Training & Events

ITALY: Carel is to host a free-to-register webinar on the subject of the revised European energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD) and the new eco-design regulation (ESPR).

BELGIUM: Policy, market insights and challenges are the themes of the Association of European Component Manufacturers’ (ASERCOM) annual convention to be held in Brussels on 24 January.

USA: Carrier has committed to hiring 1,000 service technicians in the USA and providing additional training to over 100,000 Carrier and Carrier partner HVAC technicians within five years.

UK: The UK government’s Mining Remediation Authority is to host a series of webinars next month to provide insight into accessing low-carbon heat from mine water.

UK: Panasonic, Samsung and Grant UK have supplied the very latest air-source heat pump systems to a new renewable energy training hub at UHI Inverness. 

UK: The HVAC+R Live show, previously promoted with dates in April, has now been rescheduled to take place alongside UK Construction Week London in May.

DENMARK: Danish CO2 refrigeration systems specialist Advansor has updated its CO2 training programme for 2025.

UK: Daikin is looking to engage five apprentices from the Manchester area for its level 3 low carbon heating technician apprenticeship programme. Deadline for applications is this Friday, December 13.

ITALY: Over 50 companies are said to have signed up for the inaugural Heat Pump Technologies (HPT) exhibition and conference in Milan in April.

UK: Mitsubishi Electric’s UK training centre in Hatfield has been approved as an LCL level 3 training centre for air-source heat pumps. 

UK: Process and critical temperature control solutions company ICS Cool Energy has established a new, professional four-year apprenticeship programme in partnership with Portsmouth College and Bradford College.

UK: The City of Liverpool College has established dedicated heat pump training facilities thanks to £100,000 funding from the North West Net Zero Hub and support from manufacturer Vaillant.

UK: Easton College, Norwich, has opened a new Renewables Hub within its Construction Skills Centre to apprentices with the skills in air-source heat pumps, solar thermal systems and rainwater harvesting.

UK: Heat pump manufacturer Vaillant has built a new, strategic partnership with Derby College Group (DCG) to help provide the skills needed to support the decarbonisation of heat.

UK: Samsung Climate Solutions has opened a new state-of-the-art training centre in Manchester.

USA: Daikin has teamed up with the ESCO Institute to educate the US industry on the transition to low GWP refrigerants and the equipment designed to use them.

DENMARK: Danfoss is to open up its pioneering Smart Store Application Development Centre to a live-streamed virtual tour. 

GERMANY: The Chillventa Congress, which again takes place the day before the Chillventa show in Nuremberg, is this year divided into four major streams.

BELGIUM: The latest developments on the implementation of the European F-gas Regulation will be revealed by EPEE in a webinar next month. 

UK: Tickets are now available for the next Institute of Refrigeration Annual Dinner, which is being held at a new venue on London’s Southbank.

UK: Ideal Heating has launched a free and comprehensive online introduction to heat pumps course. 

GERMANY: Key political issues for the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump sectors will be discussed at a special symposium on the eve of the Chillventa exhibition.

BELGIUM: Next month’s Heat Pump Forum & Awards will explore how the massive potential of heat pumps can be tapped to drive the move to net zero.

USA: Carrier has officially opened a new 1500m2 training centre at the Carrier University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

UK: Carrier has officially opened a new training academy at its service and rentals facility in Bracknell. 

ITALY: RX Italy, organiser of the Mostra Convegno Expocomfort exhibition, has released further details of its proposed event next year dedicated to heat pumps and related technologies.

DENMARK: Danish CO2 refrigeration systems specialist Advansor has announced a new online training programme for this autumn.