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Manufacturers’ claims about the expected energy efficiency performance of equipment are not fully trusted by their customers. This was a key finding from new research released today by the Carbon Trust, which reveals that just 5 percent of professionals with responsibility for procuring energy consuming equipment for their organisations are very confident in the energy saving claims made by manufacturers, with a quarter (24%) not confident at all.
Treasury chiefs have unveiled proposals to increase the rate of VAT on solar and wind installations to fall in line with European law.
The renewable energy industry has given a mixed response to details of the Government’s Spending Review that included sizeable funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive.
Who are you?
Julia Evans, CEO, BSRIA
Nominations are coming in thick and fast for this year’s Heating and Renewables Awards and this year’s ceremony is likely to break the record set last year of over 300 entries.
Philip Hildrup is sales director at Right2Impvoe
REI: What you got planned for the rest of 2015? PH: The main focus for me for 2015 is to introduce one of our manufacturers’ new products – the Blueberry Smart Hub. It allows the customer to monitor, control and budget what they are spending on their heating and hot water. As a distributor of the Blueberry Smart Hub, we are able to not only provide the consumer with a great product, but it will also help us build a relationship with them by communicating via the hub to make further savings and tweaks.
Adrian Wright is CEO of Happy Energy
I am currently immersed in the Energy Related Products (ErP) directive. You may know that from 26 September it becomes mandatory for most heating devices to be ErP compliant and to carry an energy label. This includes air source, water source or ground source heat pumps. Furthermore, where a defined set of components are installed together, then there is a need for a ‘Package Label’ which could include a solar thermal device.
Daikin UK’s new national training centre is equipped with more heat pumps than other, the manufacturer has claimed.
Members of the Solar Trade Association (STA) have launched a new Scotland branch in Edinburgh.
Q: Who are you? Stuart Elmes, Esq.
Worcester, Bosch Group’s Installer’s Choice cashback promotion has returned offering installer’s up to £350 when they opt for one of a variety of products in their own homes.
Who are you?
Paul Barwell, CEO of the Solar Trade Association
MCS would like to take this opportunity to remind installers and manufacturers of the updated standards published in November 2014, and potential changes to the eligibility rules for the domestic RHI.
Daikin has a new addition to its renewable range with a next generation hot water thermal store, providing optional drainback solar to the company’s Altherma air-to-water heat pumps.
John Holloway is TSG’s renewables director
Who are you?
Shirley Hill, director of Fair Energy
The Heating & Renewable Awards will return in 2015 bigger than ever before.
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
What have you got planned for the next 12 months?
Our priority is to get more funders interested in financing solar PV and renewables technology. We already have a panel of lenders that are very enthusiastic supporters and we have another lender that’s about to participate in the market imminently. We also have a couple of negotiations underway that might result in further finance options for the solar sector, including the provision of second line lending aimed at underwriting consumers who may have failed finance through a primary lender.
Kingspan Environmental has announced the appointment of Neil Overton as trade sales director for Great Britain.
Adrian Lightwood, OFTEC registration director
OFTEC has introduced new classes of registration for solar thermal systems and heat pumps, with plans to extend this further to cover biomass next year.
This year, Plumb and Parts Center has been running a series of seminars around the UK in order to broaden understanding of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
The waiting is now over and REI is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.
