INDUSTRY NEWS Inbrief


Mechanical and electrical services specialist J S Wright has expanded its project team with the appointment of Simon Newland as mechanical project manager. www.jswright.co.uk


Humidity Solutions has welcomed Eddy Capraro into its technical services department, where he will play a key role in delivering projects and supporting customers. www.humiditysolutions.co.uk


Aylesford air terminal device manufacturer Waterloo Air Products has been named as a fi nalist for Manufacturer of the Year in the Kent Invicta Chamber Business Awards 2018. www.waterloo.co.uk


The appointment of David Frise as the new chief executive offi cer of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has been announced. www.thebesa.com


AMA Research has found that the UK pipes and fi ttings market has experienced growth of 21 percent since 2012. www.amaresearch.co.uk


Mitsubishi Heavy Industries company, MHI Thermal Systems, and Beijer Ref, one of the world’s largest refrigeration and HVAC wholesalers, are in agreement to pursue a strategic business collaboration across air conditioning and heat pump products in the UK and Ireland. www.mhi.com


Heatrae Sadia has announced that it is opening its Norwich factory to local school children as part of an eff ort to support the Government’s Year of Engineering. www.heatraesadia.com


After Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond gave his Spring Statement to Parliament on March 14, BSRIA issued its response. www.bsria.co.uk


After a recent buyout, HVAC manufacturer SPC’s new owners are now in place, bringing with them leadership experience and fresh fi nancial investment. www.spc-hvac.co.uk


KENSA LAUNCHES GROUND SOURCE LEARNING CENTRE


K


ensa Heat Pumps has launched a programme of free monthly training days, delivered in a specially created learning facility in Exeter College and


dedicated to ground source heat pumps. Kensa has formed a partnership with Exeter College, a leading centre of excellence for training in the heating and plumbing industry. Together, they have created a unique resource for installers of ground source heat pump technology, using working examples of Kensa ground source heat pump systems.


Heat pumps play a crucial part in the Government’s


renewable energy strategy. Recently, the Committee for Climate Change stated that a minimum of 2.5 million heat pump installations are required by 2030, in order to deliver an accelerated roll-out of low carbon heat for the planned fossil fuel phase-out for buildings off the gas grid. In an eff ort to encourage heating and plumbing engineers to familiarise themselves with the technology, Kensa is off ering free one-day training courses at the new facility, based in the Devon and Exeter Construction Training Centre. The response so far has been positive, with dates in March and April already fully booked. The training covers all aspects of ground source, including the specifi cation, application, design and installation of a Kensa ground source heat pump system. It features a mixture of classroom-based theory and plenty of practical ‘hands-on’ learning. The facility showcases products from Kensa’s award- winning ground source heat pump range, including Kensa’s latest product innovation, the Evo Series, which recently won ‘Heat Pump Product of the Year’ at the National ACR and Heat Pump Awards 2018, and ‘Best Sustainable Product’ at the Build It Awards 2017. It has also been shortlisted for ‘Domestic Heating Product of the Year’ at the H&V News Awards 2018, with winners being announced in April. Installers are able to interact and analyse the working systems, which are piped up to buff er tanks, cylinders and


ground arrays, as well as an example of a bivalent heat pump set up featuring a traditional boiler. New for 2018, the training will also include fully costed project examples for installers to work through, which outline how they can give customers the best returns from the Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). Darren Veal, commissioning engineer at Kensa, is delivering the training. He said: “The 2018 course material includes some new elements, such as innovative heat pump system architecture, designed to show installers new scenarios in which they can specify ground source heat pump technology, widening their business opportunities.” Jim Dowling, managing director of Oxford Renewables, said: “Our team attended a ground source heat pump training session with Kensa in March. As market leaders, their technical knowledge is fi rst class. “Our background is in installing biomass boilers for domestic and commercial customers, so we see ground source heat pumps as a great compliment to our portfolio of renewable technology off erings. We are working with Kensa to help us promote and sell the technology.” For spring and summer, the next available training dates at the facility are May 14, June 4 and July 2. If you cannot attend on these dates, or are not within


travelling distance of the Exeter College facility, Kensa may be able to off er a bespoke solution for your training needs.


DATATEAM AND FUJITSU GET TOUGH O 8 April 2018


n May 5 a team from Datateam Business Media will undertake the 12-mile Tough Mudder


challenge, sponsored by Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK for the Child Brain Injury Trust. Participating for the third year running, seven Datateam and two Fujitsu staff members will leap, wriggle and squeeze their way through ice, electric shocks, and of course copious amounts of mud at Tough Mudder.


childhood acquired brain injury across the UK. The Trust operates in England,


Scotland and Northern Ireland and has a dedicated team of professional staff and volunteers who give their expertise, commitment and enthusiasm every day. The team hopes that by working


Together the team has chosen to


raise money for Child Brain Injury Trust, a leading voluntary sector organisation providing non-medical services to families aff ected by


hard in preparation and collaborating to overcome each obstacle, it will be able to help raise awareness for “a fantastic organisation and a commendable cause”.


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