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TRAINING STRATEG MAPS NEED FOR TRANSFORMATION IN HE ATING


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he Heat Pump Association (HPA) has launched a Training Strategy that la


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heating industry need to enable the wider ad


ays out how the ds to transform doption of heat


pumps throughout the UK building stock. The upskil ling of heating installers provides the long-term job growth time as helping to ach


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emissions; something that could forman important pa rt of a ‘green recovery’.


The Strategy contai ins five clear steps for howa plumb engineer can be traine


bing and heating ed to meet the


new challenges we fa ce in trying to achieve the UK goal ofazerocarbon future, reducing administration cost, and recommending to


that they support a tr aining voucher scheme for the first 5 ,000 installers to go through the new Strategy comes at the


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two industry-wide consultations are published on qualific ation criteria for training courses.


a GrahamWright, HP PA chair, said:


heating systemw boilers as the de to heat pumps ta has made clear t “The Committee


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within the next 10-15 fault replacement aking over from gas that we need to move on Climate Change


years. This is ambitious, but entirely achievable if we move now to retrain and up-skil l a market that already exists of around heating engineer installers cannot in decarbonising we are launching


tbeunderestimated rs. The role of 120,000 existing


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ns on qualification criteria, ps towards achieving this


and provide the potential for green jobs as we look to recover from the current crisis.”


volumemanufacturers represents the significant g’ can be found here. eInstallerBaseforNet ing Strategy paper


of heat pumps in the UK (over 80% of the mark et). The Association works close to support p developmen


decarbonisation policy and other matters tha taffect the interests of end users,w the industry. In Novem


mber 2019, the HPA


launched ‘Net Zero: A Roadmap for the Role of Heat Pumps’ which identified training and skills as a key enabler for the decarbonisation of heat through heat pumps. The first t


training courses are


expected to be up and running by the end of 2020.


BUSINESS GROW S FOR EDINA AND EP E nergyPro Assets (E


Edina is supporting EPAL its exports to India.


EPAL), parent company of combined


heat and power specialist Edina, has been named as the fastest-growing Indian-owned company in the UK. L’s domestic growthwhile building


Energy efficiency busin B ness EPAL achieved 715%


revenue growth in 2019. Its turnover exceeded nearly 850 other major Indian-owne dcompanies, accordingtoGrant Thornton s IndiaThornton’s ‘India meets Britain Tracker 2020’ whichwas developed with the Confederation of Indian Industry. EPAL is a joint venture between one of the world’s largest public energy services co


2020, ompany (India’s Energy Efficiency Services) and EnergyPr o Asset Management.


Its first and most significant UK investmentwas the 2018 acquisition of Edina, which is a specialist in the engineering, installation and after -sales support of decentralised gas- fired power plants and combined heat and power (CHP) and trigeneration systems.


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With backing from EPAL, Edina opened a New Delhi office in 2019 and contin ues to make inroads into the Indian energy market. This has resulted in an export sales pipeline of 100MW of trigeneration projects, valued at £ 107 million. Hugh Richmond, chief executive of Edina said: “We have


u been at the forefront of developing gtheUKandIreland’s


decentralised power infrastructur e for more than 30 years. and technical innovation


Nowwe are using our knowledge a


to help India accelerate its transformation towards a low carbon economy.”


As a prominent player within th services market, which stabilises t periods of intermittent renewable expertise to support India in its cle


ean energy transition. supply, Edina is using its the power grid during eUKflexiblebalancing


Hevasure has announced the expansion of its partner network to meet the growing demand for its real-time water monitoring solution for HVAC systems. The product immediately detects and recor


r ecords deviations in the water characteristics that can cause catastr


catastrophic corrosion damage.. hevasure.com


www.heatingandventilating.net July 2020 ! ND EPAL PAL


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Biomas Innovation Expo


pocomfort and the mas Innovation Expo


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ve been cancelled andwill now be held in March 2022. The new date


held in March 2022. The new dates for the trade shows are March 8-11 2022.


es for the trade shows ar www.mcexpocomfort.it


Joh nson Controls has announced a series of acquisitions – East nc


Johnson Controls has announced ase Lan


eries of acquisitions – East Lancashire Refrigeration, H&C Contracts and McDowall Air Conditioning – as part of an ongoing strategic growth plan within the HVAC sector.


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www.johnsoncontrols.com VailVaillant has welcomed the


publication of consulations of both the Chartered Institute of Heating and Plumbing Engineering (CIPHE) and the Heat Pump Association (HPA) on training for low-temperature heating systems and heat pumps, and has urged installers to have their say.


www.vaillant.co.uk


Toshiba has joined forces with BL Ref rigeration and Air Conditioning to le


Tos hiba has joined forces with BL Refrigeration and Air Conditioning to lead a series of Continuous Pr ofessional Development (CPD) courses for building services engineers at Queen’s University,


ead a series of Continuous courses for building services Belfast.


www.toshiba-aircon.co.uk Star Refrigeration supported Engineering Day by sponsoring


IInternational refrigeri


has paid tribute to one of the air conditioning and refrigeration industry’s leading figures, Norman Mitchell, who died on Jun


has Ser The


The Building Engineering rvices Association (BESA) p


eBuildingEngineering Services Association (BES


paid tribute to one of the air conditioning and r


June 3. Norman was a long-time President of AREA, the European contractors’ association www.thebesa.com


ne 3. Normanwas a long-time esident of AREA the Eur


nternational Women in


an online career development dat women working in the UK refr geration, air conditioning d heat pump sector


and heat pump sector www.star-ref.co.uk


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