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Rinnai managing director Tony Gittings

The road to Net Zero is based on – practical-economic-technical heating & hot water systems for all sites

Rinnai managing director Tony Gittings outlines a future where all sites are given specific and detailed attention in producing the best system from the array of products now available – hydrogen, bioLPG, heat pumps and hybrid.... 
 13 Oct 2022
Weatherite chairman John Whitehouse

Independent air conditioning giant celebrates its golden year

West Bromwich-based, Weatherite, has racked up 50 years of operation, a milestone said to reflect the strength, stability, and success few companies achieve.... 
 10 Aug 2022

Carrier celebrates 120th anniversary of modern air conditioning

It's 120 years ago – before we had chewing gum, radios, Einstein’s theory of relativity, or airplanes – that Willis Carrier came up with one cool invention: modern air conditioning.... 
 20 Jul 2022
Paull’s House at Aldenham School in Elstree

Meeting historic school’s heat and power demands more sustainably with CHP

Mark Gibbons, CHP national sales manager at Baxi Commercial Solutions, looks at how a Combined Heat and Power system is efficiently reducing energy bills and improving comfort levels in a historic boarding school... 
 6 Jul 2022

Riello celebrates a century of innovation

As Riello celebrates a century of innovation and engineering excellence in heating solutions, Neil Mattock, marketing director and head of training at Vokèra by Riello, looks at some of the highlights of the company’s 100-year history and recent ... 
 5 Jul 2022

The heat pump ball is starting to roll, installers must seize the opportunity

On the 29th June, the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) 2022 Monitoring Framework report was published, tracking the Government's progress in meeting carbon reduction targets. The report states that heat pumps are likely to provide the majority of ... 
 4 Jul 2022
Rinnai

America on hydrogen: will rest of west have to follow?

Chris Goggin examines American interest and usage of hydrogen as a major contributor towards future decarbonising of domestic energy options; and, American market size could influence European and therefore global power trends in the near future ... 
 29 Jun 2022

Carrier celebrates 100th anniversary of world changing centrifugal chiller technology

On the evening of May 22, 1922, 300 people were invited by Willis Haviland Carrier to a sheet metal shop in Newark, New Jersey, for a free meal and a boxing match followed by the unveiling of the first centrifugal chiller technology.... 
 29 Jun 2022
Claire Watson, managing director at Airmatic

Why I'm rooting for female engineers

Claire Watson, managing director at Bury-based ductwork and fabrications company Airmatic offers some insight about women working in engineering careers.... 
 22 Jun 2022
Rocio Roldan Aguayo, Veolia process engineer

A career in engineering: a woman's perspective

To mark International Women in Engineering Day Veolia process engineer Rocio Roldan Aguayo talks about her role.... 
 22 Jun 2022
Rinnai

BioLPG & R DME - the decarbonising high performers for off-grid sites

Chris Goggin reviews the operational and ecological benefits of using BioLPG and DME as an alternative fuel source for off-grid rural domiciles and businesses.... 
 20 May 2022
Mark Wilkins, technologies and training director at Vaillant UK

The UK heat and buildings strategy – what can we look forward to?

With £3.9 billion of new funding to be allocated over the next three years1, the UK Government has made the decarbonisation of UK homes and publicly owned buildings a national priority. Mark Wilkins, Technologies and Training Director at Vaillant UK ... 
 17 May 2022
Rinnai

The Nordic path to Net Zero part 2

The second report by Rinnai’s Chris Goggin on the other Scandanavian countries reviews the measures undertaken to decarbonise national fuel supplies as well as the potential effect on future UK energy options. Even in view of events in the Ukraine, ... 
 20 Apr 2022
Rinnai

The Nordic path to Net Zero

Rinnai's Chris Goggin reviews the measures undertaken by Norway, despite the military actions in Ukraine, to decarbonise national fuel supplies as well as the potential effect on future UK energy options.... 
 14 Apr 2022
Rinnai

Russia looks to restructure map & world energy issues

Rinnai's Chris Goggin explores current global energy matters embellished by the Ukraine crises. If a prolonged insurgency materialises during the up and coming years, what will this mean for global energy provision and costs? 
 22 Mar 2022

Don’t go ‘like for like’ trade up

When a stored water system or unit comes to the end of its working life it is assumed that replacing ‘like for like’ is the best option. But, says Pete Seddon for Rinnai, ‘If we look at the ‘like for like’, out with the old one and in with the same ... 
 2 Mar 2022
Rinnai

Japan commits to blue hydrogen ambition

Chris Goggin of Rinnai explores Japan’s future energy ambitions to introduce blue hydrogen as its national energy source and how this move could facilitate the fuel being a viable international solution towards decarbonisation.... 
 1 Feb 2022
Rinnai’s Chris Goggin

UK media bias in energy transition?

Rinnai’s Chris Goggin looks at some of the reasons why he believes the UK media may be favouring some energy vectors over others in the current era of transition to Decarbonisation and Net Zero... 
 11 Jan 2022

New stove emissions regulation sets a minimum standard

From 1 January 2022, a new regulation will impose Ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heaters. Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 24/5/2015 describes the requirements which will harmonise energy consumption, particulate matter (PM), organic ... 
 13 Dec 2021

Why the UK is behind when it comes to heat pumps

It comes as no surprise that as a country, we are trying to not only become more efficient, but to make more conscious decisions when it comes to the environment. As we continue to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, this has never been more ... 
 12 Nov 2021
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