Heating and Ventilation News
5 October 2011
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CPD best practice guide on building ventilation published
Mitsubishi Electric has released a new CPD-Accredited guide to Part F of the UK’s Building Regulations. The free guide gives readers the latest up-to-date information about regulation changes to building ventilation. -
Manufacturer invites MP for ‘Made By Britain’ products
UK manufacturer of interior building solutions, SAS International, welcomed Madeleine Moon MP to its Bridgend facility to show “Made By Britain” was a reality in her constituency. -
Non-domestic RMI products market report UK: 2011 – 2015 Analysis
New AMA report provides a major review of the UK repair, maintenance and improvement products market -
£1.6 billion annual cost of theft
Rogue thieves are costing the construction industry £1.6 billion every year, new research has claimed. -
£90 million home improvements announced
First Choice Homes Oldham today announced the list of 14 contractors that will undertake £90 million of improvements to its housing portfolio over the next four years. -
Artic weather to bring spike in heating oil prices
The prediction of Arctic weather this winter has led experts to warn about another major spike in home heating oil prices. -
Boiler warranties "misleading installers"
The merits of extended five year boiler warranties have been questioned by one of the UK’s leading suppliers. -
BSE excellence helps UK success at WorldSkills London 2011
SummitSkills is celebrating the quality of the building services engineering sector’s vocational training after Team UK won a gold medal in plumbing and heating at WorldSkills London 2011 last week. -
Cambridge contract for Morgan Sindell
Morgan Sindall has been awarded a £9 million student accommodation contract with Jesus College in Cambridge. -
Carbon Capture and Storage on verge of collapse
A £1bn flagship government project for fighting climate change – the construction of a prototype carbon capture and storage (CSS) project at Longannet in Scotland – is on the verge of collapse -
Carbon monoxide awareness week dates announced
Carbon monoxide Awareness will be holding their 6th Carbon monoxide Awareness week next month. -
Community service for unsafe gas installation
A self-employed Lockerbie builder has been given a Community Service Order after he carried out unsafe gas installation work at a house near Dumfries -
Contractors defend school savings role
Contractors have defended the industry against accusations it cannot provide the cost efficiencies required to warrant major government investment. -
Court fine for logo mis-use
Chippenham Magistrates Court has fined a Wiltshire company £1,000 with £500 costs for committing a number of offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. -
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Electro Vap is the Humidity Solution
Humidity Solutions has announced that they have signed an exclusive agreement with Devatec – the manufacturers of the Electro Vap Electrode boiler humidifiers. -
Energy suppliers criticise profitability figures
Energy suppliers have criticised figures from their regulator, showing that their profitability has soared. -
F-Gas support claim 80% switch to full certification
F-Gas Support claims success in full company certification with an 80 per cent switch from interim status -
Fighting the cowboy element
Having heard of a number of instances of bad practice in the last week, I would like to raise this subject with readers in an attempt to determine how wide spread this is within the HVAC sector. -
Foster Wheeler Energy wins Five Star Health Award
Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has won the Five Star Health and Safety Management System Audit Award from the British Safety Council -
Gas fitter fined for unregistered work
A gas fitter has been fined after he misled a customer into believing he was legally registered and then carried out work that put lives at risk. -
Harrow offers up to £25m maintenance work
Harrow Council has issued a contract notice for maintenance services for its housing and corporate property portfolio in a framework deal worth up to £25 million. -
Hazlehead windfarm takes shape
Super-sized turbines have appeared on the skyline above Crow Edge as a new windfarm begins to take shape. -
HCA Affordable Rent progress
The Homes and Communities Agency has signed Affordable Rent contracts with six more housing providers worth around £67 million. -
HSE finds landlord guilty of faulty gas appliance
A man who rented out his Huddersfield home left his tenant at risk by ignoring repeated warnings to have the gas appliances in the property safety-checked. -
Keepmoat debt forces £51m loss
Payments on social housing contractor Keepmoat’s debt have forced the firm’s parent company to record a £50.5 million loss in its annual accounts. -
Learning styles affect business efficiency
We are so caught up in the day-to-day struggles of growing or maintaining our business, the thought of taking time out for just a few minutes to think about how our staff learn is not something that typically comes to mind. Do you know and understand how you learn? -
NG Bailey engineer celebrates WorldSkills success
NG Bailey employee, Shane Trevitt, is celebrating this week after beating off competition from around the globe and being awarded a gold medal at the world’s largest ever skills competition, WorldSkills. -
NSCC launches No Retention policy In Scotland
The National Specialist Contractors Council has launched a No Retention policy in Scotland -
Plumb Center and Ideal Heating in free copper promotion
Plumb Center and Ideal Heating have joined forces for an exciting free copper tube promotion, which runs from 1st October - 31st December. -
Positive result for first event
The first ever Renewables Roadshow, supported by Plumb Center, produced an attendance of encouraging numbers of trade professionals, the organiser states. -
Processing plans for recovered fuel revealed
Details have been released of the three shortlisted plans to process up to 300,000 tonnes of solid recovered fuel in North London. -
School employs solar panels
Academy secondary school Arthur Mellows Village College employed solar specialists, Manor Solar, to install PV panels to the school building. -
Susplected gas leak blamed for festival fire
A fire at a stall at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival which injured three people is being investigated following an alleged gas leak -
Tender: Social housing
Tender for 3 star servicing, maintenance and repair of gas fired heating installations, and water hygiene monitoring. -
Tidal Energy Limited awarded Carbon Trust grant
Tidal Energy Limited has been awarded a £390,000 grant from The Carbon Trust’s Entrepreneurs Fast Track scheme. -
Training initiative to tackle renewables skills gap
A £1.2m green skills training initiative has launched in an effort to tackle critical knowledge gaps in the renewables industry and boost the UK’s low carbon economy. -
T-shaped pylon wins competition
A T-shaped design has scooped a £5,000 prize in a competition to find the next generation of electricity pylons. -
UK reports record level of renewable energy
The second quarter of 2011 has seen green energy contribute to about 9.6 per cent of the UK’s total electricity supply -
United House secures place on £500m framework
Social housing contractor and developer United House has won a place on a framework contract worth a total of £500 million with housing provider A2Dominion Group. -
Video: Deborah Meaden's H&V News interview
Deborah Meaden spoke to Dennis Flower at the Combating Legionella conference about her latest investment. For more information on the conference, log on to www.combatinglegionella.co.uk -
Wanted: your examples of the industry’s HVAC heroes
The H&V News HVAC Heroes initiative, sponsored by Calor, following its popular launch last year.
