UK News
Parkman retires as Daikin Applied (UK) MD
UK: Clive Parkman has retired after eight years as managing director of Daikin Applied (UK)….
Mansfield Pollard sees turnover rise 17%
UK: Mansfield Pollard, the Bradford-based supplier of industrial air handling units, acoustic control products and data centre cooling solutions, saw turnover rise 17% to £24m in the year to July 31….
Heat pump training in line with demand
UK: The UK government insists that the number of UK heat pump installers is in line with current workforce training demands….
Giles Pratt set to retire
UK: Giles Pratt, sales specialist at Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK, is set to retire after a career spanning 40 years in the UK air conditioning industry….
Daikin joins green initiatives agreement
UK: Heat pump manufacturer Daikin has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to support jobs, skills training, warmer homes and more sustainable power….
EA proposes charging for F-gas scheme
UK: The Environment Agency (EA) is proposing to start charging users for the costs of administering the F-gas scheme….
DEFRA suspends cellar cooler ban
UK: DEFRA has suspended the January 1 ban on cellar coolers following representations from industry representatives, product manufacturers and suppliers….
Urgent meeting sought over cellar cooler ban
UK: Graeme Fox, F-gas scheme director at Quidos, has sought an “urgent meeting” with DEFRA over its decision to include cellar coolers within the January 1 split system AC ban….
Cellar cooler trade in uproar over F-gas ban
UK: Manufacturers and suppliers of cellar coolers are in uproar after UK government agencies declared that such systems using higher GWP refrigerants will be banned from January 1….
MCS launches new heat load calculator
UK: MCS, the UK’s quality mark for renewable energy technologies, has launched a new Heat Load Calculator tool for certified installers….