HRP has launched an information website and blog led by ‘F-Gasman’ to help raise awareness among contractors of the new obligations after 1 January 2015. 

The F-Gasman character will be prominent at trade counters to encourage engineers to register their details to facilitate the purchase of refrigerants. 

HRP Group managing director, Mandy Pilgrim, said: “We are now required to check that purchasers of refrigerant have the necessary F-gas certification and are registered with Refcom or an equivalent body. Together with our partners at BOC, we take our responsibilities under F-Gas regulations very seriously and aim to help contractors keep to the letter of the law.”

HRP will be inviting all purchasers to visit www.fgasman.co.uk and claim their free key fob which can carry the engineer’s name and registration number.

Mandy continued: “There has been a degree of confusion about the implementation of the new regulations so we have launched the F-Gasman website and blog to keep contractors up to date on how this develops”

Information will be posted at www.fgasman.co.uk by HRP engineers who will also answer questions from visitors.  The site will also contain technical information from BOC and other industry bodies to give engineers a central source for all issues surrounding F-Gas.