NEWS
Stay F-Gas compliant with REFCOM
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t is now eight years since the F-Gas regulations came into effect in the UK, with the bulk of the companies which are registered and compliant to work in the SRACHP sector having full certification by 2011.
With these certificates having a three year validity period, the bulk of the industry sector has to renew its certification this year. The REFCOM administration team is working hard to process renewals for registered members as quickly as possible, helping them stay compliant. Without a valid F-gas certificate:
■ Supplies of gas and equipment could be stopped by your wholesalers.
■ Your registration with your own clients as an approved installer or service provider could be affected.
■ Prosecution by the authorities could occur if they carry out an inspection of one of your clients and find that your own company was not complying with the law at the time of work being carried out.
REFCOM recommends that the renewals process is carried out as soon as possible, and you will be sent regular reminders via email containing an easy access link to their renewal system. If you haven’t received yours, it may be worth checking your spam folder. Renewing ahead of the expiry date doesn’t lose you time either; the new certificate will commence from the date the old one expires.
The REFCOM team are contactable on 01768 860409 or at refcom.
info@thebesa.com
Apprentices broaden sustainability knowledge
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uilding services provider JS Wright has teamed up with a major distributor to give tomorrow’s engineers a head start in delivering a sustainable future for Britain.
11 technical apprentices from the mechanical and electrical design and build specialist, which is based in Birmingham and has offices in Bristol and London, were given an exclusive tour of Wolseley UK’s Sustainable Building Centre in Leamington.
As members of the JS Wright Academy, the company’s training forum, they were accompanied on their day-long visit by their Academy leader and associate director, Paul Millington, and JS Wright’s quality engineer, Ben Wright.
The group was hosted by Wolseley UK’s head of sustainability, Tim Pollard, who was instrumental in founding the purpose-designed building which provides a showcase of all the sustainable products and systems available from the UK’s leading specialist plumbing and heating product distributor. Mr Pollard showed the apprentices technology ranging from air and ground-
source heat pumps, biomass boilers and combined heat and power units to solar thermal and photovoltaic panels, rainwater harvesting, porous paving and underfloor heating, and highlighted their respective merits for domestic and commercial use. He also gave a lecture on the challenges facing Britain as it seeks to reduce the use of fossil fuels as a source of energy in order to meet its 2008 climate change commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, emphasising the vital but also exciting role his audience will play in delivering a sustainable future.
OCTA WIRELESS Electronic charging scale
BM-Series Swiss manifolds
New with both UV- and LED lights
REF-LOCATOR High-end
leak detector
REF-VAC Vacuum gauge
Refco HY-EX-6
Hydraulic Expander tool kit
ENVIRO-DUO/-OS: New also for R32 and R1234yf
ENVIRO-DUO/-OS very
ular refrigerants
Recovery machine for all popular refrigerants
DIGIMON-SE patent pending pending
Two-way and four-way digital manifolds
For the complete range of REFCO products please contact your local HVAC/R dealer.
www.acr-news.com
REFCO Manufacturing Ltd. 6285 Hitzkirch - Switzerland
www.refco.ch
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