Nick Whitwell, the MD of Keston boilers was one of six workers from the building services industry, who reached the summit of Kilimanjaro, raising more than £33,000 for charity.
Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell today published his interim findings which puts forward proposals to help the construction industry deliver the UK's low carbon reduction commitments.
The building services engineering sector is to benefit from a national skills academy for green technology skills, after SummitSkills secured £3m government funding for a new training school.
Eagaheat Electrical Services has become a member of the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) and has saved around £15k per year by transferring its Part P notifications to ELECSA.
While politicians and experts debate the perceived pros and cons of notional big hitters in the banking sector receiving bonuses, spare a thought for workers at the other end of the pay scale, insists Fergal Dowling, head of employment law at Irwin Mitchell.
Gas safety testing has become overly complicated and puts too much of a burden on employers, according to Bob Towse, head of technical and safety at the HVCA, who welcomes the imminent review of the ACS testing regime.
Nigel Huggins, managing director of Tour & Andersson, is driven. He wants the company to be the market leader in balancing valves in the UK and Middle East and he will not rest even when that happens. There is still more to do, to grow organically and by acquisition.
Mark Gledhill, director of Huddersfield-based Crowther & Shaw, talks to Paul Braithwaite about satisified customers who make up a vast client base which gives the company the stability from which it can grow and prosper.
Jeff Learman, director of stakeholder relations at Gas Safe Register, asks the very blunt question: who is better served in their home when it comes to gas safety – an owner-occupier or a social housing tenant?
S & P Coil Products Limited (SPC) have introduced a revolutionary Peltier heater to complement the MINIB range of trench and floor standing heaters. The new Peltier units are perimeter convectors which use the heat energy stored within the circulating fluid to power an integral fan. In such a way significantly more air is blown across the heat exchanger than would be available to conventional natural buoyancy convectors.
A new and innovative concept in domestic ventilation developed by Passivent Ltd is promising savings of 55% in electrical energy, 39% in lifetime costs and cuts carbon emissions over alternative, mechanical solutions.
Class O Armaflex engineered foam insulation materials, including sheets, tubes and coils are now supplied with built-in anti-microbial protection providing continuous and lifelong protection against the proliferation of potentially infectious agents.
The Daikin Altherma High Temperature (HT) heat pump has received two prestigious Rushlight 2009 Awards, which were presented at a gala dinner, held on 28 January, following The Rushlight Clean Technologies Show at London's Royal National Hall. Daikin won the Ground and Air Source Power Award and also the Rushlight Natural Energy Award, in appreciation of "the most significant overall contribution to renewable energy technology during 2009."
Underwriting their reputation is the caring company in the chimney accessory and flue sector, Specflue is delighted to announce exclusive distributorship to the trade of the quality range of audible FireAngel carbon monoxide (CO) alarms.
Ventilation ductwork specialist, Senior Hargreaves, is commencing work on a major contract at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria that will run into 2012. The Separation Area Ventilation (SAV) project involves the replacement of legacy ventilation systems, the re-routing of exhaust ductwork and the creation of new filters and a discharge stack.
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Class O Armaflex engineered foam insulation materials, including sheets, tubes and coils are now supplied with built-in anti-microbial protection providing continuous and lifelong protection against the proliferation of potentially infectious agents....
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