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BS 7593:2019 standard to be key focus for upcoming APHC workshops
The implications of the new British Standard BS 7593:2019 for commissioning and maintaining heating and cooling water systems along with recent regulation changes on energy efficiency standards will be the focus of an upcoming series of workshops.
Friends of the Earth to host keynote address at H&V News summit
Experts from across the building services sector, politics and academia will be joining H&V News for its first Future of HVAC Summit that is scheduled to be held on October 3 at the Bloomsbury Hotel in London.
Vaillant warns of HVAC decarbonisation skills challenge
Concerns at a lack of training for the installation and management of low carbon technologies has been identified by a major manufacturer as a key concern to heat decarbonisation after a recent industry engagement.
BEIS watchdog demands building energy efficiency be prioritised
Calls from parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee to make improving the energy efficiency of UK buildings into a national infrastructure priority have been welcomed by the National Energy Action (NEA) charity.
BESA unveils ventilation hygiene fire safety programme
Industry body BESA is seeking to play up the importance to good building safety of ensuring ventilation hygiene and effective ongoing maintenance with a new competence scheme for specialists.
Industry warns UK Building Regs are undermining net zero aims
The UK’s Building Regulations and broader environmental policies are currently insufficient to viably eliminate national carbon emissions by 2050 and must therefore be amended, a range of industry bodies have warned.
UK must clarify gas heating future by mid-2020s – key advisors demand
Government must take drastic and decisive decisions over the future of the gas grid by the middle of the next decade to help address a range of concerns over the viability of its zero-carbon heating aims.
SEC Group says collapse of oldest construction firm is confirmation of sector's financial crisis
Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group warns that failure of Durtnell & Sons now raises concerns for its supply chain
New BESA president calls on industry to use buildings to solve social challenges
Imtech’s John Norfolk pledges to build on ’technical legacy’ of building services association
The Future of HVAC podcast #1 – the hydrogen heat question
A range of high-profile government commitments to both ban fossil fuel heating in any new homes constructed after 2025 and eliminate UK carbon emissions by 2050 poses serious questions over the role gas heating can continue to play in homes around the country.
