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Steve McConnell, Director of the Industrial and Commercial Heating Equipment Association (ICOM)

Defining hydrogen ready appliances in commercial applications

With the UK Government’s pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions to a Net Zero, Steve McConnell, director of the Industrial and Commercial Heating Equipment Association (ICOM), clarifies the levels of hydrogen-readiness seen in new products on the ...

12 Apr 2023

Water quality – vital for every HVAC system

When it comes to specifying a new HVAC system for schools, or maintaining an existing one, many factors need to be considered. James Hurtley, of Spirotech, outlines some of the key elements that need to be factored in to meet both ...

12 Apr 2023

Energy savings up on the roof

Lee Jenkins-Skinner, CIAT AHU and Rooftop Product Manager, highlights the benefits of rooftop air conditioning units and introduces its new Vectios™ RPJ/RIJ on R-454B range, designed for optimum energy efficiency....

6 Apr 2023

Aimee Holloran, Business Development Manager in Low Carbon Heating at Samsung began her path with a plumbing aprenticeship

Meet the women changing the face of the heating industry

As the theme of International Women’s Day this year is ‘Embrace Equity’, Samsung Climate Solutions are spotlighting female talent within the HVAC industry, particularly in the low carbon heating sector....

9 Mar 2023

The road to Net Zero is based on – practical-economic-technical heating & hot water systems for all sites

Rinnai managing director Tony Gittings outlines a future where all sites are given specific and detailed attention in producing the best system from the array of products now available – hydrogen, bioLPG, heat pumps and hybrid....

13 Oct 2022

Independent air conditioning giant celebrates its golden year

West Bromwich-based, Weatherite, has racked up 50 years of operation, a milestone said to reflect the strength, stability, and success few companies achieve....

10 Aug 2022

Carrier celebrates 120th anniversary of modern air conditioning

It's 120 years ago – before we had chewing gum, radios, Einstein’s theory of relativity, or airplanes – that Willis Carrier came up with one cool invention: modern air conditioning....

20 Jul 2022

Paull’s House at Aldenham School in Elstree

Meeting historic school’s heat and power demands more sustainably with CHP

Mark Gibbons, CHP national sales manager at Baxi Commercial Solutions, looks at how a Combined Heat and Power system is efficiently reducing energy bills and improving comfort levels in a historic boarding school...

6 Jul 2022

Riello celebrates a century of innovation

As Riello celebrates a century of innovation and engineering excellence in heating solutions, Neil Mattock, marketing director and head of training at Vokèra by Riello, looks at some of the highlights of the company’s 100-year history and recent ...

5 Jul 2022

The heat pump ball is starting to roll, installers must seize the opportunity

On the 29th June, the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) 2022 Monitoring Framework report was published, tracking the Government's progress in meeting carbon reduction targets. The report states that heat pumps are likely to provide the majority of ...

4 Jul 2022

America on hydrogen: will rest of west have to follow?

Chris Goggin examines American interest and usage of hydrogen as a major contributor towards future decarbonising of domestic energy options; and, American market size could influence European and therefore global power trends in the near future ...

29 Jun 2022

Carrier celebrates 100th anniversary of world changing centrifugal chiller technology

On the evening of May 22, 1922, 300 people were invited by Willis Haviland Carrier to a sheet metal shop in Newark, New Jersey, for a free meal and a boxing match followed by the unveiling of the first centrifugal chiller technology....

29 Jun 2022

Claire Watson, managing director at Airmatic

Why I'm rooting for female engineers

Claire Watson, managing director at Bury-based ductwork and fabrications company Airmatic offers some insight about women working in engineering careers....

22 Jun 2022

Rocio Roldan Aguayo, Veolia process engineer

A career in engineering: a woman's perspective

To mark International Women in Engineering Day Veolia process engineer Rocio Roldan Aguayo talks about her role....

22 Jun 2022

BioLPG & R DME - the decarbonising high performers for off-grid sites

Chris Goggin reviews the operational and ecological benefits of using BioLPG and DME as an alternative fuel source for off-grid rural domiciles and businesses....

20 May 2022

The UK heat and buildings strategy – what can we look forward to?

With £3.9 billion of new funding to be allocated over the next three years1, the UK Government has made the decarbonisation of UK homes and publicly owned buildings a national priority. Mark Wilkins, Technologies and Training Director at Vaillant UK ...

17 May 2022

The Nordic path to Net Zero part 2

The second report by Rinnai’s Chris Goggin on the other Scandanavian countries reviews the measures undertaken to decarbonise national fuel supplies as well as the potential effect on future UK energy options. Even in view of events in the Ukraine, ...

20 Apr 2022

The Nordic path to Net Zero

Rinnai's Chris Goggin reviews the measures undertaken by Norway, despite the military actions in Ukraine, to decarbonise national fuel supplies as well as the potential effect on future UK energy options....

14 Apr 2022

Russia looks to restructure map & world energy issues

Rinnai's Chris Goggin explores current global energy matters embellished by the Ukraine crises. If a prolonged insurgency materialises during the up and coming years, what will this mean for global energy provision and costs?

22 Mar 2022

Don’t go ‘like for like’ trade up

When a stored water system or unit comes to the end of its working life it is assumed that replacing ‘like for like’ is the best option. But, says Pete Seddon for Rinnai, ‘If we look at the ‘like for like’, out with the old one and in with the same ...

2 Mar 2022

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