Rinnai R290

Wales’s first dedicated science park has taken a decisive step toward energy resilience and carbon reduction by installing a custom-designed Rinnai heating and hot water system. The solution features multiple R290 high-temperature air source heat pumps, buffer vessels, and Modbus BMS integration - delivered as a complete, optimized package by Rinnai’s in-house design team.

Condair

Condair has published a comprehensive 10-point guide to managing humidity in museums, galleries, archives and heritage buildings. The guide is available as a free download from Condair’s website.

Ideal heating CPD

The latest CIBSE-approved CPD from Ideal Heating Commercial is focused firmly on the modern plant room.

Ideal Heating

Ideal Heating Commercial has launched a new Providing the Specification Edge brochure which outlines the range of services and support available from its specification team to help building services
consultants, engineers and
specifiers when designing
and specifying commercial
heating systems, providing them with greater confidence and clarity.

Armstrong

Armstrong has introduced new larger sizes of the Design Envelope Tango, a compact, low carbon dual pump that ensures uninterrupted service, even during maintenance.

Stelrad

Stelrad has launched a range of 200mm and 1,200mm high radiators in a variety of sizes.

Passivent

Passivent has partnered with Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) to make its full range of roof ventilation terminals available for modelling within the latest IES Virtual Environment (VE) 2024, Feature Pack 1.

In the house

In the house

28 July, 2025

Loxone’s building management system (BMS) has produced impressive results at the at the University of Salford’s Energy House 2.0 research facility, in Manchester, delivering superior precision, adaptability and energy efficiency.

Geordie Shower

Geordie shower

28 July, 2025

Newcastle University has taken
a decisive step towards greater sustainability by upgrading its sports changing facilities with Cistermiser’s water saving Vecta+ MSPV shower panels.

Rinnai N Series

Three Rinnai high efficiency commercial instant water heaters at Grade II listed Bridgwater house reduced the fuel costs by 200%. 

WRAS new website

Albion’s ART 610 has now gained its WRAS Approval from 1/2″ to 2″, offering even more benefits for the same low price!

Solar Panel

Albion Valves (UK) Limited are delighted to announce that they have released their Embodied Carbon Lifetime Assessment (LCA) for their whole range of Cast Iron and Ductile Iron valves as well as Brass, Bronze and DZR Brass

Armacell installer

Visit Armacell® at Stand 5I50 from 24 – 26 June 2025 at the NEC Birmingham to discover the latest advances in insulation solutions.

Rinnai Hybrid Hot water

Rinnai to champion critical role of scale protection in hot water systems—plus new tech, extended warranties and 15 chances to win one of 15 free boilers

Rinnai Schematic

Rinnai has installed 5 x N Series 1600i units and a 1000L storage cylinder at a leading southwest holiday resort, Northam Farm Caravan & Holiday Park in Somerset, to ensure increased demand is met with a practical, economic, and technically viable new hot water delivery system.

Ecobat storage

Ecobat Battery is experiencing rapid expansion into the energy storage system (ESS) sector, as the appetite for sustainable power supply shows no sign of slowing down.

Hamworthy heating

Hamworthy Heating has announced a new offer for 2025: free commissioning on all Stratton mk3 wall-hung condensing boilers.

Rapid Energy

Rapid Energy has
announced a significant
expansion of its chiller
hire range with the
addition of two new
temporary chillers
and air-cooled heat
pump.

Zumtobel

Zumtobel’s new IZURA pendant luminaire has won the 2025 German Sustainability Award (DNP) in the Product + Resources category.

Ecological buildings

Ecological Building Systems has revealed its comprehensive CPD programme for the year ahead.

Rinnai Hybrid

Rinnai is dedicated to providing UK customers, specifiers, installers and system designers with consistently updated information regarding products, energy policy and energy market regulation amendments.

New Albion valves

We have expanded our range of Pressure Reducing Valves! 

Albion LCA

Further to our post in December regarding the newly published Embodied Carbon Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) for our Cast and Ductile Iron ranges, we are pleased to inform you that we have recently added additional product ranges to this document.

Greenpoint

Green Point UK, BITZER UK’s compressor remanufacturing and specialist service arm, has launched a new commissioning and health check service for refrigeration contractors, designed
to ensure optimal performance and longevity of BITZER compressors and condensing units.

Purethermal

The UK launch of the IceBat cold thermal battery range was held in March at the Institution of Engineering
& Technology, London. The event relaunched the Fafco IceBat back into the UK market after a 22-year break.

Envirovent

EnviroVent has partnered with Vericon Systems, a manufacturer of remote technologies, to enable social housing providers to take advantage of the latest technology which gives them real-time visibility over environmental conditions within their properties.

