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 27 May 2021

IOR Education Guidance notes creating a careers roadmap for the RACHP sector

This week the IOR has published a new Guidance note for the occupations of Design and Applications Engineer as part of its series of roadmaps setting out the skills, knowledge and behaviours required in key occupations. It sits alongside the ... 
 21 May 2021

BESA backs scientists’ call for overhaul of ventilation standards

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is supporting a campaign led by an international group of scientists and engineers to have current building ventilation regulations completely rewritten.... 
Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE.
 19 May 2021

Post pandemic growth fuelled by skills 

A new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain, tasked with creating a post pandemic plan to deploy world class skills to attract inward investment, is being launched on 19 May.... 
Easy Air Conditioning Managing Director Neal Gooding and Haier HVAC Solutions European General Manager Bob Cowlard welcome the new agreement.
 19 May 2021

Haier makes an Easy match

Easy Air Conditioning is the latest UK distributor to team-up with Haier HVAC Solutions. Easy Air Conditioning is a leading HVACR distributor in the UK market and will sell the full range of Haier air conditioning products.... 
 19 May 2021

IOR conference focuses the industry on steps to net-zero

This year’s IOR Annual Conference in April tackled one of the biggest issues facing users of refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps – the journey to net zero. Clearly a popular topic, over 120 delegates from the UK and overseas attended the ... 
L-r: Paul Hancock and Andrew Pinder.
 12 May 2021

Pinder expands presence in healthcare sector

Commercial refrigeration and air conditioning specialists Pinder Cooling & Heating has won a trio of hospital contracts, boosting its presence within the UK healthcare sector.... 
 11 May 2021

Calls for regulation of low indoor humidity

Many studies have shown that dry indoor air is a significant contributing factor to the rise of seasonal respiratory illness. A group of 17 internationally recognised scientists has called upon the UK Government to implement a minimum lower limit of ... 
 11 May 2021

IIR supports UN sustainability goals

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has published its first activity report which emphasises the role of refrigeration at the heart of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.... 
 11 May 2021

CIBSE focuses on apprentices

This year CIBSE is introducing new categories for apprentices into its Young Engineers Awards programme for 2021 to distinguish between technical and degree levels.... 
 10 May 2021

BRA issues latest guide for pipework jointing

The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has announced the release of an updated guide on the Jointing of Pipework for Refrigeration Systems. This latest issue is the sixth version of the guide and the first update since the 2014 edition.... 
 10 May 2021

New MD for Tecumseh

Ricardo Maciel has become managing director of Tecumseh EMEA based in Vaulx-Milieu, France.... 
 10 May 2021

New CIBSE president talks covid, climate change and sleeping frogs

A more diverse profession is essential to help us build resilience against future crises and better respond to the pandemic and climate change, Kevin Kelly, incoming president of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) said ... 
L-r: Haier’s Bob Cowlard and Phil Baker of Hawco.
 12 Apr 2021

Haier HVAC Solutions teams up with Hawco

In a new partnership, Haier HVAC Solutions has announced that Hawco is the first of its new UK distributors. Hawco will sell the complete range of Haier air conditioning products.... 
 1 Apr 2021

HRS anounces 34th annual golf tournament

The Hampshire Refrigeration Society is going ahead with its 34th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday 15 July 2021 (subject to any future change in the COVID situation). The event will be held at the Old Thorns Hotel, Golf and Country Club Resort, ... 
 1 Apr 2021

STEMazing: Smithson to inspire a new generation into refrigeration trade

Nicola Smithson, business development manager at Dean & Wood, a Beijer Ref company, has been selected to participate in the STEMazing Inspiration Academy. This inclusion and diversity programme empowers women in STEM (Science, Technology, ... 
 1 Apr 2021

The IOR Annual Conference – a conference on-demand

Delegates to the IOR Annual Conference taking place from 21 to 22 April will get the chance to access the event live and all sessions and recordings for up six months afterwards providing fantastic value and allowing anyone registering for the event ... 
 1 Apr 2021

Actuate UK backs industry prequalification Standard

Actuate UK, the umbrella body for the £multi-billion engineering services sector, has expressed its support for the revitalised prequalification Common Assessment Standard.... 
 26 Mar 2021

Beijer Ref and Bitzer extend their partnership

The Beijer Ref Group and the specialist for refrigeration and air conditioning technology Bitzer have confirmed their collaboration once again as the two companies have extended their ongoing partnership agreement for another three years.... 
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