The start of upgrading 53 million households’ meters to new “smart” energy meters has been delayed from 2014 to 2015, on the request of the six largest energy companies in the UK, who have been charged with the task or carrying out the initiative. This could hold back awareness of energy efficiency in households, damage the sustainable energy industry and, ... Read More »
Lailey & Coates is a new Company with a simple vision – to develop the best possible heat pump for the UK market. It is the brain child of Simon Lailey, a heating engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience of installing heat pumps. Simon became convinced that the heat pumps available in the UK could be improved by focussing ... Read More »
The manufacturer of magnetic filters, ADEY Professional Heating Solutions, is taking to roads with its first nationwide tour. A brand new £65,000 customised roadshow vehicle will be touring major merchants and industry events across the country to offer installers the chance to learn about ADEY’s best practice solutions for the protection of central heating systems. The roadshow will feature the ... Read More »
For the protection of consumers installers need be offering their customers a workmanship warranty according to OFTEC. The requirement to offer the warranty has been imposed on all competent person schemes by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). DCLG has given OFTEC until June 2014 to ensure that all registered installation businesses who self-certify Building Regulation work in ... Read More »
Yet another report has warned that renewable heating solutions are not yet economically viable. Published by independent think-tank Civitas, the paper “Are green times just around the corner” asks whether a low carbon economy can sustain contemporary standards of living, and argues that it can only do this if the cost of renewables falls to make them competitive with fossil ... Read More »
Commenting on EDF Energy’s backing for proposals for energy suppliers to offer a single unit price for gas and electricity, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “This Coalition is determined to do everything we can to help hard pressed families with the rising cost of living. That means going further than any government before in simplifying energy tariffs. ... Read More »
AKW has added to its customer support services with the creation of a new technical team and the introduction of a mobile customer training facility. The technical team works as a call centre offering installation and fault-finding support to customers while the Toolbox Training Van is available for on-site customer training. The technical team consists of supervisor Sue Hicks, who ... Read More »
This Thursday 20th June at 1pm, Installer will be holding a live Q&A session with Plumb Center’s Head of Sustainability, Tim Pollard. Feeding through twitter via #InstallerAsk will we be discussing all the latest industry news and gaining an insight into the view of Tim Pollard. For the first time Installer will also be hosting the twitter discussion live via ... Read More »
EDF Energy has backed proposals for energy suppliers to offer a single unit price for gas and electricity – to help consumers compare different tariffs and identify the cheapest deals. The introduction of petrol forecourt-style pricing would mean customers would only need one price – the unit price – to compare between different suppliers, making it easy to select which ... Read More »
The Shadow Energy Minister, Tom Greatrex, has announced that the next Labour Manifesto will include a commitment to decarbonise the UK’s electricity supply by 2030. He also said Labour has a “relentless desire to take forward the offshore wind industry” which it will put into practice if it wins the next election in 2015. The Shadow Minister made the announcement ... Read More »