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Aircon regulations ‘ignored’
institutions
by most building owners
Heating specialists website enforce the regulations, adding:
The Institute of Domestic n
Regulations governing the
inspection of air conditioning ‘Many simply ignore the regulations
Heating and Environmental units are continuing to be ignored because there is no evidence that
Engineers is shortly to revise by most building owners, according anyone is being penalised for
its website to allow potential to the Heating and Ventilating failing to comply with the law. If the
customers to find local and Contractors’ Association (HVCA). government is unwilling – or unable
qualified heating specialists in The HVCA is pressing for a UK – to address that issue then we have
their neighbourhood. The list government campaign aimed at to make sure the inspections are
will include qualified heating building owners to tackle what it ‘sold’ to clients as a valuable tool.’
consultants, designers and says is continuing non-compliance. He called for a high-profile
installers.
www.idhee.org.uk The issue of enforcement of Bob Towse... Enforcement concerns campaign to ensure building
aircon inspections was raised at owners are aware of their
Qualifications accredited a recent conference, Workplace Journal: ‘Less than 30 per cent responsibilities: ‘In this way, the
The Fire Protection Association Law, held in London. Facilities of buildings that should have building operator could see that
and the Fire and Security management consultant Martin energy performance certificates there was a real, tangible benefit at
Association’s courses in Pickard told delegates that there is (EPCs) actually have them the end of the process, as well as
fire detection, alarms and ‘little or no motivation’ to make the and, we understand, only a tiny making sure they complied with
emergency lighting are now fully 50,000 eligible buildings in England percentage of buildings covered the law.’
accredited by BTEC – the first and Wales achieve compliance by the legislation have had their CIBSE is running a campaign
suite of qualifications of its kind with the Energy Performance of air conditioning inspections aimed at informing trading
for the industry. The training Buildings Directive regulations. carried out.’ He questioned standards officers in the
courses were launched a year Bob Towse, HVCA head of whether Trading Standards has enforcement of rules on air
ago.
www.thefpa.co.uk; www. technical and safety, told the the manpower and expertise to conditioning inspections.
fireandsecurityassociation.co.uk
New maintenance code
The HEVAC Humidity Group has Grocers under fire over HFCs
prepared a Code of Best Practice
for commissioning and planned An environmental pressure group Environmental Investigation Agency to make all their stores HFC- free
maintenance, CoBP4. The has attacked British supermarkets says that only 46 major supermarket in coming years. Sainsbury’s, for
document is in response to fears for failing to phase out the use of stores – said to be two per cent of example, says it plans to achieve this
that routine servicing of all forms hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases in the total number – are using non- by 203o.
of humidification equipment refrigeration systems. HFC systems. This compares with But Cedric Sloan of the
are being neglected until a This is despite commitments 14 such stores identified a year ago. manufacturers’ group FETA said the
failure arises with expensive from a number of leading grocery Research by CIBSE Journal, phase-out of HFCs in supermarkets
consequences. The guide is chains to switch to other non-HFC however, suggests leading would raise challenges around
aimed at owners and facilities gases, even though there is no supermarkets are moving rapidly to providing the industry skills and
managers.
www.feta.co.uk legislative requirement to do so. phase out the use of HFCs for new training needed for the change.
In a new report, Chilling store developments and refits. See our Supermarkets feature in
RICS targets Ecobuild Facts 2010, the campaign group Some chains are also planning next month’s issue of the Journal.
The Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors was due
to address Ecobuild earlier this
Kings Cross refurb
month, where its president Max
Crofts was expected to discuss
chugs along
sustainability in property and the Building services provider
recent efforts to break the ‘circle NG Bailey is working with VINCI
of blame’ that has paralysed the Construction UK to deliver
sector.
www.rics.org the mechanical, electrical and
information communication
RIBA awards deadline technology services for Network
The Royal Institute of British Rail’s redevelopment of King’s
Architects (RIBA) is calling Cross Station, London, depicted
for entries for this year’s here. NG Bailey will deliver the
RIBA President’s Awards for services in four parts, starting
Research. This is the fifth with a new plant room to
year of the awards, which are serve the station. Other works
presented annually to reward and include creating a new western
encourage outstanding research concourse, incorporating
in architecture. The deadline shops and restaurants, and
for submissions is 7 May 2010. refurbishing the adjoining
www.architecture.com western range office block.
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