NAPIT discusses importance of skilled workers
Brett Forster, Head of Training at NAPIT, discusses the importance of heat pumps, the green skills gap and the transition to net zero. Decarbonisation is high on the agenda as the new government continues its journey to reach net zero targets. The first-ever Heat Pump Week, held between 23-29 September, aims to unite the heat […]
Baxi introduces heat pump cashback scheme
Baxi is welcoming the return of heating season by announcing its first ever Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) cashback promotion, which is reportedly the biggest yet by a UK manufacturer. Running from the start of September until 6 January 2025, Baxi Heat Pump installers can receive £600 cashback for their first three Baxi ASHP installations […]
South Cambridgeshire leads the way with renewable installations
According to data from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme), the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable energy, South Cambridgeshire has become the second local authority in England to have over one in five households with a certified renewable energy installation. This compares with an overall figure of 6.1% of households across England that have an MCS […]
UK reaches 250,000 certified heat pump installations
According to the latest data from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme), the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable energy installations, the UK has now reached 250,000 all-time certified heat pump installations. It is a major milestone in the UK’s adoption of small-scale renewables, and the latest data highlights that uptake is gathering pace. From January to […]
City Plumbing joins the Heat Pump Association
City Plumbing has become a member of the UK’s Heat Pump Association (HPA), the trade association committed to accelerating the deployment of heat pumps UK-wide. The HPA acts as a central point for the exchange of knowledge and information on all things relating to heat pumps and liaises with the Government directly on behalf of […]
MCS welcomes its newest product certification body
Intertek Shanghai, a global independent third-party testing, inspection and certification organisation, has been announced as the latest MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) product certification body. It becomes the tenth MCS product certification body and the second to be based outside of Europe, and will focus on the product certification of solar panels and heat pumps. MCS […]
School heating system harnesses heat from thermal spring
A primary school and bowls pavilion in a South Wales village have switched to clean, renewable heating in an innovative way that cannot be replicated anywhere else in Wales. Ffynnon Taf Primary School and the Pavilion at Taff’s Well Bowling Club in Taff’s Well, Wales, have had a bold new heating system installed by Kensa, […]
2024 set for record heat pump installations
2024 is on track to see more heat pumps installed in the UK than ever before, according to data from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme), the UK’s quality mark for small-scale renewable energy. In the first six months of the year there have been 27,000 certified heat pump installations in the UK, which is 45% higher […]
Baxi heat pumps employed in Scottish housing project
A development of 16 social homes designed and built to achieve the Passivhaus standard has been constructed in Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway with the support of Baxi and its air source heat pump solutions and services. To play its part in the delivery of these new net zero homes for Loreburn Housing Association, heating contractor […]
Hamworthy opens new training facility in Luton
Hamworthy Heating has announced the opening of a new Expert Academy training facility in Luton, designed to serve heating engineers across the South and the Midlands. The new £1 million Groupe Atlantic facility has been created to provide customers with state-of the-art training facilities in line with its existing Expert Academy centres in Hull, Leeds […]