Baxi Heating UK Limited News
A whitepaper exploring the policy landscape around hybrid heat pump systems has been launched to provide a series of key findings that inform a recommended rollout of the technology in the UK. Global manufacturer of heating and hot water solutions - Baxi commissioned Gemserv (a Talan Company) to research and produce the report – entitled Unlocking the Power of Heat Pumps with Hybrid Installations – which was launched at an event in Westminster this week. heat pumps in hybrid config...
Baxi, a pioneering manufacturer of heating and hot water solutions, has published its 2024 Installer Skills Survey, revealing that attitudes of heating engineers towards low-carbon heating are hard to shift, contributing to the slow growth in UK heat pump adoption. The survey, conducted in partnership with green supply chain consultancy Gemserv, examines the appetite and confidence of heating engineers to support households in their transition to clean heat technologies. It also reflects t...
Baxi has launched a complete end-to-end range of products and services, including new AquaHeat heat interface units (HIUs), to provide a single point of contact for customers involved in heat network projects. From carrying out initial feasibility and design studies to supplying prefabricated centralized energy centers and HIUs to driving efficient system maintenance and system optimization, Baxi offers total customer support at every stage. Heat networks Heat networks are an importan...
A development of 16 social homes designed and built to achieve the Passivhaus standard has been constructed in Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway, with the support of Baxi and its air source heat pump solutions and services. To play its part in delivering these new net-zero homes for Loreburn Housing Association, heating contractor James Frew Ltd required a solution that would provide sustainable heat to the properties; in this case, air source heat pumps. Services, training, and products Th...
Baxi has opened its new 10,000 sqft Solution Academy at its Warwick HQ, increasing its annual installer training capacity on the site from 600 delegates in 2023 to 2000 in 2025. For the first time, a Baxi training facility will have a dedicated solutions training room, allowing installers to get hands-on with Baxi’s complete residential and commercial product portfolio under one roof. Baxi’s new e-learning platform The extensive new facility also includes a fully equippe...
Freedom Heat Pumps, one of the UK’s largest dedicated heat pump distributors, has chosen Baxi to forge a new strategic partnership, combining Freedom’s market expertise with Baxi’s heat pump range and award-winning back-up customer service and support network. Chris Higgs, Managing Director of Freedom Heat Pumps, said, "I’m proud to represent a highly regarded British brand like Baxi and we’re excited to support Baxi’s growth in this increasingly i...
Baxi is lowering trade pricing on its hot water cylinders and Baxi 400 and 600 Combi 2 gas boilers from June 1st. Baxi will be applying price reductions of up to 14% on its gas boilers thanks to being able to pass on savings on supply chain costs and manufacturing efficiencies across several of its boiler and hot water cylinder lines. Inflation in April Inflation in April was reported as being down to 2.3%, which partly reflects reduced pricing in global manufacturing supply chains. Baxi say...
Baxi has added new Auriga medium-temperature monobloc heat pumps, compatible cascade and hybrid controls, and a pre-contract design guidance service to its existing commercial heat pump offering. R290 propane heat pump Heating and hot water solutions provider Baxi has announced the arrival of its new Auriga mid-temperature monobloc commercial heat pump series with compatible cascade and hybrid controls. Baxi’s expanded commercial heat pump offering backed with a design guidance se...
Baxi has teamed up with Abode Heat, a pioneering national MCS Umbrella provider, to help support installer participation in the growing retrofit air source heat pump (ASHP) market. Through Baxi, Abode Heat will be offering discounted rates for its “Heat Pump Go” MCS Umbrella service which enables installers to easily access grant funding for homeowners. This means Abode Heat will take responsibility for key parts of the heat pump installation project, such as the DNO application in...
Baxi has underlined its commitment to cross-industry collaboration by becoming a member of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). The heating and hot water specialist will use its BMF membership to continue to lead the transition to cleaner, low-carbon solutions, by strengthening relationships with other key suppliers and collaborating on industry issues. energy-efficient heating Baxi’s strong research and development platform and the financial strength of BDR Thermea Group means the...
