Cool for big cats

Cool for big cats

14 September, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric air-to-air heat pumps are now providing cooling to the critically endangered snow leopards at Chester Zoo, supporting their comfort while also helping the zoo reduce energy use across its estate.

Cathedral Kitchen

An ECOMOD natural refrigerant air source heat pump from Ideal Commercial Heating has been installed at The Almonry Kitchen, a Grade 1 listed café and event space within the grounds of Ely Cathedral, helping to reduce carbon emissions while preserving the character and heritage of one of the UK’s most historically significant buildings.

Quay to big savings

Quay to big savings

14 September, 2026

A three-storey office building at Newcastle Quayside is saving 108,000kWh a year thanks to a new integrated reversible heat pump from IV Produkt.

Food for thoughtful heating

Food for thoughtful heating

14 September, 2026

London food distribution charity Felix is using Beijer Ref’s SEC200 heat recovery technology to help deliver hot water with almost zero energy consumption.

Heat pumps make the grade

Heat pumps make the Grade

14 September, 2026

A district heat pump scheme at Ruskin College, part of the University of West London, has been delivered using Carrier’s high-temperature R290 technology, overcoming earlier assessments that it was financially unviable.

Humanities Project

Humanities project

14 September, 2026

TRILUX has supplied 6,691 luminaires for the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at the University of Oxford — one of the university’s most ambitious building projects.

Wates

A Wight Welcome

07 August, 2026

Wates Group has started work on a landmark project to transform Isle of Wight College. The project will deliver a Welcome Hub to form a new entrance to the college. Spanning two storeys, the Hub will provide purpose-built vocational teaching spaces for disciplines including performing arts, hospitality, and travel and tourism.

Gains for st James

Gains for St James

07 August, 2026

Kingspan Therma Duct insulation has been installed on new external ductwork at St James’s Hospital as part of a programme of improvement work supporting Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust’s efforts to achieve Net Zero operational carbon emissions by 2040.

Equipped for the future

07 August, 2026

Daikin UK has supplied air source heat pump technology to the newly opened Advanced Green Technology Centre at Stoke-on-Trent College’s Burslem Campus, in the 46th installation of Daikin equipment delivered through its ongoing partnership with renewable training specialist Quantum Group.

Heated habitats

Heated habitats

07 August, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric air source heat pumps are now providing renewable heating to the zebra, ostrich and roan antelope habitats at Chester Zoo’s ‘Heart of Africa’ zone, as part of its ongoing partnership to support the zoo’s decarbonisation journey.

Green tees

Green tees

07 August, 2026

Replay Golf, a specialist retailer of preowned and new golf equipment, has upgraded comfort, air quality and energy efficiency at its flagship store in Surrey following the installation of Panasonic PACi NX climate control systems.

Pressure Project

Pressure project

07 August, 2026

Carrier has completed a comprehensive high-pressure water blasting (HPWB) project for the University of Oxford as part of its BluEdge service agreement, delivering significant energy optimisations and safeguarding critical air-cooled chiller equipment.

Premier pipework

Premier pipework

07 August, 2026

Brymec has supplied the full M&E pipework and fittings package for a decarbonisation project at Premier Inn Rayleigh.

Fresh air

Vent-Axia has delivered high-performance ventilation across Centre Court, Olympian’s landmark purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development on Alfreton Road, Nottingham.

Bank Upgrade

Bank upgrade

07 August, 2026

As part of the major refurbishment of 1 Basinghall Avenue, Equation Lighting has designed a lighting scheme that helps redefine how global bank Standard Chartered’s London headquarters is experienced, transforming key client and workplace areas into a series of connected, people-focused environments that support collaboration, wellbeing and flexibility.

Rinnai Energy Icons

Rinnai Director Chris Goggin espouses the financial and ecological benefits of adopting hybrid technology in heating & hot water delivery. Hybrid systems are an innovative decarbonising solution that provides a first step towards the limiting of emissions on projects that may not be able to fully adopt decarbonising technology.

