UK News

UK: Heat exchanger product manufacturer Kelvion is to cease manufacturing at its UK factory in Fareham, bringing to an end 67 years of refrigeration production at the site.

UK: Graeme Fox, who quit his role as director of technical at BESA last month, has agreed to join certification agency Quidos as its new FGAS scheme director.

UK: In a boost to promoting refrigeration to young people, the technology has been recognised by the hugely popular educational building brick toy, Lego.

UK: Bitzer UK’s compressor remanufacturing service Green Point has introduced specialist support for contractors maintaining screw compressor cooling systems.

UK: More than 430 workers at the Mitsubishi Electric plant in Livingston face redundancy as a result of the downturn in heat pump demand in Europe.

UK: An R290 heat pump is now providing heating and DHW to the London office of leading environmental organisation Greenpeace.

UK: Four heat pump projects are to receive £32.8m from the UK government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF). 

UK: The Institute of Refrigeration is now inviting entries for its annual Beyond Refrigeration Environmental Award, celebrating groundbreaking projects and innovations. 

UK: Daikin has opened its eighth Sustainable Home Centre at the premises of builders' merchant Harris & Bailey in Croydon.

UK: Hemel-Hempstead-based air conditioning distributor Pacair has now become an applied partner for Fujitsu’s full range of applied products.

UK: The total number of applications to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) rose to 3,047 in July, a 13% increase on June and double the volume in July 2023. 

UK: Ground source technology company Rendesco has acquired the geothermal drilling business of the Gloucestershire-based ADP Group.

UK: Williams Refrigeration has honoured 10 employees for reaching employment milestones totalling 210 years with the King’s-Lynn-based business.

UK: Sunswap, the UK pioneer in combined solar and battery technology for refrigerated trailers, has secured £17.3m through a funding round led by investment company BGF.

UK: The next Hampshire Refrigeration Society Technical Breakfast Briefing will include three technical talks on widely differing subjects. 

UK: Daikin UK has teamed up with interior designer and television personality Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen in a campaign to raise consumer awareness of heat pumps.

UK: Heat pump installations under the UK’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) have now reached 250,000.

UK: The number of those successfully completing UK heat pump training qualifications in the year to the end of June rose by 14% compared to the same period last year.

UK: Fines totalling over £1m have been issued by the Environment Agency to an 80-year-old Folkestone man for breaches of the F-gas regulations.

UK: Leading Swedish domestic appliance manufacturer Electrolux has been fined a total of £56,700 by the UK’s Environment Agency for breaches of the European F-gas regulations. 

UK: Graeme Fox, current president and fellow of the IoR, has left his role as director of technical at the Building Engineering Services Association.