Baxi has teamed up with heat pump installer platform Carno, to make it easier and quicker for installers to design and install ASHP systems in customers’ homes. Installers attending Baxi’s Heat Pump Installer training courses will receive an initial three-month Carno license, which can be extended for up to one year. Carno claims that its home renewables platform saves up to 10 hours per heat pump job by streamlining the processes around each installation. These include smar...
Installers are being encouraged to engage their customers in dialogue about the importance of a proactive annual boiler service to avoid the annual surge in requests come the industry’s busiest period. boiler service The encouragement follows Baxi’s finding that online searches for ‘boiler service’ peaked at 40,000 last October, compared to an annual low of just 12,000 last June. With such a vast difference in demand over the spring and summer compared to the start of...
Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) has published detailed guidance for improving the energy efficiency of England’s 10,000+ rural community halls. The guidance is the focal point of the charity’s ‘Village Halls Week’ campaign, which is being supported by a small number of high-profile heating and construction industry brands including Baxi and Knauf Insulation. Village Halls Week Village Halls Week is an annual campaign that aims to raise the profile of vi...
Sherborne School in Dorset has successfully improved the reliability and efficiency of the heating system serving its Big School Room (BSR) building with the installation of four new Remeha Gas 120 Ace boilers using a Remeha prefabricated cascade arrangement. Remeha is part of Baxi. Founded in its current guise in 1550, Sherborne School’s history of educating boys dates back to the 12th century. Given its rich history and reputation for excellence, creating the optimal warm and comfortabl...
A high volume of articles have appeared in the UK media relating to speculation that the Government’s Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM) might be withdrawn. sustainable and clean heating A number of these articles include significant accusations that Baxi (and others in our sector) are expecting to profit from the CHMM, which is intended to support and improve the take up of sustainable and clean heating solutions in homes, specifically through growth in the uptake of heat pumps.&...
Baxi announces the ready availability of CIBSE Technical Memorandum 65 Embodied carbon in building services calculation documents for the entire Heatrae Sadia Multipoint electric water heater series. The company has produced the documents in response to the increased focus on evaluating, and ultimately reducing, the embodied carbon associated with a building services system. Building services system As significant strides have been made to reduce the operational carbon emissions of equipment...
On 30th November 2023, the UK Government briefed the Heating and Hotwater Industries Council on the confirmed details of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism (CHMM), which following much feedback from Baxi and others across their industry, has changed from what was initially outlined. Air Source Heat Pumps The UK Government is targeting 600k heat pump installations each year by 2028. Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) are currently the only, immediately available means to decarbonize heat and hot water i...
Baxi’s Parent company - BDR Thermea Group announced the appointment of Tjarko Bouman as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Tjarko Bouman will join BDR Thermea Group from 1 February 2024, as successor to Bertrand Schmitt, who is stepping down, as announced earlier this week. Refined new strategy Tjarko Bouman is currently CEO of NTS Group, a global company that develops, produces, assembles, and tests complex (opto) mechatronic systems and mechanical modules for high-tech OEMs in sem...
Following the launch of the Construction Inclusion Coalition in September, founder member Baxi hosted a roundtable discussion at RIBA, The Royal Institute of British Architects, focused on addressing gender imbalance and other equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) considerations in the construction industry. The roundtable was hosted by Karen Boswell OBE, who was joined by 10 experienced leaders from around the sector, including from Wolseley, AtkinsRéalis, Builders Merchants Federatio...
Pioneering UK heating and hot water solutions provider Baxi has held an inaugural graduation ceremony at the Coventry Building Society Arena to celebrate the successes of its first group of apprentices. The event recognised the outstanding achievements of Baxi’s first cohort of field engineer apprentices, its degree apprentices, and colleagues from departments across the company who have completed apprenticeships in the last twelve months to help further their career. A visit to the Engin...
