The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has thrown its support behind historic industry-led declarations committed to tackling the ‘crises of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss’....

Toshiba Air Conditioning has launched a new Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme for consultants, installers and end-users wishing to update their knowledge on key technical and legislative topics....

Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK and TQ Environmental Gas Detection Specialists, have teamed up to hold their first annual golf day at Hollins Hall Golf and Country Club....

A plan for the new government to improve the UK’s built environment has been set out by leading engineering services body ECA. The proposals include reforming cash retentions, reducing false self-employment, and preventing the use of unskilled ...

A team from Birmingham-based J S Wright has completed an arduous physical challenge through Snowdonia – raising more than £10,000 for charity....

UK ventilation manufacturer EnviroVent has praised the NICE (National Institute of Health & Care Excellence) draft guidance on reducing indoor air pollution and improving air quality in homes....

Elta Fans’ Applied Technology division has invested in two new machines for its specialist production plant in Fareham, Hampshire....

The new government team led by Boris Johnson has an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically shift policy on the built environment and deliver higher standards of safety, sustainability and social justice, according to the Building Engineering ...

Spirotech has gifted a SpiroCross water conditioning unit to the Coventry Resource Centre for the Blind in support of the charity’s plans to develop a central hub for services for the visually impaired....

Vaillant has hailed the success of its recent roundtable discussion on the future of heating provision in the UK. Bringing together installers, media and influential figures from leading trade associations, the event was a wide-ranging debate on ...

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) regulations for privately rented homes in England and Wales are a vital step towards tackling fuel poverty and carbon reduction but could prove a major financial challenge for landlords to meet, especially ...

Thermal energy storage specialist Sunamp has signed an agreement with Chinese partner Jiangsu Gomon New Energy to move forward with manufacturing and commercialisation of a heat pump water heater based on Gomon heat pumps and on Sunamp high energy-density, high power-density heat batteries...

The Global Heat Pumps Market recorded sales in units of just over three million, which was a decline from 2017....

A draft guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) – Indoor Air Quality at Home – has received praise from the industry...

BESCA, the UKAS accredited certification body of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), has launched a scheme to help ventilation hygiene specialists demonstrate competence as part of the industry-wide campaign to improve safety in ...

Fluid conditioning specialist, Spirotech, has promoted Steve Simmonds to the new role of special projects engineer, making him the ‘go to’ expert for facilities managers encountering problems with existing closed heating systems....

With Legionella continuing to pose a risk to public health in England and Wales, David Ridgway, product application manager at Andrews Water Heaters, is reminding industry professionals of the importance of water treatment and Legionella ...

Radiator manufacturer, Stelrad, is celebrating the fourth year of the successful launch of its brand specialists team, by promoting four of the team to senior brand specialists....

Over the last 12 months, employees at one the UK’s leading domestic boiler manufacturers, Worcester Bosch, has raised £33,100 for men’s health charity Prostate Cancer UK...

JS Air Curtains has expanded its team with the appointment of Loredana Groza as its new technical sales advisor....

From October 1 HMRC will introduce VAT Reverse Charging on the majority of construction related services. Companies who are VAT registered and Construction Industry Scheme registered will no longer pay VAT to the majority of their ...

Following publication of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) ‘Reducing UK emissions 2019 Progress Report to Parliament’, OFTEC's chief executive, Paul Rose, highlights the need for government to harness the expertise of the existing heating ...

Stiebel Eltron UK has been named Energy and Environmental Business of the Year at the 2019 Wirral Business Awards....

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, The Kensa Group has announced a number of senior management promotions as part of its investment in the Group’s expansion to better serve the rapidly growing demand for its ground source heat pump products and ...

Smith Brothers Stores (SBS) has renewed its association with CIBSE, to offer CPD courses for mechanical design engineers, consultants or specifiers

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group has warned that the collapse of Britain’s oldest building company is further confirmation of the financial crisis hitting the ...

Staff at A1 Flue Systems have bid a fond farewell to the firm’s longest-serving employee Dave Smith, who has retired after clocking up 45 years’ service....

International specialist in air movement, filtration and distribution, Elta Group has strengthened its position in Australasia through the acquisition of Smooth Air in New Zealand....

"We have to act now," says leading energy industry trade association the Energy and Utilities Alliance as they respond to the Committee on Climate Change's (CCC) progress report....

Kensa Contracting, the UK’s dedicated ground source heat network delivery partner, has unveiled a new video to demonstrate the largely unknown and untapped energy sources that can be used to deliver the UK’s low carbon heating ambitions....

The European Heat Pump Summit – powered by Chillventa – will deliver professional expertise at its finest on 22 and 23 October 2019, focusing on professional knowledge-transfer at the highest level....

Staff at Wolseley have raised over £22,000 for a variety of national and local charities in a coast-to-coast charity relay race....

Poor water quality is responsible for the premature failure of around half of all commercial underfloor heating (UFH) systems – a situation which is not only wholly unacceptable, but entirely unnecessary, according to UFH specialist, Roth UK, and ...

Arbn labs will partner with academia and industry to tackle universal issues within the built environment...

Globally, nearly all the biggest world markets have seen positive developments in both domestic boilers and heat pump sales. 

John Norfolk has been elected to serve as President of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) for 2019/20....

When it comes to the efficient operation of a building, even the seemingly small decisions can have a big consequence. For example, what elements must be considered when specifying a louvre? BSRIA North’s louvre-testing facilities offer a solution....

A new national president was inaugurated at the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) Annual General Meeting on June 21....

Vaillant has unveiled a brand-new initiative for its specification business, an especially formed team designed to provide dedicated support to architects, consultants, developers and main contractors in London and the South East....

Britain’s increasingly changeable and unpredictable weather is driving a rise in callouts for emergency boiler repairs, according to theboilercompany.com....

Vent-Axia has won an award in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019 competition for its PureAir Sense bathroom fan with Odour Sense technology....