Rinnai Hybrid with logo

On a luxury hotel development complex in the heart of the fashionable Farringdon district near the City of London, Rinnai’s Hybrid water heating H2 array of Low-GWP 50kW heat pump plus bespoke thermal water stores with optimised coil transfer to maximize heat pump performance have been combined with 10 x cascaded Hydrogen blends ready (I2HY20 certified) continuous flow water heaters. 

Rinnai Energy

Rinnai has installed its range of I2HY20 Hydrogen blends 20% certified commercial water heaters at a leading bread manufacturing brand in Bradford.  An industrial scale bakery must have access to a consistent flow of clean water for sanitation purposes and to produce dough. 

Energy Sources

Rinnai is guaranteeing customer satisfaction and ensuring optimum value for money by offering a range of market-leading warranties. All appliances are manufactured under strict guidelines of ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental management systems. 

Qvantum

Qvantum Energy Technology
is partnering with aftersales solutions provider Service Box to offer a nationwide service and maintenance support network to its heat pump customers.

CI Global

Ci Global has announced the launch of its first safety smart sockets, the patented Ci One and Ci Max. These are ready for mass production, and fully certified for use in the UK, UAE, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with other countries to follow shortly.

kooltech heat pumps

Kooltech’s new Applied Demo Suite in Fareham features a fully operational commercial heat pump connected to all components up to the point of outlet, including bespoke designed K-con thermal store and potable hot water vessels and all associated valves, stats and controls.

EVOPLUS LITE

DAB Pumps has launched the
EVOPLUS LITE, an advanced
wet rotor electronic circulator
designed to enhance efficiency,
reliability and comfort in
residential and commercial
heating, cooling and domestic
hot water systems. Engineered
for plug-and-play installation,
the quick-connect power
supply with superseal
technology makes wiring fast
and hassle-free, reducing installation time on-site.

R290 Cascade

Rinnai has issued a new whitepaper titled “Optimizing Domestic Hot Water Systems for Archetype Care Homes: A Value Engineering Approach.” 

Ecobat

By offering viable solutions that address the power storage requirements of both commercial and residential sectors, Ecobat Battery, in conjunction with the appropriate Pylontech products, can provide a tailored package that makes on-demand energy deliverable, in whatever situation.

Vent axis

To help with the design of low and
zero carbon buildings, Vent-Axia
has completed its embodied
carbon calculations on its product
portfolio. 

Fernox

Fernox has announced the launch of its new Renewables Product Selector, designed to provide a fast, easy-to- use single source tool for professionals working with renewable heating systems.

Domus Ventilation

Domus Ventilation has announced that its ventilation ducting will now be manufactured primarily from recycled plastic.

Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions will showcase its latest advancements in heating technologies at ISH in Frankfurt, 17th–21st March 2025.

Ideal commercial

Evomax 2, the commercial wall-mounted boiler from Ideal Heating Commercial, is now available with a 10-year warranty.

Albion valves

Albion Valves (UK) has released its Embodied Carbon Lifetime Assessment (LCA) for its whole range of cast iron and ductile iron valves.

Zehnder

Zehnder Group UK has expanded its innovative Unity Range – launching two new smart, continuously running decentralised mechanical extract ventilation (dMEV) fans onto the market: the Unity CV2.1HT and the Unity CV2.1APP.

Walraven 3

Installing M&E systems on flat roofs is challenging enough, but what if the roof or surface you are fixing to has a pitch or slope? It’s important that services are installed level to ensure safe and proper functioning of the equipment.

Walraven rapidrail

Traditional strut channel products have always been popular as a quick and effective way of supporting M&E installations. But in many scenarios, they are over-engineered for the requirements of the installation.

Rinnai Carbon Footprint

Rinnai is introducing a wide and comprehensive selection of unvented water heaters to add to and complement the existing range of cylinders solutions.

GF Building Flow

The new CIBSE-accredited CPD from GF Building Flow Solutions (formerly Uponor) offers valuable insight into the many benefits of multi-layered composite (MLC) pipework, with a particular focus on its hygienic and sustainability credentials. 

Nuaire Passivhaus CPD

Nuaire has released a new CIBSE approved CPD: ‘An Introduction to Passivhaus’. The CPD, which is aimed at the commercial market, focuses on the principles that define a Passivhaus and its ventilation criteria; the benefits of Passivhaus, especially in relation to Net Zero, along with a comprehensive understanding of the Passivhaus certification process.

Diffusion embodied carbon

Diffusion has successfully completed its Embodied Carbon Calculations on its product portfolio, in accordance with the latest CIBSE ‘TM65 Embodied Carbon in Building Services: A Calculation Methodology (2021)’ digital tool requirements.

Condair has released a new 10-Point Guide to Humidity Control in Cleanrooms. This informative document provides an easy-to-follow overview for managing humidity in closely controlled environments.

Hamworthy

Hamworthy Heating’s products range includes the Stratton mk3 wall-hung condensing boiler. 




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