A WATER technology pioneered by a Basing-stoke firm could save businesses up to 30 per cent in energy consumption.

That is according to ESP Energy Management, based in Chineham, which has the UK rights to sell the simple cartridge-type product originally developed in Japan.

Branded as ESP Water Technology, director Steve Hayden has high hopes for the innovative product that helps with the transfer of heat to water. He said: “If you put it into any heating system, whether it is domestic or commercial, over time it should reduce the energy consumption between 20 and 30 per cent.

“It’s a very low-cost product and it contains no chemicals whatsoever – it’s made of a cocktail of volcanic rock and ceramics.”

Explaining how the product works, Steve said: “Everything on the planet is made up of atoms and molecules which vibrate.

“Water in the form we know it is quite turgid – it has tension built into it and a number of impurities. By making the molecules of water resonate or vibrate faster, it makes it more efficient, so a scale can’t form and consequently a sludge won’t form in a heating system.”

Steve explained that there is a theory that with global warming and rising CO2 levels, water has been losing some of its vibrating properties.

“The cocktail turns water back to its original form,” said Steve. “Just by coming into contact with what’s in the cartridges gives you pure H2O.”

Currently, ESP has three heating manufacturers evaluating the product. “We have a UK gas boiler manufacturer, a UK manufacturer that specialises in electric and oil heating products, and a continental biomass boiler manufacturer.”

Steve said the technology has multiple uses.

“We keep on discovering lots of different uses and applications,” said Steve.

“It can be used in anything where the water comes into contact with humans.

“Now I think whilst it’s great for our market – the energy market – for the agricultural market, it is going to be phenomenal.”

Steve said the system makes water more efficient for horticulturalists and farmers.

“This means it reduces the amount of water used and more importantly less fertilizers, chemicals and artificial stimulants,” he said.

A nursery chain and a local arable farming business are currently trialling the technology, as is Reading Football Club, at its training ground.

“So far, we have had very positive feedback,” said an optimistic Steve.

To find out more Steve via his website energysavingpeople.com.