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#HPMGREENERLIVING: Q&A with Andy Cummins of Geocel

Andy Cummins, senior product manager at Geocel explains everything plumbers need to know about when it comes to Geocel’s most sustainable product, ecoSEAL

GTEC & MCS win bid to support Green Homes Grant installers

Building services training provider GTE, in partnership with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), has won an almost £1m bid to help existing tradespeople access discounted training in heat pumps and solar thermal

HPA expects heat pump market to nearly double this year

The Heat Pump Association’s (HPA) latest survey finds manufacturers have placed orders with their supply chains to deliver a total of 67,000 units in 2021, equating to nearly double the number of heat pumps on shelves and in warehouses ready for installers to meet the growing consumer demand.

Panel explores priorities for heat decarbonisation

BEIS parliamentary under secretary of state for climate change, Lord Callanan, joined an expert industry panel to discuss the beginning of the journey to zero emissions late last month

Driving renewable technologies with the Green Homes Grant

As demand for low-carbon heating solutions continues to grow following the extension of the government's Green Home Grant (GHG) scheme, specialist renewables distributor Secon is ready to meet the challenge

#HPMGREENERLIVING Q&A: Kevin Carling, MD of Secon

As part of the Greener Living campaign to champion sustainable heating and plumbing solutions, HPM interviewed Secon MD Kevin Carling

Chancellor urged not to scrap Green Home Grants

Nineteen organisations representing or working within the energy efficiency and low carbon heating sector have highlighted the importance of the continued and successful delivery of the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme to government ministers

New route for MCS certification launched

MCS has launched a new qualification-based route for installers to become certified to install renewable energy technologies

NIBE Pro scheme to launch next week

Installers have been invited to the launch event of NIBE Pro next week, a new installer partnership scheme by the company

Industry comment: Clear green roadmap is needed

The low carbon route is the only one that leads to net zero but where are the policies to guide the way? NIBE managing director Phil Hurley explores more in his latest blog posting