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Legal Matters: Legislation could help to make it a happy birthday

Fergal Dowling, head of employment law at national law firm Irwin Mitchell, discusses how the laws on age discrimination are in place to safeguard rights, even to the point of allowing a colleague to celebrate a special birthday without the jokes! 
 8 Apr 2010

Ant Wilson: Vote for sustainability

Your MP does not usually ask your opinion but election time is one of the few times he or she might turn up on your doorstep, so have your sustainability questions ready. 
 8 Apr 2010

Editorial: Mix and match for the best energy solution

We need more consultants and contractors who are familiar with all the technologies and how they work together, says Paul Braithwaite. 
 8 Apr 2010

Water Heating: Hot water on tap

According to Jon Cockburn, head of marketing for Heatrae Sadia, when selecting and installing water heating provision for a customer, point-of-use unvented systems will usually offer the best solution, particularly in situations where long pipe runs need to be avoided. 
 5 Apr 2010

Water Heating: Long live the boiler!

Ron Barker, group product manager at Ideal Boilers, explains why boilers still present the strongest solution for commercial and industrial applications. 
 5 Apr 2010

Health & Safety Matters: Law changes could cut CO cases

Carbon monoxide still keeps hitting the headlines despite years of campaigning, says Bob Towse, head of technical and safety at the HVCA. 
 3 Mar 2010

Ant Wilson: Engineers educate engineers of the future

A new report from the Royal Academy of Engineers has made Ant Wilson, director of sustainability at AECOM, think of the influence that building services engineers have on society, at present and in the future. 
 2 Mar 2010

Editorial: Energy efficiency - changes are afoot!

As I read more and more about energy efficiency, I am beginning to understand how the laws and regulations are coming together, writes HVR editor Paul Braithwaite. 
 1 Mar 2010

Ductwork Cleaning: Cleanliness is next to godliness in the kitchen

Darren Ling, a director of System Hygienics, a leading air hygiene specialist, explains the importance of maintaining clean kitchen ductwork to meet legal fire safety obligations and with minimum disruption to the workplace. 
 1 Mar 2010

Commercial Heating: Low carbon solutions for communal heating systems

Yan Evans, technical director of Andrews Water Heaters and Potterton Commercial, explains how the use of commercial boilers and mini-combined heat and power (CHP) can be harmonised to deliver low carbon heating and hot water solutions. 
 1 Mar 2010

Commercial Heating: Will your firm benefit from energy efficiency scheme?

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme will have a huge impact on large business energy users. Whether this is positive or negative depends on how good companies are at saving energy and cutting emissions. Mark Northcott, director of commercial products at Remeha, explains. 
 1 Mar 2010

Commercial Heating: Offsite is this year's hot topic

More heating engineers are turning to offsite pre-fabrication to help them hit sustainability targets, says David Dutch, technical director of offsite fabrication manufacturer Ormandy Group. 
 1 Mar 2010

Commercial Heating: New thinking for lower carbon buildings

Such has been the pace of innovation in air con, it must be difficult for consultants and contractors to stay up with the latest systems' capabilities. But the search for a low carbon solution is not just about choosing the right air conditioning product. John Durbin, Daikin UK's engineering department manager, explains. 
 1 Mar 2010

Commercial Heating: Lochinvar supplies water heating for cystic fibrosis unit

A new extension to a specialist Cystic Fibrosis unit will have plentiful supplies of hot water, thanks to leading boiler and water heater manufacturer Lochinvar. 
 1 Mar 2010

Commercial Heating: All in good working order

Even when it has been designed for maximum efficiency and installed by experts the system is not yet ready to be signed off. Pete Mills, technical service manager of Buderus, considers the importance of commissioning. 
 1 Mar 2010

Ventilation: First, draught proof the building...

Gillian Allder, director, Draught Proofing Advisory Association, urges developers and facilities managers to start at the beginning - with draught proofing. 
 1 Mar 2010

Ventilation: Industrial ventilation... it's free!

Proper ventilation is essential to maintaining good air quality in any environment. There's no excuse for poor air circulation, especially since, when integrated with the heating system, ventilation is free, as Keith Sprague of Nordair Niche explains. 
 1 Mar 2010

Ventilation: Where next for ventilation technology?

Don Spearman, managing director at Xpelair Ventilation Solutions, looks at what's in store for 2010. 
 1 Mar 2010

Burning Issue: Air in the system wastes time and money

Having been a contractor earlier in life, Bryan Barlow of Spirotech knows first hand the problems of trying to commission wet systems and obtain repeatable readings to achieve hand over. The commissioning period had to be extended as a direct result of there being air in the system. 
 1 Mar 2010

Company Profile: Advanced Air gears up for the needs of the future

Paul Braithwaite talks to Andrew Sargent, general manager of Advanced Air, about the burgeoning company, its expanding range of products and how he intends to change to meet the needs of the future. 
 1 Mar 2010
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