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Heat pump production begins at Stiebel Eltron's German manufacturing site

Stiebel Eltron’s supply chain is set to be further strengthened throughout 2024 as heat pump production began at the company’s Höxter facility in Germany....

4 Jan 2024

Milton Keynes installer wins £500 Christmas treat from smart thermostat firm

A Newport Pagnell heating installer had a £500 boost for Christmas just a month after signing up to smart thermostat company tado°....

4 Jan 2024

Kevin Wellman, chief executive of the CIPHE

New Year’s resolutions for the industry

As many look to set goals for the year ahead, Kevin Wellman, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) sets out what he hopes will be collective resolutions for plumbing and heating engineers in 2024:...

4 Jan 2024

Make 2024 the year of retrofit – BESA

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged the UK government to help accelerate growth in the number of whole building retrofit projects carried out during 2024....

4 Jan 2024

Office Administrator Connor Docherty, front, is pictured at Ideal Heating’s factory in Hull with, from left, Carl Southcoat of HEY LEP; Louise O

Ideal Heating reinvests apprenticeship funding to support local small business

Ideal Heating has thrown its support behind an independent business by funding an apprenticeship for one of its employees....

21 Dec 2023

Ziehl-Abegg appoints new CTO

The Supervisory Board of Ziehl-Abegg SE has appointed Wolfgang Mayer as the new Chief Technology Officer. The 50 year-old will be taking up his new role in February 2024....

21 Dec 2023

HPA applauds Government support for warmer homes

The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has commended the UK Government’s proactive stance on energy efficiency and warmer homes with the announcement of a comprehensive package of measures, signalling a significant step towards a low-carbon future....

21 Dec 2023

Heatly appoints new technical manager

Heat pump expert, Paul Spence, has been appointed as technical manager for heatly, the new app and supporting software currently in development, set to revolutionise the heat pump sector in 2024....

21 Dec 2023

CIBSE engages with climate leaders at COP28

CIBSE President Adrian Catchpole and chief executive Ruth Carter represented the institution at COP28, bringing CIBSE’s world-leading expertise on embodied carbon to centre stage in a series of presentations and panel discussions in the prestigious ...

21 Dec 2023

New revised Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technician Apprenticeship

The Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors (APHC) has announced that a new Plumbing and Domestic Heating Technician Apprenticeship has received approval by the Secretary of State for Education, The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP....

14 Dec 2023

Citypress/Daikin – The launch event of a new Daikin Sustainable Home Centre in Port Talbot. Daikin now has over 40 of these centres around the country and are a hub for people to visit and see Daikin’s heat pump solutions in person. As a local showroom and stockist, a Sustainable Home Centre showcases a core range of renewable heating and hybrid solutions and can even include residential AC and air purification solutions too. Port Talbot, Wales. 05 October 2023.

Daikin bolsters Sustainable Home Network with nine openings in 2023

Daikin UK has opened the doors to nine new centres and showrooms this year, growing its national Sustainable Home Network by almost 40% year on year....

14 Dec 2023

Accelerated decarbonisation trends expected in 2024

Kimpton, an award-winning HVAC installation and maintenance specialist, reflects on the transformative changes witnessed in 2023 and predicts an even more accelerated shift towards decarbonisation in 2024. With a 60-year legacy in the industry, the ...

14 Dec 2023