White lights

17 June, 2026

Thorn Lighting and its sister brand Zumtobel, both lighting brands of the Zumtobel Group, have delivered a design-led workplace lighting scheme for NG Bailey’s new 25,230sqft flagship head office at White Rose Office Park.

Teeside Lights

Teeside lights

17 June, 2026

Elite Control Services (ECS) was appointed by Park Lighting Design to provide specialist lighting controls commissioning for a new installation at Teesside University.

Stadium Savings

Stadium savings

17 June, 2026

A recent pump system upgrade at a major UK stadium has demonstrated how targeted improvements to building services can deliver significant energy savings while maintaining reliable performance under variable, high-demand conditions.

Standard wellbeing

Standard wellbeing

17 June, 2026

As part of the major refurbishment of 1 Basinghall Avenue, Equation Lighting has designed a lighting scheme that helps redefine how global bank Standard Chartered’s London headquarters is experienced, transforming key client and workplace areas into a series of connected, people-focused environments that support collaboration, wellbeing and flexibility.

Ariston heat pump

Riverside regeneration

17 June, 2026

Ariston has supplied the Climate Innovation District in Leeds (CITU) with the first of many air source heat pump (ASHP) water heaters for a range of new-build properties designed and built in line with key Passivhaus principles.

Towering Success

Towering success

17 June, 2026

A pioneering use of prefabrication has enabled the rapid delivery of Sky Gardens Leeds, one of Leeds’ tallest residential towers, through installation methods that reduced on-site work, improved safety and minimised environmental impact.

Hybrid for Hawthorn

17 June, 2026

A hybrid commercial heating system from Ideal Commercial Heating, featuring ECOMOD heat pumps and Evomax 2 boilers, has been installed at Hawthorn Primary School, providing a reliable, lower carbon solution designed to improve comfort and efficiency across the site’s multiple buildings.

Efficient Farming

Efficient farming

17 June, 2026

A detached two-bedroom farm building in rural South Shropshire has been successfully upgraded using a Panasonic Aquarea M Series Monobloc air-to-water heat pump.

Hot Property

Hot property

17 June, 2026

The owners of the landmark 70,000sqft Omnibus Reigate office block have future-proofed the building by installing renewable heat pump technology and air handling units from Mitsubishi Electric.

Double deployment

Double deployment

11 May, 2026

HYTING has commissioned its second customer installation, deploying two air-heating units delivering a combined heat output of 80kW at a production facility in Markkleeberg, in the German state of Saxony.

Consumers in the cloud

Consumers in the cloud

11 May, 2026

Notting Hill Genesis (NHG), one of London’s largest not-for-profit housing associations, is deploying a wireless KURVE solution across 18 of its residential heat network developments in a bid to not only reduce costs, but also to tackle energy debt, improve service to consumers and improve operational efficiency ready for impending regulations.

Convenience Lighting

Convenience lighting

11 May, 2026

Trilux has provided a lighting solution for a new OurCoop store in Desford. The new-build store was developed to provide a central shopping location for the Leicestershire village while reflecting the organisation’s ethical and community focused values. 

Greener Healing in Ealing

A £5.9 million project to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy resilience is underway at Ealing Hospital in west London.

Renewables roundway

Qvantum’s QE exhaust air heat pumps are delivering low carbon comfort for 76 new-build apartments at The Roundway in Tottenham, North London.

Franco Rinnai

Energy Savings Solutions of Malta, headed by Franco Bileci, the sole suppliers of Rinnai heating & continuous flow hot water heating products, are approaching their 20th anniversary of successful trading on this jewelled island. 

College conversaion

College conversion

15 April, 2026

To support the sustainability objectives of a postgraduate college, Vaillant has collaborated with Darwin College at Cambridge University to help transition its heating and hot water supply from gas boilers to low carbon heat pumps at one of its student accommodation blocks.

