Europe
Winners of the Heat Pump City of the Year Award 2018
May. 23, 2018 On the 16th May 2018 in Vienna, we celebrated the 8th edition of the Heat Pump City of the Year Award. In this spectacular location and with all the attendees of the Decarbcities conference, it was the perfect time to hand over the prizes. For the 2018 edition, EHPA received 26 applications from all over Europe. In order to give more importance to each one of the applicatio...
Ongoing growth: heat pump sector continues its positive cont
May. 23, 2018 The heat pump engine picks up steam. While the proverb does not work for a modern electric technology, the underlying message holds true. For the fourth year in a row, our market outlook and statistics review, reveals a growing market. Benefiting from a favorable construction sector and an increasing appetite for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the EU heat pump markets have ...
Eradicating the problem of magnetite

May 23, 2018 Heatlink is helping its customers with a new way to solve the problem of magnetite in water. For many years, strainers have been used as the main defence against the problem of ...
Vent-Axia supports Noise Action Week

May 23, 2018 Vent-Axia is supporting Noise Action Week (May 21-26 2018) for the sixth year in a row. Vent-Axia’s Sentinel Kinetic Advance Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR), ...
Hasman training centre chooses energy recovery ventilation

May 23, 2018 When duct cleaning specialist, Hasman, relocated to Liverpool to create the industry’s first dedicated training centre, its long-term aim was to lead from the front when it came to...
John Guest doubles Speedfit guarantee
May 23, 2018 UK manufacturer John Guest has extended the guarantee on its core plumbing range from 25 years to 50 years. The 50-year guarantee is now in place against material and manufacturing defects for products in John Guest’s core Speedfit plumbing range. It will apply to Speedfit plumbing and heating products used in normal domestic cold and hot water supply and cent...
Beijer Ref acquires French air conditioning distributor GH2C
The acquisition further strengthens Beijer Ref’s market position in the growing HVAC segment in Southern Europe. May 18, 2018 The Swedish refrigeration wholesale group, Beijer Ref AB, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the French HVAC distribution company GH2C. GH2C is based in Lyon and also has a sales office in Grenoble. The company is a distributor o...
EPEE: Stay in business – stop installing R404A/ R507A!

22 / 05 / 2018 Together with AREA, EFCTC and Asercom, EPEE has developed a leaflet calling on contractors to stop using high GWP refrigerants immediately in order to ensure they stay in business as t...
Primetals Technologies to modernize hot strip mill “HSM 2000

• Width control, thickness tolerances and overall product quality is improved • Production of high-end grades is made more efficient, saving alloys, using Power Cooling • New componen...
Clean Air Strategy signals further RHI shake up

22 May, 2018 Plan to curb air pollution concerns intended to tie into wider UK environmental policy and plays up HVAC industry role to ensure cleaner solutions; further RHI revisions under considerat...