NEWS In Brief
WAITROSE REFRIGERANT ‘FIRST’ Waitrose has installed what is claimed to be the world’s fi rst supermarket installation of a packaged chiller using HFO refrigerant, as part of an energy assessment. The Italian-made chillers were comprehensively tested before being supplied by Klima- Therm to the store in Bromley, south-east London. They will be assessed in comparison to a system using propane, in a store in the city of Canterbury.
www.klima-therm.co.uk
CARBON SAVING ADVICE The Carbon Trust has launched an online offi ce tool aimed at helping save UK businesses and public bodies £500m and 2m tonnes of CO2
Social housing renovations can take a long time to pay for themselves, says the report
Social housing sector ‘fi ts and forgets’ renewables
. By engaging
employees in cutting energy use, paper waste and travel, Carbon Trust Empower has the potential to help a typical small business save more than 15% of its energy bill.
www.carbontrust.co.uk
ASSET MAINTENANCE GUIDE Building services research body BSRIA has launched a new guide, Condition Surveys and Asset Date Capture, aimed at those who have responsibility for maintaining buildings. The guide outlines the benefi ts of having a good knowledge of assets, and how to maintain them in an effi cient and economical way.
www.bsria.co.uk
UKDEA MEMBERSHIP HEATS UP The UK District Energy Association (UKDEA) has reported a rapid increase in membership, with six organisations joining its ranks in the last month of 2011. Among those joining as full members were Leicester City Council, energy management company ENER-G and social housing provider Newport City Homes.
www.ukdea.org.uk
● Performance of renewable technologies are too often not monitored, says report
Many social housing providers are investing in renewable systems, but they don’t monitor them and so do not know if they are performing well or giving value for money. This was the conclusion of
research carried out by the Centre for Infrastructure Management at Sheffi eld Hallam University into the use of renewables to alleviate fuel poverty. Fin O’Flaherty, one of the authors
how we can make going green socially inclusive’ to ensure vulnerable households are not left behind. Solar panels can save households between £340
of the research funded by the Eaga Charitable Trust, said it was still not clear which renewable systems offered the best return. ‘There is often a limited understanding of how the
‘There’s often limited understanding of how the technologies perform in use’
and £420 annually, but still take between 15 and 17 years to pay back installation costs, according to the research. Heat pumps also save money, but some residents complained to the researchers that the systems failed to suffi ciently heat their homes. The report is based on the fi ndings
of a two-year study, funded by the Eaga Charitable Trust, into the role that micro-generation technologies can play in alleviating fuel poverty in the UK. The study involved a review of existing research into micro-generation technologies in domestic settings,
and an evaluation of number of such schemes in the West Midlands and South Yorkshire, including analyses of energy generation and consumption data.
technologies perform in use or what level of savings are being delivered to residents,’ said O’Flaherty. He added that the exercise was ‘really about asking
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Contractors’ body rebrand ‘refl ects wider appeal’ This is the third time in its 107-
The Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association (HVCA) will change its name to the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES) in March. The decision was backed by more than 90% of the membership. HVCA president Bob Shelley
said that a survey of members and their clients had shown that the existing name no longer covered the ‘scope of services provided by association members, which is now much broader than simply h&v’.
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year history that the association has changed its name. It became the HVCA in 1963 when most members ‘thought of themselves as heating and ventilating contractors’, but that is ‘a description that few use now’, according to Shelley. ‘Today, our membership embraces many other specialisms, such as ventilation hygiene, refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps, and facilities management
services, all of which can be accommodated under the ‘building and engineering services’ description.’ HVCA chief executive
Blane Judd said the change ‘acknowledges the increasing clients’ emphasis on an integrated, one-stop-shop approach to the procurement of building and engineering services, and satisfi es their wish for a broader-based organisation that is able to respond to ever- changing requirements’.
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