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Industry urged to learn from Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak

Following reports of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease at a plastics manufacturer’s facilities, Wilo is calling on stakeholders involved in plumbing, heating and building services to avoid making the same mistakes....

27 Jul 2023

New guide to heat network regulations shows benefits of compliance

Switch2 Energy has published an updated guide to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations (HNR). This explains what communal heat scheme operators must do to gain compliance and achieve cost and carbon efficiency savings....

27 Jul 2023

Funding for leisure centres means it's time to focus on ventilation

Ventilation specialist Breathing Buildings says the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement of a £60 million fund for publicly owned leisure centres with swimming pools means it’s time to upgrade ventilation systems....

27 Jul 2023

BESA backs call to triple retrofit recruitment

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a major injection of funding and planning into addressing the skills shortage which is preventing the refurbishment and retrofitting of buildings in line with the government's ...

27 Jul 2023

Green Heat Network Fund supports communities to adopt “cleaner, more secure” heating

Cheshire East Council and Plymouth City Council have been awarded almost £4 million from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), delivered by Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management....

27 Jul 2023

Lord Callanan, Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance

Thousands to be trained to boost energy efficiency in homes across the country

Thousands of people will be equipped with the right skills to make homes more energy efficient, thanks to new government funding which will see training courses rolled out across the country....

27 Jul 2023

EUA welcomes Martyn Bridges as President

The Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has announced the appointment of Martyn Bridges, director of technical services at Worcester Bosch, as its new president....

20 Jul 2023

BESA chief executive officer David Frise

BESA blends business and technical at ‘most ambitious’ conference

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is bringing together its “most ambitious and wide-ranging” programme of commercial and technical content to date for its sixth Annual Conference this October....

20 Jul 2023

Maria Gonella, managing partner at the Quantum Group

Daikin UK and Quantum Group form green skills partnership

Daikin UK has partnered with Quantum Group, provider of renewables and decarbonisation training, to roll out to approximately 150 further education colleges that offer built environment study programmes. This innovative partnership is said to be ...

20 Jul 2023

Karen Boswell is the new chair of the HHIC

Baxi MD appointed HHIC chair

Karen Boswell OBE, managing director of Baxi UK and Ireland, has been appointed the new chair of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC).

20 Jul 2023

Daikin Training Academy to reopen in Birmingham

Daikin, the heating, cooling, and ventilation specialist, is reopening its Daikin Training Academy in Birmingham, following a major redevelopment over the past months....

20 Jul 2023

Cool Designs invests in mega-photo-voltaic array

Air conditioning distributor Cool Designs has installed a mega-array of solar photo-voltaic panels at its UK headquarters, to support the company's Net Zero carbon status....

20 Jul 2023

HVR AWARDS 2023: Just a few days left to enter

There's still time to enter the HVR Awards 2023, but be quick as the deadline is approaching. Entries will close on 25th July so don't miss out on a chance to enter....

20 Jul 2023

Rinnai’s goal to create a healthier way of living with some rewilding

New from Rinnai is an initiative to see a “Rewilding” campaign that aims to reinvigorate both urban and countryside areas with wildflower splashes of colour....

20 Jul 2023

Heat pump named one of the quietest on the market

Ideal Heating’s new monobloc heat pump, Logic Air, has been officially named as one of the quietest heat pumps in the UK....

13 Jul 2023

Side view of outdoor energy unit hanging on brick wall of beautiful house on a sunny day. Air conditioner or air heat pump. Outdoor unit powered by renewable energy. CREDIT: iStock/NAPA74

Trade body urges consumers to “stick some on the card” when buying a heat pump

Following recent concerns expressed by the Competition and Markets Authority over misleading claims around green heating, leading energy trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) are urging consumers to “stick some on the card” as a way of ...

13 Jul 2023

Chris Claydon, chief executive at JTL with Amy Lister of Goodridge Electrical Contractors

JTL National Apprentice Awards 2023 winners named

JTL, one of the apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, has named Amy Lister, Jared Bell and Harry Armitage as its winners in this year’s National Apprentice of the Year awards, which took place at ...

13 Jul 2023

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Industry urged to learn from Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak

New guide to heat network regulations shows benefits of compliance

Funding for leisure centres means it's time to focus on ventilation

BESA backs call to triple retrofit recruitment

Green Heat Network Fund supports communities to adopt “cleaner, more secure” heating

Thousands to be trained to boost energy efficiency in homes across the country

EUA welcomes Martyn Bridges as President

BESA blends business and technical at ‘most ambitious’ conference

Daikin UK and Quantum Group form green skills partnership

Baxi MD appointed HHIC chair

Daikin Training Academy to reopen in Birmingham

Cool Designs invests in mega-photo-voltaic array

HVR AWARDS 2023: Just a few days left to enter

Rinnai’s goal to create a healthier way of living with some rewilding

Heat pump named one of the quietest on the market

Trade body urges consumers to “stick some on the card” when buying a heat pump

JTL National Apprentice Awards 2023 winners named

Mitsubishi Electric celebrates 30th anniversary of Livingston factory

New Chair of SoPHE Industry Working Group

Vent-Axia backs BEAMA’s Indoor Air Quality Guidance

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