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The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies has extended its partnership with the Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry (JIB), including a range of funding streams for unemployed electricians looking to up-skill into renewables.
BSRIA is pleased to announce Andrew Eastwell, its outgoing chief executive, has been awarded Honorary Membership of BSRIA. This is only the 9th time this honour has been awarded in the 58 year history of the Association and the award is made to recognise an extraordinary contribution to the Association and the promotion of best practice in the building services industry.
A host of talented companies and individuals have been announced in the shortlist for the fourth annual UK Energy Innovation Awards 2014.
Experts from the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), BSRIA, Ofgem, The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and The National Grid will be grappling with the thorny problem of how to secure the UK’s future electricity supply during an open event on Thursday 27 March.
On Tuesday 4 March, nominations will open for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering which rewards and celebrates the engineers responsible for a ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity.
Bill Wright, head of energy solutions at the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), responds to proposals from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) to set business rates for retailers based on their energy consumption: “The BRC’s proposal to set business rates based on energy consumption is an excellent way of incentivising retailers to put energy efficiency at the top of their list of priorities. Business rates represent a large proportion of their outgoings, so giving the option of reducing them, in line with their energy consumption, would provide a compelling case to be more energy conscious.”
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (Cibse) revealed the winners of its prestigious Building Performance Awards at a ceremony on 11 February 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
