INDUSTRY NEWS
HVR AWARDS 202 T
expertise and experience in the HVAC sector. collectively boast an impressive history of announce this year’s panel of judges who he HVR Awards 2020 are pleased to
All entries for this year’s event have nowbeen received and have been passed onto the judges for consideration. The judges are:
• Lisa-Jayne Cooke, sales and applications engineer with JE Hall
Lisa-Jayne has over 20 years’ experience in the refrigeration, air conditioning and process cooling industries. She is an activemember of theWES and a trustee of the IOR, championing women in her field. Shewas named inWES’sWomen in Engineering Top 50 for 2019. • Martyn Cooper
r, commercial manager r, FETA
OF HIGH-RISE C IS INDUSTRY RE
20
several groups in the refrigeration, VA HEV C and Martynmanages the Heat Pump Association, and career in the plastics and chemical industries. Martyn joined FETA inMay 2015 after a 37-year
chimney associations across FET
Stewart has been involvedwith the heating and • Stewart Clements, director of the HHIC development of BESA’s Vent Hygiene Elite scheme. ventilation firms, and been instrumental in the Duncan has decades of experience running • Duncan Sibbald, head of certification, BESA government departments and leading Institutions. in discussions on policy and standardswith various commercial and industrial heatingmanufacturers In his role as director of ICOM, Ross represents the • Ross Anderson, director of ICOM y
TA. plumbing industry f ndustry for 30 years. As director of theHHIC,he takes
responsibility for representing thewhole of the domestic heatingmarket in
theUK.TheHHIC informs members on relevant policy issues and developments and responds to consultations on their behalf. • TJ Duncan-Moir,management consultantwith Business Glu
d
With 30 years of hands onmanufacturing and construction experience TJ nowoperates her own consultancy business, Business Glu, helping other businesses
TJ s succeed. Having won many awards,
herself including BusinessWoman of the Year, TJ believes recognition fromawards is one of the best ways of showcasing capabilities and demonstrating a portfolio o
of qualities maintained.
CONSTRUCTION? EADY FOR DEMANDS
Inbrief
Training provider JTL is encouraging employers to harness the new government funding initiative and hire new
apprentices nowto offset the devastating impact that COVID-19 has had on workers.
www.jtltraining.com
A
Carrier is offering three new CPD courses focusing on chiller efficiency and compliance in
newreport fromUponor, the total solutions provider of systems for the safe transportation ofwater around a building, has revealed that the indus
stry
does not feel equipped enough to dealwith the current demands of high-rise construction.
With a record number (60) of tall buildings completed in London alone last year and over 500 more in the pipe there is no doubt that the trend for high-rise construction is continuing, but according to the newresearch, it appears those responsible for the design and delivery of thes buildings are being presented with significant challen Uponor’s report, ‘High-Rise and Net-Zero Buildings of Tomorrow: Is the Construction Industry Ready?’ draws on the findings of a survey of over 200 construction professionals,which examined the expectations facing the sectorwith regards to the delivery of suitable high-rise buildings in relation to three key themes: healthy buil ldings, technology in construction and net-zero buildings, and how realistic these expectations really are.
eline,
nges. e
Emerging fromthe researchwas the viewthat buildings shape our health andwell-being on a daily basiswith 89%
of those surveyed
agreeing.However, almost two thirds of those surveyed said that in the current climate, creating a truly healthy building simply isn James Griffiths,
n’t possible without compromise. ths project dev oject development director at Uponor,
said: “Uponor hasworked in the high-rise sector formany years and has played a crucial role in the delivery of safe and fit-for-purpose water delivery systems in some of the best-known buildings in the UK. Nowhowever, it is time for us to look forward and to gain insight into the future of the sector and see howthe industry needs to respond in order tomeet current and future expectations, particularlywhere watermanagement in high-rise is concerned.
this report looks into how feasible this is for our industry.” the sky is the limit for the future of high-rise in the UK and latest in modern technology in their construction. It seems the health andwell-being of their inhabitants and utilise the themselves; demands require them to be net-zero, support “Our tall buildings are no longer feats of engineering in
www.uponor.co.uk/specification/whitepaper Construction Industry Ready?’ report can be downloaded at High-Rise and Net-Zero Buildings of Tomorrow: Is the
relation to the latest European and UK regulations.
www.carrier.com
r. A the lockd
after a long period of uncertainty building their businesses back up to further assist installers with new support offers that are se ease, Vaillant has launched two As the lockdown restrictions
ti ti
et o
k up h
nty.
www.vaillant.co.uk
cmsltd.co.uk predicting gas boiler breakdow an innovative sensor capable of a business that is developing Services UK (CMS) has acquired CommercialMaintenance
d
wns. f
www.baxiheating.co.uk their customers safe. to keep its teams, installers and Together’ campaign, designed spread awareness of its ‘Safer and the installer community to Baxi is working with colleagues
es
r o
nd
wwwheatingandventilating net
www.heatingandventilating.net
September 2020
!
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48
