INDUSTRY & COVID-19 NEWS Inbrief Albion Valves (UK) director
has promoted Darr en Baxter to the role of sales and marketing r,, following the
retirement of Les Littlewood.
www.albionvalv
esuk.com
Mitsubishi Electric Co rporation’sMitsubishi Electric Corpor Mitsubishi
European subsidiaryM
Electric Europe B.V. has acquir all shares of AQS Prod ocess and IT
and heat pump distributor in o
butor in
l shares of AQS Produckter – a comfort, process and IT cooling and heat pump distrib
opean subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V haV. as acquired duckter – a
Sweden, amarket thought to have www
.mitsubishielectric.com Camfil Svenska has acquired
Sweden, a market thought to hav promising prospects.
the family-owned air filtration specialist Resema. Resema was established in 1969 by Rune Sellö and has two pr oduction facilities in Sweden, in Tranås and Aneby, with sales offices in Stockholm and Malmö along with a sister company in Denmark.
www.camfil.com
JTL, the national tr aining provider for electrical and heating & plumbing
apprenticeships, has named Middlesex-based Cal lan Baker as its Electrical Appr entice of the ear in the London r egion, and Romford-based Arnie Humphreys as its Mechanic al Engineering Services (MES) Apprentice of the Ye
Ye
ear in the same region.
www.jtltraining.com
Hounsfield Boilers ha
Hounsfield Boilers has donated a12/19KitchenMode
a 12/19 Kitchen Model boiler to Norwich Gas, Electr
el boiler sdonated
to Norwich Gas, Electrical and rical and Oil which has been tra assessing heating pro
Carrier Global Corporation has become an independent, publicly tr aded company
after successfull y completing its separation fr om United Technologies.
www.carrier.comr.com
T o support its members and the global built environment community to continue to grow their knowledge, CIBSE has launched a new webinar series #GrowYourKnowledge
www.cibse.org
YourKnowledge
Bosch Commercial & I Industrial has announced its Greenstar HIU range is nowBESA register
Bosch Commercial & Industrial has announced its Gre
range is now BESA registered.
bosch-thermotechnology.com
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Oil which has been tr aining and assessing heating professionals and apprentices since 2000. hounsfieldboiler
s.co.uk
aining and
INVESTMENT TO SPEED UP HEA PUMP DEPLOYMENT IN UK
T
he Kensa Group has announced a partnershipw eneral to accelerate deployment of gr
Legal & Ge source heat pumps across the UK. Legal & Gener advance Kensa H shared ground lo
ral’s 36%stake in the Kensa Groupw Heat Pumps’ research and developme
programme, expand Kensa Contracting’s district heat oop array installations and fund zero-
heating infrastructure through Kensa Utilities. The investmen
supports the par nt from Legal & General will enable K
-cost ting ent ill
Kensa
to grow rapidly in a post global pandemic environment and rtnership’s ambition to form part of th
he UK’s
solution to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Heating and hot water for UK homes make up 25% of total ener gy use and 15% of our greenhouse gas emissions. By 2025, the current consultation on newbuilding
regulationswill llikely outlawfossil fuel heating systems for new build homes, presenting a significant and immediate opportunity for an alternate low c arbon heating solution. Retrofit represen around 23 millio
nhomesinGreatBritainusingmains nts a significant market opportunity,w
and the remainin fossil fuel system
sgas with
as their heating fuel, two million homes electrically heated ng two million using heating oil or oth ms.
her
Simon Lomax, chief executive of the Kensa Group, said: “This is a significant investment not only for K ensa, but also for the low carbon economy and our region. Legal & General’ssupportwilldelivervitalemploym ent opportunities in Cornwall and bolster UK manufacturing in the wake of Covid-19, as attentions return to combatting
e
the effects of climate change and meeting the UK’s 2050 net zero carbon target. To expandedmanufacturing with Legal & General aims heat pumps in the mid-ter quickly tackling carbon em poverty. Our longer term a decarbonisation of the UK
K’s energy infrastructurewith
smart cities embracing harmonious low-carbon technology.” Kerrigan Procter, chief Capital, said: “Our investm business to scale up at pa
ace, bringing vital capacity to the ment in Kensa will enable the executive of Legal & General
sector. Our partnershipm arks a major milestone for Legal &Generalaswelooktoin energy system, and also a
nvest in the transformation of the add critical capabilities to deliver
our own ambitious target to achieve net zero homes. CHILLER TESTING VIA LIVE VIDEO LINK F
ollowing Aermec’s successful roll out of factory acceptance testing (FAT) of equipment by video link,more companies are taking advantage to beat the constraints of the UK’s lockdown as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
AT
Equinix, one of theworld’s largest datacentre and co-location service providers, is the latest company to use the facility. Like Aermec, it is committed to the health and safety of employees, whilst ensuring minimal disruption for its customers.
By collaborating with Aermec, Equinix is taking advantage of video technologies, and carrying out
witness testing of glycol free chillers for one of itsmission critical datacentre sites.
In linewith the current Italian government guidelines,which permits the testing of products that have been designated of primary necessity,
y,Aermec ismonitoring the real time test
screen at its factory in Italy. A live link into the test cell enables Equinix to take part,multiple cameras provide accurate streaming and enable data to be viewed as it comes through. “FAT
FA AT testing remotely is not only helping us and our customers to beat the restrictions resulting from the pandemic,
it is a smarter and a more sustainable way of working,” said Paul Lawrence,managing director,AermecUK.
The remote links overcome geographical limitations and the test audience can be expanded as the number of participants is not restricted.
“Our customers are able to experience and fully participate just as if they were in our factory in Italy. Aermec is effectively bringing FAT tests to the customers rather than the customer to the testing laboratories,” Mr Lawrence added.
round with
UP HEAT AT
ambitions will see the large-scale missions, air pollution and fuel rm; a weighty contribution to stoinstall50,000groundsource premises, Kensa’s partnership gether with the delivery of our
May 2020
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