UK News
2nd July 2018
Ammonia death accidental but preventable
UK: The death of David Chandler at the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton in 2016 was accidental, but the ammonia refrigerant leak which killed him was…
2nd July 2018
Tesco and Carrefour form alliance
UK: Tesco and Carrefour say they have formed a “strategic” joint purchasing alliance to cut costs and lower prices. The two major supermarket groups say…
1st July 2018
Cooling Industry’s longest shortlist
UK: The organiser of the Cooling Industry Awards 2018 has announced its longest ever “shortlist” with over 130 nominated products and projects. The 19 categories…
1st July 2018
SIRACH event on community cooling
UK: SIRACH will explore community heating and cooling in a special event this week at the Building Research Establishment. Community heating and cooling is becoming…
29th June 2018
IoR seeks board nominations
[caption id="attachment_47340" align="aligncenter" width="630"] The IoR is looking for member nominations to join its board of trustees to fill the two places which become vacant…
28th June 2018
Epta’s dragon boaters raise £900
UK: As well as banging the drum for the industry, staff from commercial refrigeration firm Epta UK raised £900 for charity last weekend by taking…
22nd June 2018
Women in engineering: changing mindsets
UK: The mindset of young women and their parents needs to change to recognise the opportunities that engineering offers, according to BSRIA chief executive…
22nd June 2018
Network Rail praised for retentions ban
UK: Industry groups have called on more companies to follow the example of Network Rail in announcing a ban on retentions. On Wednesday, Network Rail…
20th June 2018
Engineer died instantly in ammonia leak
UK: Engineer David Chandler was said to have died instantly when a “great blue cloud” of ammonia refrigerant hit him in the face, the inquest into…
20th June 2018
CO2 refrigerant faces supply issues
UK: Refrigerant suppliers have moved to reassure customers after stories emerged of severe shortages affecting European supplies of CO2. The air conditioning and refrigeration industry,…
20th June 2018
David Chandler inquest opens
UK: The inquest into the death of 45-year-old refrigeration engineer David Chandler at the Carlsberg brewery in Northampton in 2016 opened yesterday. Northamptonshire Coroner's Court…
18th June 2018
Over 600 BESA apprentices looking for work
UK: BESA Training says it has over 600 potential building services apprentices looking for work. The training arm of the Building Engineering Services Association says…
15th June 2018
Bitzer Ecostar added to ETL list
UK: Bitzer’s Ecostar condensing units have been accepted onto the UK government’s Energy Technology List (ETL). The listing includes all models within the Ecostar range…
15th June 2018
Coolair has £100,000 makeover
UK: Manchester-based air conditioning contractor Coolair Equipment has given its Dukinfield head office a £100,000 makeover. The 38-year-old company has recently refurbished its Coolair House…
13th June 2018
Toshiba offers online training
UK: Toshiba Air Conditioning UK is to launch a series of online technical training courses to enables installers to learn at their own pace. Launched…
13th June 2018
Mitsubishi sponsors Special Olympics
[caption id="attachment_47165" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Yoji Saito, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric European operations (left) and Itaru Watanabe, president of Mitsubishi Electric UK branch (right)…
12th June 2018
Waterloo updates air diffusion guide
UK: Air distribution specialist Waterloo Air Products has updated its Green Book air diffusion technical guide. With 26,000 hard copies and hundreds of downloads of…
12th June 2018
Adande Aircell wins again
[caption id="attachment_47145" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Adande’s national project manager Jan Quilliam receives the latest award from Chris Brazier, group event director, Commercial Kitchen[/caption] UK: Adande’s Aircell…
12th June 2018
Panasonic ups rewards in summer promo
UK: As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, Panasonic has upgraded the incentive awards on all purchases of its PACi commercial split systems. While Panasonic’s…
11th June 2018
FSW offers CO2 training
UK: Refrigeration wholesaler FSW is now offering a one-day CO2 training course to support its recently introduced Profroid QuietCO2OL CO2 packaged condensing unit. Organised in…
11th June 2018
Three-year warranty on Hitachi chillers
UK: Hitachi distributor Pure Air Distribution is offering a new three-year manufacturer’s warranty on all Hitachi Samurai chillers. The new warranty is designed to provide…