House Rescue provides Building Network Operator electrical services for landlords, freeholders, managing agents and commercial property owners across London.
A Building Network Operator is responsible for the electrical distribution equipment between the main intake point and individual meters within a building. This can include risers, switchgear, distribution panels, landlord supplies and communal electrical infrastructure.
Our BNO Services
We can help with:
- BNO audits and inspections
- Visual safety checks
- Thermographic testing
- Distribution equipment records
- Switchgear and panel checks
- Emergency loss-of-supply support
- Minor repairs
- Annual inspection and maintenance
- Liaison with Distribution Network Operators where needed
The term Building Network Operator (BNO) is now firmly associated with electricity supply arrangements for multi- occupied developments. A single shop with a flat above or a high rise block of 200 + apartments now falls into the BNO regime.
So what does ‘BNO’ mean to property developers, builders, electrical contractors, landlords, property management agents, facilities management companies and tenants? It means that the local electricity distribution companies no longer have any interest in the electrical supplies within a building other than their single unmetered intake point. Beyond the intake point there is still a significant amount of electrical equipment to serve each and every residential and commercial metering point within the building.
This represents a fundamental change in who takes responsibility for the continuity and quality of your electricity supplies. Previously any issue or problem ‘before the meter’ was the responsibility of the local electricity distribution company i.e. UK Power Networks , SSE, Western Power Distribution etc. That’s no longer the case. Any such issue ‘after the intake point’ but ‘before the meter’ is now the responsibility of the BNO.
So who is the BNO?
That’s a good question, and one that you need to consider, quickly
The Building Network Operator is the organisation or individual who owns, and is therefore responsible for, this internal electrical distribution equipment that’s serving each and every unit or apartment. Loss of supplies and restoration, safety concerns, damage repair, alterations & extensions etc. are all now the responsibility of the BNO.
