2023 September
Rishi Sunak's Net Zero announcement - the industry responds
On the 20th of September, 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a slowdown to the pace of Net Zero initiatives in hte UK.
Refrigerant driving licence ‘will save many lives’
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the long-awaited launch of the United Nations Refrigerant Driving Licence (RDL) scheme to help improve worldwide safety standards in the air conditioning and refrigeration industries.
All-female panel of built environment experts gathers at CPW
The panel gathered for international M&E consultancy CPW’s ‘INWED 2023: Sustainability in the Second City’ roundtable to discuss the importance of retrofitting to tackle net zero and why sustainability is a significant opportunity to attract more women to the engineering industry.
Fujitsu General Air Conditioning becomes GENERAL HVAC Solutions UK
Fujitsu General Air Conditioning (UK) has become GENERAL HVAC Solutions UK from 1st January 2026, strengthening its long-term position within the global Paloma Rheem Holdings (PRH) group.
Market performance indicates encouraging signs for future of BEMS sector
Highlighting an increased desire from property developers, architects and designers to decarbonise the UK’s building stock through the specification and implementation of building controls and automation, the building energy management systems (BEMS) market showed steady progress in Q3 – rising 2.6% compared to the previous quarter.
