INDUSTRY NEWS Inbrief


Ideal Commercial Boilers, a UK specialist in commercial heating solutions, has appointed Murray Low of MRL Sales as a sales agent in Scotland. idealcommercialheating.com


Following strong growth in the UK market, Distech Controls has expanded its team with two new appointments. www.distech-controls.com


Waterloo Air Products has won the Manufacturer of the Year award at the Kent Invicta Chamber Business Awards 2018. www.waterloo.co.uk


In recognition of its strategic approach towards sustainability, Rehau has been shortlisted as a fi nalist in the 2018 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. www.rehau.com/gb-en


With Earth Day focusing on plastic pollution, Heatrae Sadia’s Ethan Thompson is reaffi rming the importance of ensuring everyone has access to a reliable source of drinking water in order to alleviate the need for single- use plastic bottles. www.heatraesadia.com


Fernox will be exhibiting at the Installer2018 show from May 8-10 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. www.fernox.com


When the MECC Trust in Balsall Heath found their boiler to be broken and beyond repair, help was at hand from the Baxi Heating Charitable Trust. www.baxi.co.uk


Rehau exhibited at this year’s All Energy show at the SEC Glasgow from May 2-3, presenting its district heating solutions to the market and making connections with customers looking to install reliable, low carbon heating systems. www.rehau.com/gb-en


Ziehl-Abegg has come out on top in a study examining the quality of training provided across 20,000 German companies. www.ziehl-abegg.com


A survey among BSRIA members found almost 70% believe that Brexit has had a negative impact www.bsria.co.uk


FETA CHAIRMAN ADDRESSES INDUSTRY CHALLENGES


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n April 19, the Federation of Environmental Trade Associations (FETA) held its annual lunch at The Brewery, London, hosting guests from relevant


institutes, associations and government departments. FETA chairman John Smith delivered a speech which


addressed the current issues aff ecting industry, detailing the association’s activities in response to these challenges. Mr Smith acknowledged the present geopolitical climate


and fi rst raised the topic of Brexit as the backdrop against which many industry issues lie. Noting the complexity of negotiations, particularly in regard to trade-related factors, he declared FETA’s support for the British Standards Institution’s (BSI) ambition to stay within the broader European standards system, and its intention to further strengthen its links with the BSI as the UK’s transition out of the EU continues. F-Gas was also on the agenda. With a quota system established and the phase-down underway, Mr Smith said: “We continue to support DEFRA as they consider how best to deal with the quirks of the F-Gas quota system. “We made a submission and have given oral evidence to


the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into the UK’s progress on reducing F-Gas emissions. “Our A2L refrigerants working group has released


guidance, off ering an overview of the new refrigerants, as well as practical advice on their safe use.” Mr Smith also stressed that education and training


are essential in dealing with F-Gas – and, indeed, key to securing the future of industry more generally. He


said: “I want to recognise the eff orts of our members who continue to recruit and retain the next generation of professional engineers and I’m glad to say that this year, FETA is supporting our second Arkwright Trust scholar and we continue to support and promote various Trailblazer Apprenticeship schemes.” Turning his attention to payment practices in the


construction industry and the Carillion collapse which rocked the sector, Mr Smith said: “This really did illustrate the depth of the problem.” FETA’s ductwork and building controls associations have been instrumental in striving for reform, giving full backing to the Aldous Bill which seeks to ensure that cash retentions owed to suppliers are held in trust. Recent months have been tough for the construction industry, which also felt the impact of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June last year. Calling the disaster a “dreadful milestone” in the UK’s built environment history, Mr Smith endorsed Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Building a Safer Future’ report and championed FETA’s Smoke Control Association for contributing to formal enquiries. He declared: “Our Federation is ready to contribute further by playing our part in addressing the key areas identifi ed for change.” Finally, Mr Smith addressed Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). Due to its wide-ranging impact, a pan-FETA group – led by HEVAC president Nick Howlett –has been established to coordinate FETA’s response. Mr Smith said: “Public awareness is growing and our working group will be looking to harness that.”


CIBSE TACKLES SUSTAINABLE FUTURES T


echnologies and techniques to deliver sustainable future environments was the


overarching theme at the 2018 CIBSE Technical Symposium. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) hosted over 200 academics and industry experts at the event at London Southbank University, as speakers delivered presentations to help drive the development of increasingly sustainable environments under the symposium theme of ‘Stretching the Envelope’. Tony Day from the International


Energy Research Centre examined the main barriers to establishing research partnerships in the building services sector, looking at examples of best practice that encourage collaborative working. He said: “This


sector is one that can achieve the most from whole system and supply chain research collaborations.” Meanwhile, Gordon Lowry outlined the work being undertaken to quantify the eff ect of lighting on occupants’ circadian rhythms and the implications for their health. There was also a session


on combined heat and power technologies, where Phil Jones made a compelling case to harness renewable energy from rivers and canals to provide low carbon heat to buildings. Sharon Duff y of Transport for London outlined the work being undertaken to overcome the challenges of using waste heat from London’s transport systems, and how the building services community can engage with the challenge.


Perhaps the most thought-


provoking paper was presented by Andrew Corney of Sefaira, who suggested that renewable electricity will become cheap and ubiquitous in the future, which will alter the focus of building services engineers away from developing solutions with an emphasis on energy use, to instead prioritise the reduction of capital cost and maintenance. The CIBSE Technical Symposium is an annual event featuring speakers and poster presentations from a range of disciplines. All papers and posters are peer reviewed. Anybody can submit a topic for consideration, which will then be assessed by a panel of reviewers to determine its suitability. The call for abstracts for the 2019 Symposium will be issued in June.


6 May 2018


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