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Keegan) has been most supportive in showing his willingness to adapt to our need to make programme changes. We look forward to what will hopefully be a very enjoyable and successful Luncheon in 2021.”
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he Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched a new membership category
catering for individuals with a particular interest in the building services industry. This is a significant development for the 116-year-old trade body, which has previously only admitted companies and corporate organisations into membership.
BESA said the new associate member category would provide a ‘home’ for individuals who have wanted to engage with the organisation and gain access to specialist knowledge and share their own expertise, but had no avenue to do so in the past.
They are expected to include consultants, academics, retired engineers, other experts and young engineers including apprentices and trainees. The new category will seek to create communities of like-minded individuals with tailored content covering their area of interest and supporting their personal development goals. It will give those involved opportunities to network and provide them with insight into the sector and its ‘hot topics’. They will be able to raise their professional profiles through membership of BESA and share ideas, problems and solutions. They will also be given access to training materials via the new online BESA Academy. For the Association, it will open up
new audiences for its expertise and industry guidance and further extend its sphere of influence. Standard membership will cost £120
per annum, but retired people and apprentices/trainees will be admitted for free. Workers recently made redundant will also have their membership fee waived for the first 12 months or until they are successful in finding employment.
BESA associate members will receive a comprehensive suite of benefits including: an invitation to join relevant
BESA specialist groups; the use of a special BESA logo; inclusion in social media groups; the opportunity to contribute to industry research and access to reports; political consultations and articles.
They will also receive discounts on publications and events, including attendance at the BESA National Conference, which this year is being held online on November 4 and 5. The new grade of membership does
not provide access to the comprehensive suite of services enjoyed by ‘full’ company members, such as legal and commercial support, or the Association’s governance. Individual membership also cannot be used for project tendering purposes.
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elebrating its 20th anniversary this year, EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the
Environment, published a video with a compilation of messages from its members.
EPEE’s members, representing the
heating and cooling industry, contribute with their technologies to ensuring that European citizens have healthy, productive and comfortable living and working environments, fresh and safe food and best in class healthcare. EPEE Director General Andrea Voigt
said: “It’s been 20 years already, time flies! 20 years during which our association has become one of the leading voices of our industry sector, with currently more than 50 members from across the globe. Today, more than ever, we are focussed on making our world a better place with sustainable technologies for the health of people and the planet.” EPEE members take their
responsibility very seriously and are continuously innovating to provide long-term solutions to maximise the benefits of cooling for society in a safe, affordable, and environmentally sustainable manner. EPEE is committed to pursuing its work, its dialogue with EU policymakers, collaboration with partners around the world, and looks forward to continuing its path to help the EU achieve its climate and energy Ms Voigt concluded: “We look forward to the next 20 years!”
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