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THE ART OF DESIGN issue 15
INDUSTRY URGENTLY NEEDS
CENTRALISED BODY FOR ALL CURRENT,
PENDING AND PLANNED LEGISLATION
AND NEW REGULATIONS…..
Tony Gittings, of water heating
product manufacturer Rinnai, argues
that the industry is in dire need of a
central body or council to co-ordinate
the burgeoning weight of new and
pending standards, legislation, Codes of
Practice. This includes emerging support
technologies such as BiM which needs
clear and concise communication to the
marketplace.
Within the next 10 years the
HVAC industry could change out
of all recognition as we face an
unprecedented set of challenges here
in the UK and Europe. The industry
is facing the relentless drive to ever
greater energy efficiency and lower
emissions – all in line with the UK’s
legally binding carbon reduction target
of 80% CO2 (on 1990 levels) by 2050.
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Issue 15 - 2015
The UK government and European
commission’s growing agenda for the
enablement of the greening of industry
has resulted in the emergence of new
Building Regulations, green technology
accelerators such as RHI and the
commercial green deal. Also part of this
is the introduction of new technologies,
such as BiM, designed to unlock more
efficient ways of working at all stages
of the project life-cycle. And there is
more – the implementation of Energy
labelling to energy related products
across the HVAC industry is currently
underway.
The UK and northern European
markets are amongst some of the most
heavily legislated in the world when it
comes to the HVAC industry.