UK News

UK: Bitzer UK’s compressor remanufacturing service Green Point has introduced specialist support for contractors maintaining screw compressor cooling systems.

UK: More than 430 workers at the Mitsubishi Electric plant in Livingston face redundancy as a result of the downturn in heat pump demand in Europe.

UK: An R290 heat pump is now providing heating and DHW to the London office of leading environmental organisation Greenpeace.

UK: Four heat pump projects are to receive £32.8m from the UK government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF). 

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is now inviting entries for its annual Beyond Refrigeration Environmental Award, celebrating groundbreaking projects and innovations. 

UK: Daikin has opened its eighth Sustainable Home Centre at the premises of builders' merchant Harris & Bailey in Croydon.

UK: Hemel-Hempstead-based air conditioning distributor Pacair has now become an applied partner for Fujitsu’s full range of applied products.

UK: The total number of applications to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) rose to 3,047 in July, a 13% increase on June and double the volume in July 2023. 

UK: Ground source technology company Rendesco has acquired the geothermal drilling business of the Gloucestershire-based ADP Group.

UK: Williams Refrigeration has honoured 10 employees for reaching employment milestones totalling 210 years with the King’s-Lynn-based business.

UK: Sunswap, the UK pioneer in combined solar and battery technology for refrigerated trailers, has secured £17.3m through a funding round led by investment company BGF.

UK: The next Hampshire Refrigeration Society Technical Breakfast Briefing will include three technical talks on widely differing subjects. 

UK: Daikin UK has teamed up with interior designer and television personality Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen in a campaign to raise consumer awareness of heat pumps.

UK: Heat pump installations under the UK’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) have now reached 250,000.

UK: The number of those successfully completing UK heat pump training qualifications in the year to the end of June rose by 14% compared to the same period last year.

UK: Fines totalling over £1m have been issued by the Environment Agency to an 80-year-old Folkestone man for breaches of the F-gas regulations.

UK: Leading Swedish domestic appliance manufacturer Electrolux has been fined a total of £56,700 by the UK’s Environment Agency for breaches of the European F-gas regulations. 

UK: Graeme Fox, current president and fellow of the IoR, has left his role as director of technical at the Building Engineering Services Association.

UK: Hawco has named Simon Allan as CEO and a member of the executive board. He succeeds Martin Butler who is leaving after a 25-year career with the company.

UK: Sunswap has successfully completed a 10-day trial of its battery and solar-powered Endurance transport refrigeration unit with Moran Logistics, a leading UK multi-temperature logistics specialist.

UK: The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a talk and lunch in September.