Training & Events

GERMANY: The Green Cooling Initiative has updated its natural refrigerant courses with more interactive content and improved navigation.

UK: Justin Rowlatt, the BBC’s climate editor, will be a speaker at the Cold Chain Climate & Energy Summit which returns to the University of Warwick on 19 March.

UK: Cally Beaton, the stand-up comedian, speaker and podcaster, has been announced at this year’s after dinner speaker at the IOR Annual Dinner.

POLAND: The next edition of Warsaw HVAC Expo, one of the most important HVAC exhibitions in central and eastern Europe, opens its doors in February on around 450 exhibitors.

USA: Trane Technologies has renewed its grant to the Science Museum of Minnesota to cultivate leadership skills, career readiness, and a profound appreciation for STEM among young people.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration has appointed consultant Matt Harvey as its new education outreach manager to lead initiatives with schools, vocational colleges, and employers. 

GERMANY: Registration is now open for the 29th GCCA European Cold Chain Conference, taking place in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 18-20 March 2026.

UK: Ideal Heating is set to open its fifth Expert Academy training centre, a brand-new purpose-built facility in Portishead, near Bristol.

UK: Decarbonisation will be the theme of the Hampshire Refrigeration Society’s final Technical Breakfast Briefing of 2025.

CZECHIA/ITALY: Panasonic has extended its training capabilities with new facilities in the Czech Republic and Italy.

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is to host a free webinar exploring the UK government’s recently announced consultation on reforming the HFC phasedown under the GB F-gas regulation.

UK: Lord William Haughey OBE, Chair of City Facilities Management Ltd officially opened the new Glasgow Beijer Ref training facility last week.

GERMANY: The German-government-supported agency GIZ Proklima is hosting a webinar on “green” heating and cooling on November 26.

UK: Lord William Haughey, chair of City Facilities Management, is to officially open Beijer Ref's third training academy, in Glasgow, on 6 November.

BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) is promising a wide range of activities to celebrate this year’s Heat Pump Day on October 21.

USA: ASHRAE has published its full technical programme for its 2026 Winter Conference in Las Vegas.

BURKINA FASO: U-3ARC, the African refrigeration and air conditioning association, is holding its first International Conference for the Popularisation of Refrigeration in Africa in Ouagadougou next month.

UK: Samsung Climate Solutions is aiming to train around 1,000 installers over the next 12 months at its newest training facility in Chertsey, Surrey.

GERMANY: Refrigeration technology will have a large presence at next year’s retail EuroShop exhibition in Düsseldorf from 22 to 26 February next year.

UK: Tickets are now available for the annual Institute of Refrigeration dinner, which returns to the Hilton London Bankside hotel on 12 February 2026.

UK: A new training studio to help inspire the next generation of air conditioning engineers, plumbers, and medical gas technicians has been announced by copper tube supplier Lawton Tubes.

USA: ASHRAE has opened the call for abstracts for its 2026 Annual Conference, which will take place from June 27 to July 1, 2026, in Austin, Texas.

UK: The Minister for Energy Consumers, Miatta Fahnbulleh, will give a keynote address at the Heat Pump Association’s (HPA) first conference in November.

GERMANY: Participants in this year’s European Heat Pump Summit in Nuremberg are promised two days of high-calibre professional expertise.

UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched the first official training course supporting the UK government’s Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS). 

UK: Apprenticeship provider Total People has opened a new training facility in Wythenshawe to support engineering skills growth in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. 

UK: Daikin UK is to embark on a nationwide series of regional events for commercial heating and cooling installers and consultants.