The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is organising a two-day conference, HVAC Engineering: Design, Commissioning and Operational Considerations for Large Infrastructure, which will detail the latest strategies and technologies to address…

Government and the wider public sector buy a huge range of goods and services.  It’s not just the big-ticket items such as building prisons or buying aircraft carriers. You will…

Payment practices, especially  retentions, are of interest to a number of our members, particularly  those involved in installation aspects. You may recall that we have in the past leant our…

In November 2019, EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment published its white paper “Count on Cooling: A five-step approach to deliver sustainable cooling” during the UN’s 31st…

The 2020 FETA magazine has been published!  This years issue contains messages from FETA Chief Executive, Russell Beattie, and FETA Chairman, Mark Woods, together with a variety of articles from…

The 11th Rushlight Show, kindly sponsored by Innovate UK, BEIS, Flanders Investment & Trade,  Carbon Limiting Technologies, Granted Consultancy, Venner Shipley and London South Bank University is taking place on…

Karen Perry from Daikin has recently become the new Chairperson for the Institute of Refrigeration’s (IOR) Women in RACHP Network. She follows in the footsteps of Samantha Buckell who held…

The Heat Pump Association (HPA) has launched its vision report; “Delivering Net Zero: A Roadmap for the Role of Heat Pumps”. The report, available to download from the HPA website,…

The WorldSKills UK Live final, November 21-23, saw the SkillFRIDGE finalists go head to head to compete for the coveted gold medal. The finals were held at the NEC in…

The new South West and South Wales Refrigeration Society was officially launched earlier this month during an Institute of Refrigeration Cool Talk Breakfast Briefing. With over 35 participants at the…

At the recent IOR AGM held on 6th November the current President, Kevin Glass, announced that Mike Creamer had been voted in as the next President-Elect. The role of the…

To tackle climate change, the UK has a legal commitment for carbon emissions to be net zero by 2050. This means that high carbon fossil fuels currently used to heat…

Does your company deserve to be in the spotlight? Perhaps a fellow colleague deserves some extra recognition after exceeding expectations on a project? Don’t miss the chance to put your…

Reducing or eliminating domestic carbon emissions will involve transforming the UK’s entire housing stock through a combination of improved insulation, behavioural change and a reduction in the use of carbon…

A major new payment and mental health survey has been launched by 27 bodies in the UK construction industry, to understand how poor payment practices are impacting mental health and…

Holders of Engineering Services SKILLcards are now able to renew their cards online following another upgrade of the online SKILLcard application system operated by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).…

The Women in RACHP Network is encouraging everyone in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sector to take a survey to be in with a chance of winning a…

The Science and Technology Committee has highlighted the lack of Government policies in place to deliver the net zero target by 2050 and recommends 10 steps the Government should take…

With the European market swamped with cheap, illegal refrigerant, the contractors association AREA, refrigeration component manufacturers group ASERCOM, refrigerant producers organisation EFCTC, and EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy &…

AREA, the European refrigeration contractors association, has issued a new publication "Introduction to Refrigeration Standard EN 378".  This is a useful and practical guide to the standard, and the calculations…