UK News
18th March 2024
Low carbon heat briefing
UK: The SIRACH network is hosting a half-day briefing at London’s iconic Shard to share the findings of the Lot-Net project.
18th March 2024
UK heat pump uptake too slow
UK: The UK must achieve an eleven-fold increase in heat pump installations if it is to hit government targets of 600,000 heat pumps installed per year by 2028.
18th March 2024
Refrigeration’s star engineer Forbes Pearson dies
UK: Stephen Forbes Pearson, co-founder of Star Refrigeration and one of the world's greatest refrigeration engineers, has died at the age of 92.
14th March 2024
UK government delays CHMM scheme
UK: The UK government is proposing a year’s delay on the introduction of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, one of its key tools to support the rollout of heat pumps.
13th March 2024
IoR adds 11 new Fellows
UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has announced the elevation of 11 existing members to Fellows in recognition of their technical expertise, leadership and contribution to…
13th March 2024
Ideal extends heat pump training south
UK: Ideal Heating is opening a heat pump training hub in the south of England as it continues its investment in UK training facilities.
10th March 2024
RACHP topics on the menu
UK: The next free-to-attend Hampshire Refrigeration Society technical breakfast briefing will cover a range of topics of interest to the RACHP sector.
8th March 2024
HEVAC inaugurates World Humidity Control Day
UK: The HEVAC Association’s Humidity Control Group has announced March 12 as the inaugural World Humidity Control Day.
7th March 2024
Phil Ord joins Qvantum as UK CEO
UK: Phil Ord, former commercial product group director at Mitsubishi Electric, has been appointed CEO of Qvantum Energy Technology Ltd, the UK subsidiary of the Swedish heat pump manufacturer.
4th March 2024
UK adds 8,000 heat pump installers in 2023
UK: The number of qualified heat pump installers in the UK grew by nearly 8,000 last year, a 166% increase on 2022.
1st March 2024
Heat pump grant requests up 39%
UK: Applications for the UK’s boiler upgrade scheme in January were up 39% on January last year, according to figures from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
29th February 2024
BESA backing for WorldSkills UK
UK:The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is organising the refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) category of the WorldSkills UK competition.
28th February 2024
UK should heed Euro heat pump decline
UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has called on the UK Government to take heed of the decline in European heat pump sales and institute clear, consistent and decisive action.
26th February 2024
Brian Streatfield 1936-2024
UK: Brian Streatfield, a man who was instrumental in the formation of Carrier in the UK during the 1970s, died at the weekend. He was 87.
25th February 2024
Safety is vital in global F-gas transition
UK: Institute of Refrigeration president Graeme Fox has warned of the real-world issues that the “rapid transition” to “natural” refrigerants poses for developing countries.
25th February 2024
Terrie Lamb wins lifetime achievement award
UK: Terrie Lamb of Cimetrics was recognised for 25 years of dedication to the RACHP sector in a night of awards at Thursday night’s annual Institute of Refrigeration (IoR) dinner.
25th February 2024
Home heat pump install for newly-trained engineers
UK: A UK charity is proposing to give newly trained heat pump installers an air-source heat pump to install in their own home.
21st February 2024
CCF publishes election manifesto
UK: In a new manifesto ahead of this year’s general election, the Cold Chain Federation (CCF) is calling for future government’s to take action to recognise the industry’s crucial contributions.
20th February 2024
Oceanair acquired by builders’ merchant MKM
UK: Air conditioning and heat pump distributor Oceanair UK has been acquired by MKM, the independent builders’ merchant.
14th February 2024
Women in Cooling a focus of InstallerShow 2024
UK: This year’s InstallerShow at the NEC will host what it claims will be the UK’s biggest Women in Cooling event to coincide with World Refrigeration Day.
13th February 2024
Grierson rejoins Wolseley as divisional MD
UK: Peter Grierson has rejoined Wolseley Pipe Centre and Climate Centre as divisional managing director.