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Plumb and Parts Centers raise £105,000 for charity

Plumb Center and Parts Center have raised £105,000 was raised for Action for Children.

16 Feb 2012

Spirax Sarco offers expertise on new boiler guidance

Spirax Sarco has launched a new online compliance webpage to help customers with the arrival of both the Guidance on Safe Operation of Boilers (BG01) and Management of Industrial and Hot Water Boilers (INDG436) guidance notes (www.spiraxsarco.com/uk/bg01).

16 Feb 2012

Dimplex believes DECC working with industry

Renewable heating supplier Dimplex has dismissed rumours that DECC is planning to 'rein in' subsidies for heat pumps as part of the £860 million Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, in order to avoid running into the type of financial troubles that have hit the Feed in Tariff in recent months.

16 Feb 2012

Calor issues safety warning

A safety alert has been issued by Calor Gas warning people of the dangers of attempting to construct wood burners from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders.

16 Feb 2012

Messenger joins S&P's sales team

Ventilation specialist Soler & Palau (S&P) has appointed Chris Messenger as area sales manager for the South West of England. Having spent over 35 years in the industry (including 12 years with S&P previously), Mr Messenger brings a wealth of experience to the role.

16 Feb 2012

Domestic RHI plans welcomed

The plans for a domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) over the next year have taken a giant leap forward, according to Kelly Butler, marketing director of BEAMA. He said: "There has been some negative 'hot air' in the media about the potential for a RHI, but the reality is that Ministers and officials remain committed to renewable heat.

16 Feb 2012

Public sector commits to carbon reductions

A survey of the public, private and third sectors by The Guardian has revealed that the public sector is the most committed to reducing carbon emissions.

14 Feb 2012

Almost 90% of workers now signed up to BESNA

The latest update concerning the Building Engineering Services National Agreement (BESNA) is that 88 per cent of those workers who were asked to sign and return their contracts have done so.

14 Feb 2012

Danfoss relaunches website

Heating controls manufacturer Danfoss has given its web site a new look with what it says are fast track navigation to pages tailored to the needs of either the heating trade and building professionals or domestic heating consumers.

14 Feb 2012

HEVAR attracts top industry experts

Top industry experts will be giving their views in the seminars at the forthcoming HEVAR Show 2012, which takes place in the HEVAR seminar theatre at the NEC from 22-24th May.

14 Feb 2012

Teamsters wade into BESNA debate

US union the Teamsters has called upon Balfour Beatty's (BBES) boss to intervene in what its general president, James Hoffa, called an "employer offensive against construction workers".

14 Feb 2012

BSRIA looks into BREEAM

BSRIA is undertaking a study to determine how valuable BREEAM is to clients and to the industry - both in economic terms and social and environmental terms. This is being done with the support of BRE but it is an entirely independent survey.

10 Feb 2012

BSRIA Cert launches first ever certification scheme for weather louvres

BSRIA Cert has launched a new certification scheme designed to benefit manufacturers and specifiers of weather louvres.

10 Feb 2012

Bradford gas fitter sentenced for illegal work

A Bradford gas fitter has been prosecuted for putting an elderly woman at risk when he fitted a new boiler at her home.

9 Feb 2012

Ed Davey launches Energy Efficiency Deployment Office

New Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Davey officially launched the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office (EEDO), a dedicated team within the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), at the John Lewis Partnership's Peter Jones store in Sloane Square, London, yesterday (8 February).

9 Feb 2012

Government unveils plans to improve FITs scheme

Plans were announced today (9 February) by the Government to improve the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme and make it more predictable. Transparency, longevity and certainty are key to the new, improved system, the Government says.

9 Feb 2012

Lord Lawson attacks 'yoking together' of energy and climate change

Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson has launched an attack on the Government's policy of bringing together energy and climate change into a single department.

8 Feb 2012

BEAMA welcomes IAQ report

BEAMA (British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association) has welcomed the Zero Carbon Hub VIAQ (Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality) Task Group Interim Report, which acknowledges the increasing trend towards specifying mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) systems in new homes.

7 Feb 2012

Specialist contractors group fears 'double dip' recession

The order books of specialist contractors are continuing to shrink according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC).

7 Feb 2012

Colman Moducel fined after man's fingertip sliced off in Stoke factory

An air conditioning manufacturer has been fined after a man's fingertip was cut off by a circular saw at the company's factory in Stoke-on-Trent.

7 Feb 2012

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Plumb and Parts Centers raise £105,000 for charity

Spirax Sarco offers expertise on new boiler guidance

Dimplex believes DECC working with industry

Calor issues safety warning

Messenger joins S&P's sales team

Domestic RHI plans welcomed

Public sector commits to carbon reductions

Almost 90% of workers now signed up to BESNA

Danfoss relaunches website

HEVAR attracts top industry experts

Teamsters wade into BESNA debate

BSRIA looks into BREEAM

BSRIA Cert launches first ever certification scheme for weather louvres

Bradford gas fitter sentenced for illegal work

Ed Davey launches Energy Efficiency Deployment Office

Government unveils plans to improve FITs scheme

Lord Lawson attacks 'yoking together' of energy and climate change

BEAMA welcomes IAQ report

Specialist contractors group fears 'double dip' recession

Colman Moducel fined after man's fingertip sliced off in Stoke factory

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