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Daikin opens Doncaster Sustainable Home Centre

UK: Daikin has opened a new Sustainable Home Centre, its sixth this year, at Doncaster-based plumbing and heating supplier Spinks.

With the move from fossil fuels to renewable energy, Daikin sees these centres playing a key role in educating and training heating engineers as well as informing homeowners about the advantages of sustainable, low-carbon home heating.

The official opening of the new facility, a joint effort between Daikin and Spinks, was conducted by local MP Dame Rosie Winterton.

Visitors were able to meet experts from Daikin UK and experience all the options from Daikin’s latest heat pump technology. The brand also carried out presentations on Daikin products and shared details of its green industry installer training opportunities.

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