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Products, a ventilation products distributor, and Swegon, specialists in indoor climate and life safety systems, will ensure Northern Ireland has access to the most effective fire safety solutions.
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The agreement comes on the back of high levels of engagement with Duct Products’ Continuing Professional Development presentations. Given the renewed focus on fire safety in recent years, there is increased interest in the HVAC sector to get to grips with the subject, highlighting the need for a diverse portfolio of fire safety products.
Des Collins, managing director at Duct Products,
Ventilation leaders respond to fire safety demand in Ireland
new trade agreement between Duct
comments: “The agreement guarantees that contractors in Northern Ireland will continue to be able to purchase the latest Swegon offerings. It ensures ongoing access to premium products such as Fire Shield Fire Dampers, Smoke Shield and CSS smoke/fire dampers, AirShield Volume Control Dampers, and so on. “The demand for these products is huge, given that every new build requires some kind of fire and smoke control. They are life-saving devices, and we are currently supplying these products to projects across Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.”
Swegon incorporates a number of prestigious HVAC brands, including Actionair, a manufacturer of fire, smoke and air control products, and Safeguard,
Sontay appoints new Southern
sales manager Phil Berry has joined the Sontay sales team as the new Southern area sales manager.
specialists in intelligent damper control & monitoring systems. Following the agreement, these products will now be distributed exclusively through Duct Products, which itself is a subsidiary of Elta Group.
Kevin Bristow, International Sales Director UK&I at
Swegon, comments: “It is essential that world class life safety products are backed up with quality, local technical support. This is something that Duct Products can offer, and we are delighted to be able to offer the Swegon smoke/fire system-led approach in Northern Ireland.”
Engineers Without Borders UK launches Engineering for People Design Challenge 2020
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ngineers Without Borders UK, part of an international movement putting global responsibility at the heart of engineering, has launched the 2020 cycle of the award-winning Engineering for People Design Challenge in partnership with Engineers Without Borders South Africa and Engineers Without Borders USA.
Now in its ninth year, the Challenge has reached over 34,500 undergraduate students to date. Already embedded in the undergraduate curriculum at dozens of UK universities, the 2020 instalment has been extended to more than 7,000
students over three continents - with time remaining for more students to get involved.
The 2020 Challenge focuses on Makers Valley, a suburb of
Johannesburg, South Africa. As a result of rapid population growth and economic inequality, the area is facing housing shortages, inconsistent access to electricity and water and problems with waste collection.
To overcome these challenges, the residents of Makers Valley have collectively begun working toward urban renewal through creative solutions, empowerment, and collaboration. Students are now invited
to join them by designing a potential solution that addresses one of the key issues and is an appropriate fit for the economic, environmental and social context of the community.
Academics from each institution will review their students’ submissions with the top five from each university going forward to be judged by industry volunteers. The best team from each participating university will then be invited to present their solutions at the Grand Finals in London in a bid to win the Grand Prize of a £2,000 educational bursary. The runner-up and the People's Prize winners will also receive £500 each to share between them.
European cities commit to net zero buildings E
uropean cities and companies have pledged to slash carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero. Helsinki, Finland and Valladolid, Spain have signed the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, alongside property sector leaders BuroHappold, Carbon Credentials, Deerns, Grimshaw Architects, Grosvenor Group, Newsec Finland and Ylva.
By signing the Commitment, the cities and companies pledge to reach net zero emissions for their own buildings by 2030, and cities pledge that all buildings in their cities will meet the target by 2050. Several signatories including Helsinki have announced their intention to get there even faster, with buildings playing a central role in the city’s goal to be entirely carbon-neutral by 2035, one of the world’s most ambitious city climate targets.
Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, said: “Climate change is the most crucial challenge of our time and buildings are at the heart of the fight against it. The City of Helsinki is committed to taking very ambitious measures in its building stock to reduce heat consumption and increase the use of renewable energy. About 45 percent of Helsinki's emission reduction potential is related to buildings, so for us it’s the natural place to take climate action.”
Óscar Puente Santiago, Mayor of Valladolid, said: “The climate challenge is huge and Valladolid has demonstrated its ambition to improve citizens’ lives by improving our buildings. We are working on innovative energy efficiency projects in public and private buildings, retrofitting our buildings and using solar energy. Becoming the first city in Spain to sign the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment is a great opportunity to demonstrate what must be done.”
uGary Marlow
OFR welcomes experienced
uJack Wilshaw
engineers OFR Consultants has expanded capacity in London with the appointment of experienced team members, Gary Marlow and Jack Wilshaw. With 70 people now based across its seven UK offices in Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bath, Oxford and Leeds and with a turnover
Helsinki and Valladolid join 26 other leading cities across the world that have already signed the Commitment. This signal of increasing ambition from European cities gives an early boost to the ‘European Green Deal’; the upcoming European Union’s flagship strategy to establish the first- climate-neutral continent.
The commitments were unveiled at a Brussels summit hosted by the BUILD UPON2 project. Bruno Sauer, CEO of GBC España the project coordinator, said: “As the COP25 climate negotiations open in Madrid this week, the partners of the BUILD UPON2 project are calling on public and private sector leaders to commit to decarbonising their building stock, and work with us to develop ambitious strategies to renovate and regenerate our buildings.” Private sector leaders are also stepping up to the challenge. Ylva, a major property owner in the Helsinki area is committing to net zero carbon in operations across all its buildings by 2025. Like the City of Helsinki, the company is also starting to tackle embodied carbon, a climate issue for construction that is on the rise.
For Ylva, Newsec, Grosvenor, Grimshaw Architects, Deerns and BuroHappold, joining the Commitment is a pathway to becoming members of EP100 – a global corporate leadership initiative for energy-smart companies, delivered by The Climate Group in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy. It brings together energy-smart companies committed to using energy more productively, to lower greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and accelerate a clean economy. The Commitment’s inclusion of energy efficiency as an essential component to a net zero carbon strategy supports the improvement of energy productivity.
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of over exceeding £6M, the business has grown in a rapid, but considered manner a rebrand from Olsson to OFR in 2017. Marlow and Wilshaw have brought extensive fire engineering expertise to their roles, and are working with colleagues to deliver high quality support to projects across the UK and around the world, including the Museum of London, Canada Water and Kensington Olympia.
Berry has a wealth of experience in the electrical, plumbing, heating and lighting distribution market sectors. He will be covering the Southern area and his role is to support the existing accounts as well as growing the business through developing relationships with OEMs, M&E contractors, system integrators, consultants and other specialists within the building controls market. “We are delighted to have Phil on board,” comments Mark Newton, Sales Director at Sontay. “His experience and
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knowledge will bring new vigour to the sales force. We always strive to offer our customers the very best products and service. By employing customer focused staff, like Phil, with excellent technical knowledge, our customers can be assured that they are always well informed, supported and fully up to date with the latest product information.”
uSco Mason
uLiam Elmore
Lochinvar completes sales force restructure
Water heater, boiler and renewable company Lochinvar has completed a comprehensive
restructure of its sales team in line with the company’s continued growth plans and to provide additional support to its customers. The reshaped sales team includes the creation of two senior regional sales
uDave Slevin
manager roles, with Dave Slevin and Scott Mason taking these new positions, and reporting to
Lochinvar’s sales director Liam Elmore.
This revamped structure is designed to increase the company’s UK coverage and supports the launch of a series of new products in recent months, including high efficiency, low NOx boilers; stainless steel water heaters and additions to its range of air source heat pumps.
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