UK News

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.

UK: Hawco has named Simon Allan as CEO and a member of the executive board. He succeeds Martin Butler who is leaving after a 25-year career with the company.

UK: Sunswap has successfully completed a 10-day trial of its battery and solar-powered Endurance transport refrigeration unit with Moran Logistics, a leading UK multi-temperature logistics specialist.

UK: The Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a talk and lunch in September.

UK: Johnson Controls has acquired Password Services Air Conditioning Lyd, a specialist Worcestershire-based HVAC service and solutions provider.

UK: Carrier Solutions UK is to be the main sponsor of Sale Sharks, with the company’s Toshiba brand appearing on the rugby union club’s shirts next season.

UK: Sunderland-based renewables distributor Secon Renewables is now stocking Viessmann’s Vitocal 150-A and 151-A domestic air-source heat pumps on R290.

UK: Two of the leading UK trade associations for the frozen food industry have joined a coalition exploring raising temperatures of frozen food to slash emissions.

UK: Swedish heat pump company Aira has officially opened its London training academy in Crayford.

UK: Morrisons claims to be the first UK retailer to move its frozen food temperatures from -18°C to -15°C in 10 of its stores.

UK: Estate agents are reporting an increase in demand for homes with air conditioning following recent UK heatwaves.

UK: Three lines from Electrolux Professional’s Ecostore range refrigerators have been added to the Energy Technology List (ETL).

UK: Only just over 170 heat pumps were installed per month last year in Scotland under the Scottish government's flagship Home Energy Scotland Scheme.

UK: Panasonic has announced a collaboration with Scottish Power’s Manchester-based heat pump installers Plug Me In to provide Panasonic Aquarea heat pumps as part of Scottish Power’s offering.

UK: The 2,687 applications to the UK government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) last month were down 10% on May.

UK: With 27,000 certified heat pump installations in the first six months of 2024, the MCS insists that the UK is on track to see more installations than ever before.

UK: Ideal Heating has unveiled a net zero building, heated by one of the company’s own air-source heat pumps, at its headquarters site in Hull.

UK: Blackpool-based Pure Thermal has been appointed as the UK industrial heat pump partner of Finnish manufacturer Oilon.

UK: A development of 16 social homes designed and built to achieve Passivhaus standard has been constructed in Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway, with the support of Baxi air-source heat pumps.