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Lorien wins MEBC low carbon award

Lorien Engineering Solutions has won the Low Carbon Business Growth Award at the MEBC Business Success Awards 2013.

6 Jan 2014

National Energy Foundation trustee receives OBE

John Doggart, a long-standing trustee of the National Energy Foundation, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours, for services to Sustainable Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency.

6 Jan 2014

CIPHE member awarded MBE

CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering) member Terry Fillary, who is a Master Plumber and craftsman, has been awarded an MBE for services to historic building restoration and conservation.

6 Jan 2014

Bosch Commercial & Industrial Heating launches new website

Bosch Commercial & Industrial Heating has launched a new website, through which it aims to enhance the profile of its growing range of technologies to customers in the UK.

6 Jan 2014

HSE prosecutes illegal gas fitter

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an illegal gas fitter after he installed a boiler at a family home on the Wirral which was found to be 'immediately dangerous'.

2 Jan 2014

ECA approved list now includes more Daikin systems

More Daikin UK air conditioning systems are now eligible for the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme, with a further 20 Sky Air and Split units having joined the approved Energy Technology List (ETL) from 1 December 2013.

2 Jan 2014

Specflue set to expand with launch of northern depot

Specflue, the supplier of renewable heat products and flue systems, is expanding its business and opening a northern depot in early summer 2014.

18 Dec 2013

Daikin to unveil major breakthrough in HVAC technology at ACR Show

Daikin UK will use the ACR Show 2014 as the launch pad for a major breakthrough in HVAC technology, which it says will have "important implications for energy efficiency, running costs and occupant comfort".

18 Dec 2013

Fernox recruits technical project manager

Fernox has appointed Dave Holley as technical project manager.

17 Dec 2013

Peter Hoyle gets Distinguished Service Award from B&ES

Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) past president, Peter Hoyle, has become only the sixth person in the association's 109-year history to receive its Distinguished Service Award.

16 Dec 2013

ONS reports rise in construction output

Construction output increased by 2.2% in October compared with September and by 5.3% compared with a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics.

16 Dec 2013

Suspended jail sentence for unregistered Sheffield gas fitter

An unregistered gas fitter from Sheffield has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for putting a family in danger when he installed a boiler and left it in an immediately dangerous condition.

16 Dec 2013

Pro-Temp wins Green Gateway award

Pro-Temp Air Conditioning has received an award from Mitsubishi Electric for its work with Liverpool Football Club, replacing old R22 air conditioning at Anfield, in the first year of the new the Green Gateway Awards.

12 Dec 2013

MPs visit Ravenheat's Yorkshire HQ

Ravenheat's award-winning flue heat recovery system, Energycatcher, which can help to reduce home heating bills by up to 52%, got the thumbs up from two senior politicians last week when they visited the company's headquarters in West Yorkshire.

12 Dec 2013

Vent-Axia wins award for heat recovery unit

Vent-Axia has won the Building Services Product Innovation of the Year accolade at this year's prestigious Retro Expo Awards.

9 Dec 2013

IXUS Energy launches new biomass training facility

IXUS Energy, the national biomass boiler distribution company, has opened a state-of-the-art training centre, to help meet demand for quality biomass installers, driven by the introduction of the domestic RHI.

9 Dec 2013

Mitsubishi Electric introduces heat pump selection tool

Mitsubishi Electric has launched a dedicated Ecodan selection tool to coincide with the Government's announcement that heat pumps are now included in the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

9 Dec 2013

FMB says Chancellor has missed a key opportunity

According to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the Chancellor has missed a golden opportunity to reverse decades of underinvestment in Britain's ageing housing infrastructure by not implementing a reduced rate of VAT on domestic renovation and repair, leaving millions of households powerless in the face of rising fuel bills.

9 Dec 2013

Exhibitors rush to book places at the ACR Show 2014

With just over two months to go before doors open, a flood of exhibitor bookings has confirmed the industry's support for the ACR Show 2014, the UK's only national exhibition dedicated to air conditioning and refrigeration.

9 Dec 2013

Alpha recruits technical director

Alpha Heating Innovation has appointed Matt Hobbs as its new technical director.

5 Dec 2013

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Lorien wins MEBC low carbon award

National Energy Foundation trustee receives OBE

CIPHE member awarded MBE

Bosch Commercial & Industrial Heating launches new website

HSE prosecutes illegal gas fitter

ECA approved list now includes more Daikin systems

Specflue set to expand with launch of northern depot

Daikin to unveil major breakthrough in HVAC technology at ACR Show

Fernox recruits technical project manager

Peter Hoyle gets Distinguished Service Award from B&ES

ONS reports rise in construction output

Suspended jail sentence for unregistered Sheffield gas fitter

Pro-Temp wins Green Gateway award

MPs visit Ravenheat's Yorkshire HQ

Vent-Axia wins award for heat recovery unit

IXUS Energy launches new biomass training facility

Mitsubishi Electric introduces heat pump selection tool

FMB says Chancellor has missed a key opportunity

Exhibitors rush to book places at the ACR Show 2014

Alpha recruits technical director

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