Methodist move uk

Methodist move

15 April, 2026

Panasonic has completed a recent install at Ellis Training Centre in Hertford. In 2025, Ellis Training, a leading UK HVAC&R training provider, completed a long-anticipated move into its new permanent home, a stunning former Methodist church built in 1891.

Warm Shower

Warm shower

15 April, 2026

A Baxi air source heat pump (ASHP) system is supplying energy efficient, low carbon hot water to a new state-of-the-art shower facility at Carmarthenshire Council’s award-winning caravan and camping park.

Lab report

Lab report

15 April, 2026

Group Metropolitan’s Northern team has successfully completed a bespoke laboratory fit-out project for a blue-chip client in Knutsford, delivering a highly complex and advanced data hall facility within a 30-week programme.

Blossoming success

Blossoming success

15 April, 2026

Tridonic UK has supported the successful redevelopment of Reed Smith’s new London headquarters at 1 Blossom Yard, delivering a connected, future-ready lighting solution in partnership with Artech Lighting. 

Rinnai hot water

A comprehensive refurb of the Mere Golf Resort & Spa included a completed M & E upgrade, delivered by AB Engineering, has given the site a high performance and cutting-edge building services across the hotel, spa and conference facilities. 

Arcus van

Arcus is one of the UK’s leading FM companies offering a total maintenance and service solution via 1000s of multi-skilled and specialist engineers on the road, supporting an ever-growing list of nationally branded companies which operate in all retail sectors – superstores, supermarket chains, hotels, homewares, retail banks plus individual healthcare, business parks and online retail concerns.

Primary Care

Primary care

10 March, 2026

Baxi has supported the heating refurbishment programmes of two primary schools.

College compatibility

College compatibility

10 March, 2026

Carrier Solutions UK has provided a rapid HVAC solution for Chichester College, where an ageing chiller system had reached the end of its operational life.

Maintenance Three

Maintenance three

10 March, 2026

G&H has secured three maintenance contracts across the education and property management sectors.

Strawberry yields forever

Strawberry yields forever

10 March, 2026

Grow Dynamics has delivered a vertical farm research facility in Suffolk dedicated to strawberry and vanilla cultivation, using Panasonic’s advanced low temperature heat pump technology as part of the overall system design.

On the pulse

On the pulse

10 March, 2026

As part of the full fit-out and refurbishment of the premium hospitality suites at BP pulse LIVE (formerly The NEC arena), a wide variety of luminaires from Light Forms have been specified for the design-led spaces.

Hydrogen

A successful 2% green hydrogen gas mixing trial has been successfully completed at the Briggs power station in North Lincolnshire. This is said to be the first occasion in which a green hydrogen and natural gas blend have been transported through infrastructure to power electrical generation in the UK. 

Stable environment

Stable environment

12 February, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric has partnered with Chester Zoo to install heat pumps at its event venue, showcasing how the technology can be used for both new and older listed buildings.

College Conversion

College conversion

12 February, 2026

Barnfield College in Luton has addressed air quality needs and environmental concerns by installing Aermec’s CPS system and NRP chiller. The CPS six-pipe unit efficiently delivers simultaneous heating and cooling and provides domestic hot water up to 73ºC.

Good form

Good form

12 February, 2026

Tridonic UK has contributed to the successful completion of a major lighting installation at Harris Academy’s newest sixth form building, delivered in partnership with Marlow Integrated Designs (MID).

Solar Switch

Solar switch

12 February, 2026

A forward-thinking North-West construction company has completed a landmark installation to switch a Manchester market to solar power.

A warm coat

A warm coat

12 February, 2026

A Jet Air Stream installation from Panasonic has helped to reduce carbon emissions for a Scottish surface preparation and coating company.

Successful Bet

Successful Bet

12 February, 2026

Elite Control Services (ECS) has supported a major lighting and controls upgrade at the iconic Bet365 Stadium at Stoke City Football Club. The state-of-the-art LED control system, commissioned and installed by ECS, marks a significant improvement in both lighting quality and energy efficiency and features scene programming for ultimate fan interaction.




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