources that are available.
How is new digital laundry technology streamlining operations for care providers?
JLA’s Chief Technology Officer Robert Ackland discusses the powerful new tools helping care providers improve efficiency in their laundry rooms.
Fox Energy says fuel costs will level out – but not right now
The LCNi summarises the key insights relating to the energy market from the latest Textile Services Association (TSA) Spring Conference.
Care England re-issues gas and electricity tender
Care England has launched the second round of its energy tender for care providers to secure low energy prices from 2023 to 2026.
Assess your care home’s energy efficiency with BRE’s free tool
Looking for help finding and funding energy-saving upgrades to your care home? BRE’s new site offers help finding suppliers, cutting costs and improving your residents’ comfort.
An alternative approach to energy efficient infection control in dementia care
When it comes to minimising operational disruption, infection outbreaks and high energy costs, there’s never been a more urgent time for the sector to innovate and consider its approach to infection control, particularly in more vulnerable dementia care. Discover the benefits of air filtration units for the social care sector.
Simple energy-saving changes you can make today ​
While sustainable technology might offer longer-term solutions to spiking energy costs, smaller changes can still add up to big savings throughout your care home.
Tools & guidance
10 common boiler problems and how to solve them
Your guide to replacing a boiler
Replacing your old boiler could make a positive difference to the energy efficiency of your care home, and reduce your bills as well.
Useful resources
Government advice on help with business energy bills
Care England advise how care providers can navigate energy contracts
Care England share valuable advice on how to review energy contracts effectively. Read more