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26 Jun 2023

World Refrigeration Day – an industry with potential and career prospects

World Refrigeration Day, celebrated every year on 26 June, pays tribute to refrigeration technology. This year’s motto is ‘Next Generation Cooling: The Future is in our hands.’ Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump technology is an industry ...

4 Dec 2020

BESA future proofs F-Gas renewals

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), in partnership with affiliate member Mitsubishi Electric, has launched an online training course so refrigeration and air conditioning engineers can renew their professional accreditations ...

2 Sep 2020

Industry update – the hot topics webinar

Climalife (IDS Refrigeration Ltd) is pleased to announce the next webinar in their series. You are invited to join Climalife UK at 10-10.45am on Wednesday the 16th September, where managing director Allan Harper and technical director Peter Dinnage ...

21 Aug 2020

BESA Academy launches new era in online learning

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has opened its new online Academy delivering a comprehensive programme of training courses, assessments and CPD for individuals, employers and training providers in the building services sector....

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 ...

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....

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 ...

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 ...

2 Jun 2020

Energy efficiency and low GWP…

On 3 June, from 10am - 11am, Climalife (IDS Refrigeration) will hold the latest in a series of webinars. The latest webinar is being held for cooling installers, engineers and technicians based in the UK, in partnership with Refrigerant producer: ...

28 May 2020

Revolutionising the future of heating and cooling – an IOR SIRACH event

The IOR’s SIRACH Network will be hosting an event on 9 June focusing on the recent advances of heating and cooling....

6 Mar 2020

Can the ex-military help solve the skills crisis

The construction industry is made up of 2.3 million workers and contributes an estimated six per cent of the UK’s GDP. Despite this, the industry is facing some worrying concerns; The latest government figures show the number of people starting an ...

3 Mar 2020

Acquainting future engineers with future technologies

GERMANY: Aarhus Maskinmesterskole (Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering) is a technical college with high educational standards located in Denmark’s second largest city. Together with the companies JF Køleteknik, H Jessen Jürgensen, ...

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