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Tackling transport refrigeration skills
UK: A new batch of students have embarked on one of the UK’s only transport refrigeration engineering apprenticeship programmes.
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CO2 heat pump company opens UK office
UK: Danish CO2 refrigeration and heat pump systems manufacturer Fenagy has established a UK office in Leeds.
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UK cold stores exceed efficiency targets
UK: The cold storage companies signed up to the UK government’s Climate Change Agreement (CCA) exceeded agreed energy efficiency improvements in 2022.
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Advisory body calls for free heat pump installs
UK: A UK government advisory body has called for the free installation of heat pumps in low income households and billions of pounds in heat pump subsidies.
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Daikin UK expands merchants network
UK: Daikin UK has opened the doors to four new centres as part of its now 35-strong national sustainable home network.
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Breakfast meeting at Bath College
UK: The South West and South Wales Refrigeration Society (SWRS) is holding its next technical breakfast meeting at Bath College on 26 October.
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Chris Pedley 1960-2023
UK: TEV has announced the death of Chris Pedley following a battle with cancer. He was 63.
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Roberts appointed BRA president
UK: Neil Roberts, senior technical sales manager at Bristol-based refrigerant supplier Climalife, has been appointed president of the British Refrigeration Association (BRA).
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Michael Ohly 1944-2023
UK: FETA has announced that Michael Ohly, former president and founder of its ductwork contractor group, ADCAS, has died at the age of 78.
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Ship’s owners fined £220k for R22 refrigerant death
UK: The death of a fishing boat crewman, asphyxiated by R22 refrigerant, has resulted in a fine of £220,000 for the vessel’s owners.
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More focus on net zero than building safety
UK: The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) claims that construction clients are more focused on meeting their net zero goals than complying with the Building Safety Act.
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CoolKit secures new factory in Blackburn
UK: Temperature-controlled van specialist CoolKit has moved to a new 7,000m2 premises following the blaze that devastated its Burnley manufacturing site at the beginning of July.
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Emissions up, but still below pre-covid-19 levels
UK: While UK greenhouse gas emissions on a residence basis increased in 2022, they remain below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.
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