The intervention of Siobhan Baillie, MP for the Stroud, saw ‘sludge’ raised as an issue with Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ), prior to his department recommending whole system maintenance, ...

Following reports of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease at a plastics manufacturer’s facilities, Wilo is calling on stakeholders involved in plumbing, heating and building services to avoid making the same mistakes....

Switch2 Energy has published an updated guide to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations (HNR). This explains what communal heat scheme operators must do to gain compliance and achieve cost and carbon efficiency savings....

Ventilation specialist Breathing Buildings says the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement of a £60 million fund for publicly owned leisure centres with swimming pools means it’s time to upgrade ventilation systems....

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a major injection of funding and planning into addressing the skills shortage which is preventing the refurbishment and retrofitting of buildings in line with the government's ...

Cheshire East Council and Plymouth City Council have been awarded almost £4 million from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), delivered by Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management....

Thousands of people will be equipped with the right skills to make homes more energy efficient, thanks to new government funding which will see training courses rolled out across the country....

The Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has announced the appointment of Martyn Bridges, director of technical services at Worcester Bosch, as its new president....

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is bringing together its “most ambitious and wide-ranging” programme of commercial and technical content to date for its sixth Annual Conference this October....

Daikin UK has partnered with Quantum Group, provider of renewables and decarbonisation training, to roll out to approximately 150 further education colleges that offer built environment study programmes. This innovative partnership is said to be ...

Karen Boswell OBE, managing director of Baxi UK and Ireland, has been appointed the new chair of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC).

Daikin, the heating, cooling, and ventilation specialist, is reopening its Daikin Training Academy in Birmingham, following a major redevelopment over the past months....

Air conditioning distributor Cool Designs has installed a mega-array of solar photo-voltaic panels at its UK headquarters, to support the company's Net Zero carbon status....

There's still time to enter the HVR Awards 2023, but be quick as the deadline is approaching. Entries will close on 25th July so don't miss out on a chance to enter....

New from Rinnai is an initiative to see a “Rewilding” campaign that aims to reinvigorate both urban and countryside areas with wildflower splashes of colour....

Ideal Heating’s new monobloc heat pump, Logic Air, has been officially named as one of the quietest heat pumps in the UK....

Following recent concerns expressed by the Competition and Markets Authority over misleading claims around green heating, leading energy trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) are urging consumers to “stick some on the card” as a way of ...

JTL, one of the apprenticeship providers in the building services engineering sector in England and Wales, has named Amy Lister, Jared Bell and Harry Armitage as its winners in this year’s National Apprentice of the Year awards, which took place at ...

Mitsubishi Electric has marked the 30th anniversary of its factory in Livingston, Scotland, an advanced facility for the manufacture of heat pumps as the nation looks to reach Net Zero....

Paul Marsden, technical specification manager at Baxi, has been appointed as the new chair of the Society of Public Health Engineers’ Industry Working Group....

Vent-Axia, is supporting BEAMA’s ‘Guidance for Improving Indoor Air Quality in Existing Homes’. Launched at the InstallerSHOW last month, the guide explains the risks of poor indoor air quality in existing homes due to inadequate ventilation....

With rapid and continued growth expected in the UK heat pump market up to 2028 and beyond, global certification body, Eurovent Certita Certification (ECC), has published a new white paper entitled, ‘Installing Efficient Heat Pumps: A Challenge of ...

The government should accelerate plans to retrofit buildings to get faltering Net Zero progress back on target, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA)....

Heating engineers can now get £500 towards training to become qualified heat pump installers through the government’s £5 million Heat Training Grant....

Following the arrival of the Government’s £5 million Heat Pump Training Grant, Baxi has launched its own installer incentive scheme, pairing the Government vouchers with valuable Baxi Works points....

Ideal Heating has welcomed news that the Government’s Heat Training Grant scheme is now open and announced an enhanced offer to installers....

NIBE Energy Systems has becomed an Approved Heat Training Grant Provider as the scheme opens for trainees....

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the long-awaited launch of the United Nations Refrigerant Driving Licence (RDL) scheme to help improve worldwide safety standards in the air conditioning and refrigeration industries....

Almost half (47%) of project professionals working across the built environment believe skills shortages could impact the delivery of projects intended to deliver a social benefit, new research by the Association for Project Management (APM) has ...

With the clock ticking on the government’s Net Zero strategy, Harding Heating has researched how the rollout of Heat Pumps is progressing, given this is central to the Department of Energy’s plans....