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 4 Aug 2020

Isentra helps Brakes reduce carbon emissions

CO2 refrigeration specialist Isentra has helped Brakes, the UK’s leading foodservice wholesaler, reach a new milestone in its goal to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2025.... 
 4 Aug 2020

Covid magnified the skills gap, but sped up possible solutions

The Covid-19 crisis exacerbated the existing skills gap in the building services sector, but also created new opportunities and accelerated potential solutions, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).... 
 4 Aug 2020

Carrier offers new CPDs on chiller efficiency

Carrier is offering three new Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses focusing on chiller efficiency and compliance in relation to the latest European and UK regulations.... 
 21 Jul 2020

Panasonic adds Indoor Air Quality to its portfolio of CIBSE Accredited CPD Courses

The issue of indoor air quality has never been more important as businesses across the nation open up their premises again. Panasonic has recently seen increased demand from building services engineers for its CIBSE-accredited CPD courses, and the ... 
 20 Jul 2020

Underfloor a/c system brings increased design freedom to refurb

An innovative underfloor air conditioning system from AET Flexible Space has allowed architects to highlight key architectural features in a new high-concept refurbishment in the heart of central London. The 77 Coleman Street development, designed ... 
 20 Jul 2020

Wiltshire County Council upgrades with Carrier chillers

Carrier water-cooled screw chillers, with a combined cooling capacity of more than 1.4MW, are providing high efficiency, reliable cooling at Wiltshire County Council’s headquarters.... 
 10 Jul 2020

Europe’s first smart city quarter powered by Panasonic

Panasonic has started to install its CO2-saving energy solution for the smart city project, Future Living Berlin. The urban beacon is an important project in the company’s wider smart cities portfolio, which contribute to its focus on the ... 
 6 Jul 2020

Food retail gets A1 maintenance with HSBC support

Bristol-based A1 Engineering, which manufactures, installs and maintains environmentally friendly refrigeration systems, has secured a £2 million finance facility from HSBC UK to keep UK food retailers operational and safeguard the business amid the ... 
 3 Jul 2020

REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE influences skills for low GWP refrigerants across Europe

Three years ago the European Commission announced that it would be co-funding a project to develop EU wide training on low GPW alternatives refrigerants as part of its LIFE climate action programme. REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE was the project and it ... 
 26 Jun 2020

Sainsbury's celebrates engineers on WRD

David Pilbeam, Sainsbury’s head of innovation - As part of my role in the Sainsbury’s property team one of the things I am responsible for is the engineering and innovation related to our refrigeration systems. I am a relative newcomer to the world ... 
 26 Jun 2020

Scotland backs six new apprentice routes

Apprentices in Scotland have six new routes to specialist qualifications thanks to the work of the building engineering sector’s leading skills organisation.... 
 26 Jun 2020

Celebrate our engineers this World Refrigeration Day

Mark Forsyth, Managing Director, Coriolis International and WorldSkills UK Training Manager: This World Refrigeration Day (Friday 26 June 2020) will be different but no more less important. The Coronavirus pandemic has put a stop to many of the ... 
 4 Jun 2020

HPA launches training strategy amidst calls for a ‘green recovery’

The Heat Pump Association (HPA) today launched a Training Strategy that lays out how the heating industry needs to transform to enable the wider adoption of heat pumps throughout the UK building stock. The upskilling of heating installers provides ... 
 4 Jun 2020

Webinars help businesses maintain momentum on energy efficiency

The Cold Chain Federation will host free online events on 16, 17 and 18 June to help businesses maintain crucial progress in improving the energy efficiency of cold storage and distribution.... 
 4 Jun 2020

Webinar: Business innovation in sustainable thermal systems

The IOR SIRACH network will be holding a webinar presentation on 11 June focusing on business innovation in sustainable thermal systems.... 
 4 Jun 2020

Refrigerant retrofitting webinar

Climalife (IDS Refrigeration) is holding a new webinar in its series on Tuesday 16 June. Cooling installers, engineers and technicians based in the UK, are invited to join Dave Richards, head of sales at Climalife UK, at 10-10.45am, who will be ... 
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 2 Jun 2020

Webinars: The latest trends, best practices and safety tips

Embraco has announced free webinars: one on “Refrigeration basics and compressor technical” and other on “Flammable Natural Refrigerant Use In Commercial Refrigeration”... 
 2 Jun 2020

Toshiba partners with BL Refrigeration for CPD courses

Toshiba has joined forces with BL Refrigeration and Air Conditioning to present a programme of online Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses for building services consultants and engineers. Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd (TCUK) is a joint venture ... 
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