Heating and hot water solutions provider - Baxi has hosted the first official visit to its €13 million commercial heat pump R&D and laboratory site in Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain. Baxi is part of the €2.2 billion turnover BDR Thermea Group, one of the largest producers of heating appliances worldwide. commercial heat pump technology The 7,000 m2 Baxi factory, located near Barcelona and opened in 2022, is focused on developing and producing commercial heat pump tec...
Karen Boswell OBE is to leave Baxi Heating UK & Ireland at the end of November 2023, after three years as the company’s Managing Director. Karen has led Baxi through considerable UK & Ireland reorganization and consolidation, the COVID pandemic, and major supply chain challenges in 2022, and has driven significant improvements in Baxi’s sustainability and safety performance. As chair of the HHIC, Karen continues to be a powerful and proactive voice in the industry and Champi...
Baxi has launched a full suite of air source heat pump (ASHP) training courses to support heating engineers and installers as they look to become more familiar with and qualified to install the increasingly popular technology. From understanding how air source heat pumps work to designing, installing, and commissioning them, Baxi’s new courses have been developed to help installers work comfortably and efficiently with the technology, at every level of experience. New ASHP courses The n...
The Priory Federation of Academies Trust has embarked on an impressive decarbonization program to save an estimated total of 227.5 tons of CO2 annually from three of its Lincoln academies with the support of Oakes Energy Services and nine Remeha Air Source Heat Pumps. Pioneering renewable energy installer Oakes Energy Services has collaborated with heating and hot water solutions expert Baxi to assist the Priory Federation of Academies Trust with its ambitious sustainability initiative to...
Baxi has united with eight pioneering organizations in the construction industry, representing over two hundred and fifty thousand workers, to launch a new coalition that aims to tackle a lack of diversity across the industry. The Construction Inclusion Coalition (CIC) has been established by CEOs at pioneering organizations including Baxi, Bradfords, Ibstock, Knauf, Travis Perkins plc, Wavin, Wolseley, the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) and the National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS)...
BDR Thermea Group strengthens strategic partnership with G.I. Holding expanding its offering of energy transition solutions for commercial and industrial customers. Baxi’s Parent company BDR Thermea Group, the provider of smart indoor climate solutions, is acquiring a 25 percent stake in G.I. Holding, a market pioneer in renewable energy-powered commercial and industrial climate solutions. Headquartered in Latisana, Italy, G.I. Holding manufactures and markets a range of heat pumps, liqui...
Baxi has appointed James Matthews as the new Head of Public Health to lead its technical specification and sales team in supplying energy-efficient low-carbon hot water solutions involving Heatrae Sadia and Andrews Water Heaters products. James joins Baxi with a wealth of experience gained from previous roles within the construction industry, most recently as Business Development Director at Polypipe. James Matthews appointed new Head of Public Health Commercial hot water generation is a vita...
Paul Marsden, Technical Specification Manager at Baxi, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Society of Public Health Engineers’ Industry Working Group. Society of Public Health Engineers - SoPHE aims to provide a higher profile and focus for public health engineers within the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), as well as within the building services industry. Extensive industry experience Paul Marsden’s entire career has been centered on commercial h...
Prioritizing a more sustainable operation through more energy-efficient heating can prove challenging for schools, especially when dealing with older estate. Baxi’s renewables sales manager Mark Gibbons checks in with the Bursar at Aldenham School to hear how the CHP system installed a year ago is exceeding expectations. Faced with ambitious carbon neutral targets and inflated energy prices, and backed by a desire to lead by example, schools across the country are placing an ever-greater...
Karen Boswell OBE, Managing Director of Baxi UK and Ireland, has been appointed the new chair of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC). Succeeding the outgoing chair Steve Keeton, Director of External Affairs and Future Portfolio at Vaillant, Karen is the first female chair of the HHIC and is set to lead the membership following the Council’s recent AGM. Innovations and experience Since joining Baxi as Managing Director almost three years ago, Karen has successfully led Baxi...
