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Haier HVAC Solutions European
general manager Bob Cowlard
Instability in the office market does lead to opportunity. If you are going to downsize you will need space and this leads to new openings for the HVAC industry
redundancies once the furlough system ends. Equally, there are a great number of businesses which will take advantage of this situation, making use of relatively cheap money by investing to grow.
The High Street has been hard hit by the pandemic and there are big names that have gone. The game changer is what will happen with office space and how many businesses are going to maintain online working practices? To what extent will new and existing office space be needed on the same scale as it was before the pandemic? How much will smart working be cemented into the future of our working practices? Having said that, instability in the office market does lead to opportunity. If you are going to downsize you will need space and this leads to new openings for the HVAC industry. Energy saving has long been an industry goal but now its importance has never been higher if it’s to meet the Government’s expectations. But what we achieve in this area and how fast it happens will depend to some extent on how much financial help we get from the Government. The car industry is an example of how this can make a difference. Five years ago, there was only one serious electric car manufacturer but now there is plenty of choice if you are looking to buy an EV. The car industry benefited from Government incentives, and as an industry we have done so to some extent, but we need more to provide further impetus to the green revolution. If we can drive up the scale of producing low carbon products, and we can increase the number of qualified installers, then in turn the cost of these products and installations will come down and they will be more accessible to the normal market.
No one wants a pay-back period longer than the time they intend to stay on the premises. This calculation works as well for the commercial market as it does for the domestic one.
Without doubt, our industry will have to be a major contributor to the low carbon society – one that we will all have to live in. At Haier, heat pumps are included in the mix from small, residential split systems upwards. We have done so to ensure that our heating and cooling systems can be as efficient and kind to the planet as possible.
We are proud of our innovation at Haier. We are a global, multi-billion pound company, so don’t be surprised at some more big announcements in the near future. Change for some people can be daunting but for the right type of people it can be
exciting and full of opportunities for success. One thing is for certain and that is that the new normal will demand new thinking if you want to be a winner in the future.
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