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Fast growing Swale Heating prepares for Green Deal

Swale Heating has been recognised as one of the fastest-growing businesses in Kent.

31 Oct 2012

Government must deliver in 2013, says Renewables Roadshow md

The renewables industry is desperate for the Government to deliver in 2013, according to Dan Caesar, managing director of the Renewables Roadshow.

31 Oct 2012

MITIE wins 10-year contract with Golding Homes

MITIE has been awarded a ten-year repair and maintenance contract with Golding Homes housing association.

31 Oct 2012

Lindab acquires French ventilation distributor

Lindab has entered an agreement to acquire Elia Sarl, a one-stop ventilation distributor with a strong local market presence in the south of France.

30 Oct 2012

Targeted support vital to future of renewables

A new paper funded by WWF-UK highlights the importance of targeting policies to promote emerging clean energy solutions and cautions against simplistic solutions to policy.

24 Oct 2012

Viessmann recruits technical sales manager

Viessmann has appointed John Brain as technical sales manager, projects division.

24 Oct 2012

BSRIA publishes pipework cleaning guidance

Research organisation BSRIA has published Pre-Commissioning Cleaning of Pipework Systems (BG 29/2012) which, it says, will reflect new British and European standards and clarify certain points that have been raised over the last year.

23 Oct 2012

More solar firms seek damages from DECC

Five further companies plan to request damages from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). They join three other companies in claiming that the "unlawful and unfair" cuts to the feed-in tariff caused substantial damages to the solar companies' respective businesses, according to news outlet the Solar Power Portal.

23 Oct 2012

Henderson Green designs mechanical and electrical systems for care home rebuild

Engineering consultancy Henderson Green is designing bespoke mechanical and electrical systems for a care home undergoing a £1.44m rebuild.

23 Oct 2012

Geothermal International becomes GI Energy and offers finance package

Geothermal International is rebranding itself as GI Energy. The company was established in 2000, then in 2008 Scottish and Southern Energy took a 20 per cent stake in the business.

23 Oct 2012

Calor warns customers not to copy TV programme

Calor Gas has welcomed the news that the production company and broadcaster of the programme Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home have removed a segment of the fourth episode of the series, which showed Kevin and his team dismantling a gas cylinder to use in heating a hot tub (aired on Sunday 14 October).

23 Oct 2012

Panasonic invests further in training facility

Following the success of its heating and cooling training centre, Panasonic is investing further for 2013, with new content, courses, participant feedback and more planned initiatives to help build product and technology awareness and promote energy-efficient living.

23 Oct 2012

Enact Energy wins Green Deal contract with RLA

Enact Energy has won a contract with the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to deliver Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) services under an exclusive white label partnership.

23 Oct 2012

Funds to be made available for £125m Green Deal cash back offer

Hundreds of pounds of cash back will be available to householders in England and Wales who make energy saving home improvements under the Green Deal from January 2013, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

22 Oct 2012

Singapore delegation visits BSRIA

A group of senior officials from the Building & Construction Authority (BCA) along with representatives from other public agencies, as well as several large builders and MEP subcontractors from the construction industry in Singapore have visited BSRIA.

22 Oct 2012

£20m up for grabs for energy storage innovation

Innovators across the country are being offered the chance to gain funds to develop innovative energy storage designs to help cut costs and bring new technologies to market in this sector.

22 Oct 2012

£24m to be invested in Scots hospital energy efficiency

The Scottish Government plans to spend £24 million to make NHS hospital and facilities in Scotland more energy efficient.

22 Oct 2012

Climate Energy says Green Deal cash-back is only a short-term solution

Climate Energy, the independent provider of carbon reduction and energy efficiency services, has expressed concerns that Green Deal cash-back is only a short-term solution and won't necessarily convince people to take part in the scheme over an extended period of time.

22 Oct 2012

BBES completes sustainable project at police HQ

Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has completed a sustainable m&e installation as part of the £11.6 million refurbishment and remodelling of Greater Manchester Police's divisional headquarters in Rochdale.

22 Oct 2012

New qualification launched to boost gas safety awareness

A new Level 2 VRQ (Vocationally Related Qualification), which aims to help raise awareness of gas safety issues for front line social housing staff has been launched by CORGI Technical Services and EAL (Excellence Achievement Learning).

22 Oct 2012

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Fast growing Swale Heating prepares for Green Deal

Government must deliver in 2013, says Renewables Roadshow md

MITIE wins 10-year contract with Golding Homes

Lindab acquires French ventilation distributor

Targeted support vital to future of renewables

Viessmann recruits technical sales manager

BSRIA publishes pipework cleaning guidance

More solar firms seek damages from DECC

Henderson Green designs mechanical and electrical systems for care home rebuild

Geothermal International becomes GI Energy and offers finance package

Calor warns customers not to copy TV programme

Panasonic invests further in training facility

Enact Energy wins Green Deal contract with RLA

Funds to be made available for £125m Green Deal cash back offer

Singapore delegation visits BSRIA

£20m up for grabs for energy storage innovation

£24m to be invested in Scots hospital energy efficiency

Climate Energy says Green Deal cash-back is only a short-term solution

BBES completes sustainable project at police HQ

New qualification launched to boost gas safety awareness

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