News Archive - February 2022
Holland confirmed for ACR News Awards
25 February 2022
Award-winning stand-up comedian Dominic Holland will be hosting the 2022 ACR News Awards....
PACAIR becomes Trane value added reseller
25 February 2022
Trane UK has partnered with national air conditioning distributor PACAIR, with its complete range of heating and cooling products available through following the new Value Added Partnership....
REAL Alternatives webinar
24 February 2022
In light of the F-gas regulation revision proposal that is expected in spring 2022, the REAL Alternatives Consortium is hosting an online event on 2 March to present and discuss international training for technicians focusing on flammable ...
300 million Heat Network Fund announced at Queens Quay
24 February 2022
Scottish Government Zero Carbon Minister, Patrick Harvie, visited the award-winning Queens Quay district heat pump system in Clydebank on Monday to announce a new £300 million Heat Network Fund to accelerate the roll-out of environmentally-friendly ...
Mitsubishi Electric to sponsor BESA National Conference
22 February 2022
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) National Conference will take place on 20 October at the Novotel Hammersmith hotel in London....
Staff retention is biggest worry for contractors
22 February 2022
Finding and retaining skilled tradespeople is the biggest concern for employers across the building engineering services sector, according to a new survey carried out by four industry trade bodies....
Ventilation rates must not be sacrificed for energy efficiency
18 February 2022
Changes to the Building Regulations will ensure the need for better ventilation is not compromised by increasingly tough targets for reducing energy consumption, according to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)....
Coolair Equipment granted trademark
18 February 2022
One-stop air conditioning specialists Coolair Equipment has won a four-year legal battle to secure the rights to the ‘Coolair’ name....
BESA welcomes improved payment times
16 February 2022
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed an apparently dramatic improvement in the payment habits of main contractors. About half of large construction firms now claim to be paying their sub-contractors within 30 days or ...
New embodied carbon calculator for building services
15 February 2022
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has published a digital Embodied Carbon Calculator tool to enable engineers to estimate the embodied carbon associated with mechanical, electrical and public health systems in ...
ICS Cool energy delivers a record number of ice rinks
15 February 2022
ICS Cool Energy, an international market leader specialising in complete temperature control solutions for manufacturing process and facilities applications, has closed the 2021/2022 season with a record number of temporary ice-rink projects ...
Call for abstracts now open for the IIR Congress 2023
14 February 2022
The call for abstracts for the 26th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration has been launched under the theme 'Towards efficient, controlled and smart refrigeration'....
CIBSE gains Ofqual recognition
14 February 2022
?CIBSE is now recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) as an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO)....
'Cooling matters' is WRD 2022 theme
14 February 2022
Food available when and where we choose. Apps that make our cell phones personal assistants and inanimate products SMART. Vaccines to protect us from disease, and medicines to cure disease. Cities thriving in places once inhabitable. They all ...
Trox celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with new career opportunities
09 February 2022
National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 7 to 13 February 2022, brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. ...
The IOR launches new podcast
09 February 2022
The Institute of Refrigeration launches a new podcast channel this week called 'The Tip of the Iceberg' to explore with industry leaders, some of the critical issues facing the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector in the UK. It will ...
BESA calls for ‘massive retrofit push’ to address energy crisis
09 February 2022
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) says the dramatic surge in energy prices reinforces the need for a national programme of building retrofits....
Women in RACHP – a day of practical engineering
08 February 2022
The IOR’s Women in RACHP Network will be hosting a training day on 8 March for anyone working in, or who has an interest in, the refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump sector....
BESA urges employers to take apprenticeship pledge
07 February 2022
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called on employers to pledge they will take on at least one apprentice this year in a bid to plug the industry’s alarming skills gap and ensure it has the right talent to address future ...
Actuate UK backs industry prequalification Standard
07 February 2022
Actuate UK, the voice of Building Engineering Services, warn that skills shortages are hampering ambitions to deliver net zero emission buildings. While the number of Engineering Services apprentices starting out in England in 2022 is back to pre-...
BCIA announces new additions to management committee
07 February 2022
The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) has announced three new additions to its Management Committee; Stacey Lucas, Matt Brown and Simon Patman....
New ops manager for A-Gas Rapid Recovery
07 February 2022
Jake Matthews is the new Operations Manager for A-Gas Rapid Recovery in the UK. He was formerly employed at the company’s refrigerants’ reclamation and separation plant on the A-Gas site at Portbury, near Bristol....
ACR News Awards: Seats selling out fast
04 February 2022
The ACR News Awards dinner is taking place at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel on Thursday 17 March 2022. The final shortlist has been judged and the winning entries will be announced at the celebration dinner....
Pastorfrigor expands within commercial refrigeration industry
02 February 2022
Pastorfrigor GB, the Essex based commercial refrigeration business, is reporting a rise in the sales of energy efficient multidecks ahead of the expected energy price hike announcement on 1 April 2022. The company has also appointed commercial ...