News Archive - August 2019
BSRIA discusses globalisation
28 August 2019
In the last of its series of four ‘megatrends’ white papers, BSRIA explores one of the defining issues of our age, one that affects almost every aspect of life and business, and one which is already having a big impact on Building Services across ...
JS Air Curtains celebrates 20 years
28 August 2019
Having been founded in 1999, JS Air Curtains is celebrating two decades of preventing doorway draughts across the UK. The West Sussex based air curtain specialist is still located at its original head office in Rustington, but has grown from having ...
HPA welcomes warning report of net-zero target shortfall
28 August 2019
The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has welcomed a new report from the Science and Technology Committee, which warns that the UK is in danger of missing its net-zero emissions targets....
Save with ECEX's new AHU guide
28 August 2019
ECEX has published a guide to air handling unit (AHU) refurbishment to help customers save money and energy....
IGEM responds to report on clean growth policies
28 August 2019
The Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) has echoed a Science and Technology Committee report stating the UK will be unable to meet its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 without “urgent action.”...
Daikin apprentice represents UK at WorldSkills
28 August 2019
Daikin UK apprentice, Orlando Rawlings, has represented the UK at WorldSkills LIVE in Kazan Russia....
Updates to heat network regulations to be announced
28 August 2019
Changes to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations and compliance best practice will be discussed at Switch2 Energy's autumn breakfast seminar series. The first free event will take place in Central London on Thursday 26 September, in ...
Warning to new business department team of a upcoming "perfect storm"
28 August 2019
The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group – representing the largest sector in UK construction – has written to the secretary of state for BEIS, Andrea Leadsom MP, and new construction minister, Nadhim Zahawi MP, to prioritise action on ...
Wilo appoints new managing director
21 August 2019
Wilo UK has announced the appointment of its new managing director, Lee Tebbatt....
Xylem supports operation to make Whaley Bridge dam safe
21 August 2019
A major disaster was narrowly averted in an operation to prevent the collapse of the dam wall at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge. Xylem Water Solutions UK provided pumps to drain the water and its rapid engineering response ensured a successful ...
Envirovent’s CPD secures approval
21 August 2019
EnviroVent, the ventilation manufacturer, has obtained approved from RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) for its CPD (Continuous Professional Development) course: Ventilation Strategies & Best Practice Compliance....
A1 Flues appoints new managing director
21 August 2019
John Hamnett has been appointed the new managing director of A1 Flue Systems. He succeeds Colin Moir, who founded the company in 1973, as managing director....
Fabdec collaboration with Aecom
21 August 2019
Fabdec has held a technical training day for public health engineers from global infrastructure services firm Aecom to foster industry collaboration and share best practice....
SBS celebrating success
15 August 2019
Smith Brothers Stores recently held an event to celebrate its staff and the roll they play in businesses success. The event took place at the East Midlands Conference Centre on the June 29....
Rinnai celebrates centenary
15 August 2019
Rinnai is globally celebrating its first 100 years of manufacture by serving its customers with a three-year period of planned anniversary related events to connect to the start of the company’s next centenary....
University of Birmingham and ISA heat things up
15 August 2019
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the University of Birmingham are working together to help farmers in ‘sun-rich’ countries make the most of chilled food distribution systems powered by solar and solar-hybrid solutions....
NAPIT takes on Stroma Installer Certification
15 August 2019
NAPIT has acquired Stroma’s Installer Certification Limited. The acquisition will result in NAPIT taking over and operating the Stroma installer activities in the building services and building fabric sectors....
MP visits Wavin Factory
15 August 2019
Wavin welcomed local MP Michelle Donelan to its Chippenham site this week, where it shared progress on its ongoing investment in the manufacturing facility and commitment to the local economy....
Switch2 Energy celebrates success with Fife Council
15 August 2019
Switch2 Energy is celebrating double success following seven contract wins from the Fife Council Heat Metering & Billing Services Framework, along with news that it has been approved to supply an extended range of heat network services and ...
Viessmann scores hat trick at Huddersfield Town
15 August 2019
Viessmann has extended its sponsorship of Huddersfield Town Football Club for the 2019/20 season....
Engineering services cautiously optimistic
15 August 2019
A recent sector-wide Building Engineering Business Survey shows that sector growth remained steady in the second quarter of 2019 in the face of rising costs and persistent payment issues....
Expansion of UK renewables manufacturer to create over 150 new jobs
15 August 2019
Kensa Heat Pumps has commenced construction of a new 900m2 manufacturing and office facility on its current site at the former Mount Wellington Mine in Cornwall....
BESA calls to delay VAT changes
15 August 2019
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) joined with key industry bodies, collectively representing thousands of construction companies, in a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, calling on the government to delay the ...
Airedale TurboChill included on ETL
07 August 2019
Airedale International announces that its TurboChill Spray evaporator range of chillers, with R1234ze refrigerant, has been included on the government issued Energy Technology List (ETL)....
BESA aims to turn theory into practice
07 August 2019
This year’s BESA National Conference will take place at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London on 21 November....
ECO3 will cost installers and consumers greatly
06 August 2019
The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) warn that the proposals in the government consultation for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO3) threaten the livelihoods of thousands of heating and plumbing businesses....
ECEX awarded new ISO standards
06 August 2019
ECEX has achieved two significant ISO standards to further strengthen its environmental and health and safety management processes - ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018....
Government must be ambitious with fire safety plans
05 August 2019
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the Government’s Building a Safer Future consultation and called for a series of tough new legislative measures as part of its response....
Vokèra by Riello opens new showroom
05 August 2019
Vokèra by Riello has opened a new showroom in the training centre at its head office in London Colney....
101-year-old takes out 10-year warranty
05 August 2019
A 101-year-old Ravenshead resident who was wounded twice during the Second World War, has taken out a 10-year warranty on his new Viessmann Vitodens 100-W combi 35 kW boiler. “I plan to see it through!" says D-Day veteran, Donald Sutton....
Vent Hygiene CRO cards set to close
02 August 2019
SKILLcard has announced that the Construction Related Occupation (CRO) cards for Vent Hygiene Specialist, Ductwork Cleaning Specialist and Kitchen Grease Extract Operative will close on November 1, 2019...
New BESA board members elected
02 August 2019
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced that Claire Curran and Bob Lane have been elected to the BESA Board....
New technical director for NICEIC & ELECSA
01 August 2019
John O’Neill has been appointed director of technical excellence at Certsure (NICEIC & ELECSA)....