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Andrews Water Heaters recommends that hotel owners do not delay in evaluating their current heating systems.

Hotel owners urged to assess energy efficiency

As forecasts predict the building of an additional 19,000 hotel rooms in the UK in 2018, Andrews Water Heaters has urged hotel owners to assess their heating systems now, in order to meet the expected rise in heat demand generated by extra guests in ...

22 Nov 2017

HERU awarded game-changing government investment

The Home Energy Recovery Unit (HERU) has been awarded support from the Government’s Innovate Energy Game Changer fund, enabling further development and trials of the energy-from-waste domestic heating system.

11 Jul 2017

Use extended shutdowns to treat heating systems

Water treatment specialist, Sentinel Commercial, is urging building maintenance engineers to take advantage of planned shutdown periods to review water quality in boiler plants and implement any necessary chemical treatments.

4 Jul 2017

Energy soon to be a boardroom priority

Since the markets experienced full deregulation in the early nineties, we have witnessed periods of extreme pricing volatility, followed by long periods of stability, says Arthur Beattie, director of Carbon2018.

5 Jun 2017

SkillFRIDGE the perfect boost for a career in this indispensable industry

SkillFRIDGE 2017 is looking for talented apprentices or students in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry with a thirst to learn more and the desire to show industry their potential.

30 May 2017

Woodsure calls for retailers to promote quality wood fuel

It’s no secret that a woodstove or biomass boiler is only as good as the wood you burn in it.

21 Mar 2017

Vaillant marks 10 years of commercial boiler success

Vaillant is celebrating 10 years in the commercial boiler market.

26 Sep 2016

Plan ahead for winter, advises Potterton Commercial

As the summer holiday period draws to a close, there are still a huge number of schools across the UK that haven’t taken steps to assess their heating capabilities ahead of the winter.

31 Aug 2016

All change on climate issues

For the UK, 2016 has been a time of change beginning with the EU Referendum on the 23rd of June which saw the UK voting to leave the European Union. Ideal Commercial Boilers national sales director Darren Finley discusses what lies ahead for businesses

19 Aug 2016

Brexit and its impact on Facility Managers

On 23 June 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU. The two year notice period required by the Treaty of Lisbon, for the Government to implement this decision, means that an actual exit date is very unlikely to be before June 2018.

10 Aug 2016

Nine tips for getting the most out of your glycol

Brent Hall, technical manager at ICS Cool Energy, offers nine top tips for using glycol in chillers and chilled water systems

3 Aug 2016

Brexit – we’ve done it now!

With the dust starting to settle after Brexit, Paul Barritt, Managing Director of EOGB Energy Products Ltd looks at the impact leaving the EU could have on EOGB and how the burner manufacturer is preparing for what the future may hold.

2 Aug 2016

CHP can help deliver on legally binding targets of fifth carbon budget

Combined heat and power (CHP) can make an important contribution to new legally binding carbon reduction targets approved by the UK government, says ENER-G.

29 Jul 2016

Trent & Dove Housing urges housing associations to act now to tackle winter deaths

Housing Associations were given the cold, hard facts about excess winter deaths at a recent event hosted by Trent & Dove Housing and Kensa Heat Pumps, where it was announced that every winter around 30,000 deaths occur in the UK due to tenants being too poor to heat their homes.

18 Jun 2015

Industry urgently needs centralised body

Tony Gittings, of water heating product manufacturer Rinnai, argues that the industry is in dire need of a central body or council to co-ordinate the burgeoning weight of new and pending standards, legislation and codes of practice.

18 May 2015

ASERCOM outlines its position on the proliferation of refrigerants

The heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry faces multiple challenges with the latest EU regulations coming into force.

6 May 2015

BIM: work required by manufacturers often forgotten

While BIM (Building Information Modelling) is largely underpinned by the availability of building product models, according to climate control and separation specialist Biddle, the work required by manufacturers often gets forgotten.

30 Apr 2015

Legal & General achieves BREEAM first

Legal & General Property’s building at 740 Waterside Drive in Bristol is the first ever building to be certificated under the BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit-Out scheme, the newest of the internationally recognised BREEAM standards for rating the sustainability of building projects.

28 Apr 2015

FETA Lunch 2015 - Chairman's Speech

It has been a busy 12 months for FETA as chairman, Mike Lawrence, explained at the recent annual lunch.

22 Apr 2015

Cold homes need more than warm words, says Knauf Insulation

As each party broadcasts their manifesto in the run up to the General Election, Knauf Insulation has released its own comments on the announcements.

20 Apr 2015

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