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Aermec and Equinix Remote FAT testing screenshot

Smart approach to testing benefits datacentre

Following Aermec’s successful roll out of factory acceptance testing (FAT) of equipment by video link, more companies are taking advantage to beat the constraints of the UK’s lockdown as a result of the Coronavirus (Covid-19)....

20 Apr 2020

Air cleaning should become standard practice after pandemic

Clean air technologies and strategies should be adopted by every healthcare facility in the UK in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA)....

17 Apr 2020

Worcester Bosch has adapted its manufacturing facility to create much-needed healthcare equipment

Worcester Bosch repurposes factory floor to help support fight against coronavirus

Boiler manufacturer Worcester Bosch has adapted its Clay Cross manufacturing facility in Derbyshire to start producing metal ventilator casings, in a bid to support the Government’s call for rapid development and manufacturing of the much-needed ...

17 Apr 2020

Restrictions ease for Aermec’s manufacturing plant

Aermec has been granted new authorisation from the Italian authorities to supply goods for a wide range of projects and continue manufacturing chillers for critical applications....

15 Apr 2020

BESA opens support page for furloughed workers

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has set up a Facebook support page for furloughed workers in the building services sector....

15 Apr 2020

Darren Baxter is Albion Valves new sales and marketing director

Darren Baxter becomes Albion’s sales and marketing director

Albion Valves (UK) has promoted Darren Baxter to the role of sales and marketing director, following the retirement of Les Littlewood....

15 Apr 2020

Bosch Commercial & Industrial HIUs BESA registered

Bosch Commercial & Industrial has announced its Greenstar HIU range is now BESA registered. Developed by a group of industry experts, the BESA HIU test regime is the UK test standard for HIUs, originally developed to assess UK heat network ...

15 Apr 2020

Andrew Hounsfiled with a Tuscan wall hung boiler

Boiler donated to heating professional training centre

Hounsfield Boilers has donated a 12/19 Kitchen Model boiler to a leading electrical, oil and water training centre in East Anglia....

15 Apr 2020

BPIE Action Plan to support economic recovery and launch a renovation wave

The Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), has released its latest publication, "An Action Plan for the Renovation Wave: Collectively achieving sustainable buildings in Europe." The publication sets forth a strategy to deliver climate-...

15 Apr 2020

Founders of MENTalk – Steve Smith, Lee Woodgate and Stephen Blair

MENTalk and Baxi team up to put installer well-being first

Baxi has announced a new partnership with MENTalk, an online community that encourages men to open up and support each other with mental health issues, to help raise awareness of personal well-being and provide support for plumbing and heating ...

14 Apr 2020

Mates in Mind COVID-19 Relief Fund Appeal

Mates in Mind has called for donations to its COVID-19 Relief Fund which will allow it to continue to respond with vital support programmes. It is now expected that workplace mental health issues will be heavily impacted by the economic fallout of ...

14 Apr 2020

German fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has used its 3D printers to develop face masks for health workers

Coronavirus face masks created on a 3D printer

German fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has created face masks on 3D printers for use by health and care workers in the Hohenlohe district in Germany....

14 Apr 2020

Product design team leader at Preston-based Baxi Heating Alan Peel with the protective face mask he has designed and developed with his team

Baxi Heating makes masks to help fight coronavirus

Design engineers at Baxi Heating have stepped in to help the NHS during the coronavirus crisis by swapping the use of 3D printers from making prototype boiler components to frames for protective face masks....

9 Apr 2020

HVR Awards 2020 – entries close June 26

It's more important than ever now to celebrate innovation, excellence, achievement and hard work from across the heating and ventilating industry so why not get your entries in by the June 26 deadline....

7 Apr 2020

Webinar shows how to get more from heat network metering and billing

Switch2 Energy is hosting a free webinar to show local authorities and housing associations how to get the most out of compliant heat network metering and billing....

7 Apr 2020

OFTEC registrations director Adrian Lightwood

OFTEC supports heating technicians during COVID-19 crisis

OFTEC is extending all current business and technician registrations for two months, free of charge, as part of the trade association’s support for its 9,000 registrants during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses paying monthly by direct debit will ...

7 Apr 2020

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Smart approach to testing benefits datacentre

Air cleaning should become standard practice after pandemic

Worcester Bosch repurposes factory floor to help support fight against coronavirus

Restrictions ease for Aermec’s manufacturing plant

BESA opens support page for furloughed workers

Darren Baxter becomes Albion’s sales and marketing director

Bosch Commercial & Industrial HIUs BESA registered

Boiler donated to heating professional training centre

BPIE Action Plan to support economic recovery and launch a renovation wave

MENTalk and Baxi team up to put installer well-being first

Mates in Mind COVID-19 Relief Fund Appeal

Coronavirus face masks created on a 3D printer

Baxi Heating makes masks to help fight coronavirus

HVR Awards 2020 – entries close June 26

Webinar shows how to get more from heat network metering and billing

OFTEC supports heating technicians during COVID-19 crisis

Don’t forget mental health during crisis – BESA

Carrier is now an independent, publicly traded company

A-Gas urges Government to recognise industry in support of critical services

Air conditioning specialist keeps its cool during pandemic

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