Mitsubishi helps automate fashion house Per Una

Fashion company Per Una has proven that it is possible to enjoy runaway commercial success whilst simultaneously making major strides to curtail carbon emissions.

As one of Marks & Spencer’s premier clothing suppliers, Per Una is at the forefront of the most ambitious plan to protect the environment yet published by a nationally renowned company. One of the main planks of the M&S strategy is to reduce the carbon footprint at every stage of the process, from design through manufacture and distribution to retail.

Per Una is doing its bit by reducing the energy consumption of its building management systems at all its UK sites. In fact the control systems it is installing will each be able to communicate with a master controller at its main design studio in the Cotswolds. This way energy performances can be monitored and optimum levels identified so that best in class standards are always maintained.

The Cotswold studio, in the village of Brockley, is less than 10 years old, but its control systems had to be upgraded because the building originally designed for 40 occupants had been expanded to house over 100 bright young fashionistas.