Best Practice in Refrigerant Handling means working to industry Codes of Practice and in compliance with all current legislation to ensure containment of refrigerant of any type. Work activities covered includes installation, commissioning, servicing, maintenance, leak checking and decommissioning on any kind of stationary refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump equipment.
read moreAll air conditioning systems of over 12kW should, by law, have received an energy efficiency inspection by 4 January 2011.
However, according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) information it has received from the Department for Communities and Local Government "clearly indicates that the majority of such installations have not yet undergone the necessary inspection".
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Energy Minister Greg Barker has confirmed to industry sources that the budget for Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) will be cut by 10 per cent in 2014-15. So the amount available annualy for FiTs will fall from £400m currently to £360m as a result of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review.
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The rise in VAT to 20% this month makes energy efficient products and services more attractive to end users.
Solar panels, combined heat and power, central heating controls, insulation and wind turbines all enjoy a favourable 5% rate of VAT - and this has remained in place despite the rise in the standard rate.
Jan 1st 2004 - Ban on the introduction and supply of new air conditioning systems operationg on R22.
Dec 31st 2009 - Supply of new R22 refrigerant used to service RAC equipment is banned.
Jan 1st 2010 - Only reclaimed or recycled refrigerant may be used from January 2010 until 31 December 2014.
read moreThis article was published in Modern Building Services Magazine July 2010.
Is this the first hospital to combine a biomass steam-raising boiler with CHP to halve carbon emissions?
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