Training & Events

UK: Luke Haile, silver medal winner in refrigeration and air conditioning at WorldSkills 2024, is interviewed in the first of a new series of podcasts by Climalife UK.

UK: A detailed programme has been released for an international conference in Manchester in August on how RACHP design must adapt to the climate change challenge.

UK: The Heat Pump Association (HPA) is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary at its first annual conference in London in November.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to host a webinar update on the Transport Industrial and Commercial Refrigeration (TICR) project to help end users understand and reduce emissions.

UK: West Lothian College has joined forces with Mitsubishi Electric in a partnership aimed at tackling a shortage of workers trained to install heat pumps.

IRELAND: The Institute of Refrigeration Ireland (IRI) is to host a series of lunchtime webinars on the proposed revision to the EN378 standard.

BELGIUM: Students at schools in Belgium without the resources to purchase expensive equipment are learning about the installation of heat pumps using virtual reality. 

UK: LG Electronics has revamped its UK training academy in Weybridge to include R290 air-to-water heat pumps and Multi Vi systems alongside state of the art training equipment.

UK: A new hands-on training initiative to help refrigeration contractors and service technicians gain confidence in diagnosing and maintaining Bitzer compressors.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration’s latest education guidance note covers the subject of coaching as a way for employers to support engineering and technician development.

USA/RWANDA: Carrier Transicold has delivered transport refrigeration units and connected cold chain solutions to support training courses and sustainable cold chain systems in East Africa.

UK: The Northern Branch of the Institute of Refrigeration has announced that its first Technical Breakfast briefing will be held next month at South Shields FC.

UK: A one-day regional refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump exhibition opens its doors this week at Birmingham's Villa Park, home of Aston Villa FC.

UK: Daikin UK claims to have delivered free, face-to-face training to 6,132 installers in 2024.

GERMANY: Registration is now open for the Green Cooling Summit 2025, an online two-day conference focusing on sustainable cooling and heating in buildings.

GERMANY: The organiser of the biennial European Heat Pump Summit has announced a call for papers for the next event in October.

ITALY: The biennial European Conference on heat pump and cooling technologies will return to the Politecnico di Milano in June for two days of intensive activity.

UK: Ideal Heating has opened a new, dedicated training centre near Edinburgh which, in addition to boiler courses, will also enable reskilling of installers to work with heat pumps.

UK: Cold Chain Hub, the UK’s leading event for the cold storage and distribution sector, returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 9 & 10 September.

UAE: HVACR World is a new exhibition to be held this year at the Dubai World Trade Centre to showcase the opportunities in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA).

UK: The BESA Academy has introduced a fully-online health, safety and environment test for building services personnel to meet SKILLcard requirements for safe site working.

SWEDEN: Heat pump manufacturer Qvantum has introduced a Young Energy Ambassadors’ programme to foster the next generation of energy leaders. 

GERMANY: Bitzer is again playing host to the Industrial Refrigeration Network Conference (IRN) focused on safe, future-proof and energy-efficient solutions based on “natural” refrigerants.

USA: Daikin Comfort Technologies North America have announced a scholarship programme in alliance with US Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Houston Astros.

UK: A free CIBSE-accredited CPD webinar explaining how R290 refrigerant is shaping the future of sustainable HVAC is being hosted by Swegon UK & Ireland this coming Thursday, 27 February.

UK: The organiser of the InstallerShow has announced a repeat of its partnership with World Refrigeration Day and a greater focus on the cooling industry.

UK: Carrier is building on the launch of its academy in Bracknell last year, and the appointment of an apprenticeship programme lead, by recruiting at least 17 apprentices this year.