Enigin Stories

At Home Olympics

Written by Madeleine Whittaker

With longer days and colder weather we need more entertaining indoors. Many people have gotten into the habit of watching TV, playing computer games, and generally not communicating with others. So why not try something different this winter.

It is a time when energy costs can rise through heating and lighting, rather than cooling. At Enigin we are concerned with saving energy summer and winter and out technology reflects that view. We have ideal energy saving solutions for commerce and industry, but for now I am thinking of warm, dark winter nights indoors at home.

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Local is Best

By Madeleine Whittaker

A lot of people are keeping it local nowadays. Whether it is holidays, trips out or even food. Locally produced, especially organic, food is what people are after. Farmers markets, local produce and locally grown is becoming all the rage.

You can even do it yourself! Yesterday we went for a lovely country walk, straight from our house, down by the river and picked blackberries for a homemade crumble! It was a very pleasant afternoon spent, coming home with tubs full of blackberries and purple fingers! But it was so satisfying knowing that we had spent the time in the fresh air picking this lovely fruit for our dessert ourselves.

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Save Energy - Stay Home

By Madeleine Whittaker

This year many people are taking vacations at home. There are so many things to do in and around our localities which we could all make more use of.

Whether it is travelling to a holiday nearby for perhaps a camping holiday, or a small break in a hotel. The time and energy this can save us all makes a holiday so much more relaxing and enjoyable.

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Just Fly Away

Well we are half away through summer. Here in the UK we have had the World Cup and Wimbledon, they have come and gone, with no winner from the UK, of course.

But now summer holidays have begun. Children are out and about on their bikes, playing around the houses. Parents taking time off work to spend with their children, taking them out on day trips with many people going of on their summer holidays to exotic places.

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It is just too awful

Well the mood here at Enigin Plc wasn’t too cheery this morning. Here in the UK we had a wonderful, hot summers weekend. People enjoyed the beach, bbqs, sun and being with friends. What they didn’t enjoy was the shambles that was the last England game of the World Cup 2010.

There are constant news flashes coming up all day today speculating at reasons for such an awful defeat, the shocking disallowing of the 2nd England goal, whether the coach Fabio Cappello will leave. And most people ask “did you see it” and quickly follow the question with “I don’t want to talk about it”. And yet we all still do, its impossible not to.

Hard not to go over how bad it was, how embarrassing it was, how the England players appeared to not be bothered at their shocking defeat. But then didn’t we all know it would end like this? It always does.

So I think now its time to move on, quickly and surely. Get past is, forget about it and enjoy the rest of the summer. And maybe even the possibility of winning at Wimbledon instead! Who knows, we have to get somewhere, at some point surely.

Enigin’s Summer is here - the World Cup has started!

It has begun! The World Cup is in full swing. Flags are flying all over England, football shirts are the new summer clothing, and World Cup parties are this summers BBQs.

How is everyone finding it? As many will know, here in England tension is running high. With less then 48 hours to go until the deciding match, everyone I think is fearing the worst.

I really hate to admit it but I just have lost so much faith that I keep telling myself what I know deep down to be true, Wednesday will be it for England. I have got to a point where I realise there is no point in even hoping, or telling myself “come on they can do it!”. Because quite frankly, I am not so sure they can.

What about everyone else though? There really have been some shockers. Nearly every day there has been a team/country who has come out on top when no one expected it, and really, I think it is brilliant. It is so great to see teams who tend to get brushed off, being the ones to beat the teams who are expected to do well.

This week will truly make for an interesting world cup 2010! Honestly cannot wait to see what happens.

2010 NEW YEAR AT ENIGIN

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ENIGIN OBSERVES A SURGE!

Here at Enigin we are very well placed to have a panoramic view over the rooftops of St Austell.  Being high on the hill which then decends into the town of St Austell we benefit from the fantastic scenic view of the sea in the Spring, Summer and Autumn to the magic lights of the town in the dark Winter months.  At Enigin we proudly inform, help and assist in the conservation of energy and cost savings related to that field, but all caution goes to the wind at this time of year when the Festive season is upon us.  Where normal sane and rational people, who would, as a rule, look for anyway to save money now quite blatently throw it away.  But this is of course not frowned upon but greeted with awe and wonderment, yes these people are the ones who each year go that one step further adding one illuminating feature after another to light up their houses for Christmas.  They will go to any lengths to outdo their neighbours and have the everyday man, woman, child and dog in the street stand and marvel at their quite magnificent spectacle which is quite frankly likely to be in the worst taste possible.  When did illuminating trains and inflatable Bart Simpsons become festive?  I seriously have missed a page or two in the whole meaning of ‘and they followed the brightest star that led them to….’ well quite obviously no 32 in my street if their display is anything to go by.  They proudly stand surveying their magnificent array of lights leaving them to dazzle at night and blind motorists coming down the street, but also during the day to help  glare in the Bus Drivers windows.  The cost of keeping these bulbs aglow is  of no consequence to the main showman who will stand proudly by while his electric meter greedily eats into his New Year bill getting fatter by the second.  Please dont for minute think I am a ‘Bah humbug’ type of person, nothing could be further from the truth, but I would like to think I have a modicom of taste and sense.  Taste in that a decorative tree decked with sufficient lights to glow not to bring down the national grid, and sense to know I will be able to afford my next electric bill.  But dont be disheartned all you people loving your public christmas displays, dont feel too bad that Santa cant park his sleigh on your roof because you already have your inflatable santa in situ and 700 lights blowing your energy ‘thru the roof’ we will always be here doing our bit to help save energy and secure a cheaper fuel bill for anyone that wants this on their wish list from Santa?

ENIGIN SHINES!

I can hardly believe Cornwall is in the grip of winter as the sunshine is streaming into the Enigin Offices.  Enigin Reception is superbly placed to take full advantage of any natural light and sunshine the elements may bestow upon us.  Surrounded by large glass windows, our open plan reception plays host to the many who visit our offices, where they are greeted by the magnificent 50″ televisual display that has become a star celebrity in its own right.  Whilst I happily greet all visitors to Enigin their eyes constantly transfixed on the colourful and informative Enigin display which has now become a paparazzi feature.   Our many partners and distributors have rarely left their training week without taking souvenir shots of our ‘Enigin Celebrity’.  I can only image how ‘A’ list celebrities must feel, i.e. Madonna and Beckham at being paprazzied wherever they go and finding it an intrusion and annoyance.  Where as our  ’Celebrity’ continues to always looks its best, never complains, and never uses large amounts of energy to show its worth.  In fact Saving Energy is where it Shines!

ENIGIN HELP CHARITY IN NEED

I can hardly believe another week has flown by, this time last week was ‘Children in Need’ and Terry Wogan, Pudsey and his gang were pleading with us to ‘give give give’.  Well unbeknown to the world of media I was in fact hosting my own Charity evening trying to raise funds towards a development much closer to home here in St Austell Cornwall. The building of a Childrens Hospice, where building is due to start in 2010.  So with that in mind I asked the Directors of Enigin if a donation to my event would be in order.  Well the Enigin Generosity came to the fore and I was thrilled that the Directors wanted to help with the ongoing support of the Hospice by offering to not only give an Eniscope, but install it, maintain it for a year, plus train and support someone to fully understand and utilise the energy savings this will undoubtably bring to the running costs of the Hospice.  Thank you seems inadequate for such a generous gift, not the gift of money, but the gift to save money, not just a gift, but an Enigin legacy for which money indeed cannot buy.  For the £700.00 I raised they were always going to need toilet rolls!