HVAC News, August 2022

Recent proposals to introduce sticker F-Gas legislation quotas on the level and type of refrigerant allowed on the European market risks potentially undermining heat decarbonization, an industry debate has heard. 2022 F-Gas Question Time The 2022 F-Gas Question Time, which was hosted online by H&V News’ sister title RAC Magazine on May 24, said initial reform plans would put significant supply pressures on HFC refrigerant available for existing systems. These pressures could also cr...

The HVAC industry will have to wait on the upcoming Energy Bill for details of any additional financial or regulatory incentives that may be introduced to shift the United Kingdom (UK) to low carbon heat. Lord Callanan, the UK Business and Energy Minister, says the country’s planned transition to low carbon heat systems will be a ‘gradual transformation’, rather than a more drastic industry revolution. The UK Business and Energy Minister said that important systems, such as h...

The government’s £450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) will start providing grants of up to £6,000 towards the cost of installing heat pumps. The funding will be available for either domestic or small non-domestic properties. the main focus of the incentive The main focus of the incentive, which is scheduled to run until 2025, is to help reduce the upfront cost of installing low carbon heat in the existing housing stock in both England and Wales.  Newly built propertie...

With the new Adminprofi, Viessmann now offers its trade partners a reliable and time-saving solution for the installation and commissioning of electricity-based energy systems. This not only considerably simplifies the tedious bureaucratic process of registering photovoltaic systems, fuel cell heating devices, and electricity storage systems with the respective grid/network operator but also allows trade partners to save valuable time that can be used for their core business. Trade partners als...

Project, launched back in 2017, connects a mix of UK property types via a digital platform to test next-generation heat and controls systems along with new delivery approaches. More than 1,000 UK homes have now been connected to the Living Lab concept that provides real world testing of next-generation building controls and low carbon heat solutions. The concept, which has been developed by the Energy Systems Catapult innovation agency, has seen these different types of homes being connected wi...

Study of hundreds of people concludes that commitments in the latest low carbon incentive for homes will not be enough, in order to address cost challenges associated with heat pump adoption. Funding from the UK Government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) will be insufficient to address UK consumer concerns, about the cost of installing heat pumps, a public survey of 500 people has concluded. DG Cities’ survey on public attitudes towards heat pumps DG Cities said feedback from its la...

The new generation of the wibutler pro energy control and alarm panel connects around 300 devices from different manufacturers – whether for heat supply, lighting control or home security. New elements include electricity management with the Vitocharge VX3 electricity storage system, the automated harmonization of decentralized ventilation units Vitovent 100-D and Vitovent 050-D, and Professional Smart Building for use in large residential complexes and neighborhoods. Electricity storage...

The UK arm of European utilities giant EDF has announced a strategic investment and partnership with domestic heat pump installer CB Heating. A major focus of the deal will be to create an end-to-end installation service for heat pumps in the UK, using CB Heating’s national network of partners. This Heat Pump Installers Network (HPIN) provides 500 approved heat pump installers. The move is timed to coincide with the beginning of grants of £5,000 being awarded for the installati...

Industry bodies say any legislative focus on trying to deliver cheaper and cleaner sources of energy must include a focus on improving the efficiency of homes and low carbon heat. UK government proposals to introduce a new Energy Bill must include fresh provisions to encourage building efficiency and low carbon heat support, industry body BEAMA argues. The association said that it backed wider energy industry calls to ensure that any fresh legislation will deliver meaningful changes to ensure t...

Strong idea management, i.e. the coordination and implementation of employee suggestions, has long since become an important strategic tool with enormous economic potential for companies. In addition, it plays an increasingly important role as a management tool because it supports a corporate climate that promotes innovation. Performance evaluation Once again, the Bonn-based management consultancy Dr. Neckel examined the performance of almost 240 well-known German companies from a wide range...

The Viessmann Foundation gGmbH from Allendorf (Eder) donates 100,000 euros to the German Children's Aid Fund (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk e. V.) for children seeking refuge and young people from Ukraine. The last round of the Viessmann initiative ViMove for Climate was adapted for this purpose. This time, employees' sporting activities were not rewarded with the donation of trees for reforestation projects, but with a monetary amount per sporting unit for the German Children's Fund. psychologica...

The Vitocharge VX3 hybrid electricity storage system complements photovoltaic systems, power-generating heating systems and solar-powered heat pumps. Inverters and up to three battery units are combined in a single device. It can be deployed as a hybrid power storage system with an integrated photovoltaic inverter. It can also be used as an AC-coupled electrical storage system to retrofit an existing photovoltaic system or purely as a photovoltaic inverter, in case of subsequent battery retrofi...

Viessmann will be showcasing an extensive portfolio of electrically based air-conditioning solutions at the Ess Europe trade fair held in Munich from May 11 to 15, 2022, as part of “The smarter E Europe”. The family business has taken a big step toward becoming a full-service provider for electrical system solutions in buildings by rolling out new products and services in line with its mission statement, "We create living spaces for generations to come." The spotlight at Stand 150 i...

A state-of-the-art heat pump is a first-line option for new buildings. It eliminates any dependence on fossil gas and oil, is carbon-free and thus climate-friendly when powered by green electricity, and, best of all, can be used to cool rooms in the summer months. split-design heat pumps The Vitocal 200-S and Vitocal 222-S split-design heat pumps available on the market are also particularly smart solutions. The new devices are based on Viessmann One Base and integrate seamlessly w...

Climate change and the current energy crisis have accelerated the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The new Vitocal 250-AH and Vitocal 250-SH hybrid heat pumps are the perfect solutions for property owners, who wish to significantly reduce their carbon footprint and their dependence on rising fuel prices, but still want to keep their gas or oil heating systems. sustainable devices  Viessmann One Base makes the devices particularly sustainable. With this innovative platform, hom...

Heating systems in existing buildings will have to run on something other than oil or natural gas in the near future. Why? Recent geopolitical events have made the accelerated adoption of renewable energy an inevitability. Policymakers want heat pumps to be key drivers of the energy transition in the building sector. Viessmann developed the innovative Vitocal 250-A and Vitocal 252-A heat pumps specifically for modernizing older gas or oil heating systems. The family business has thus taken anot...

The shift away from the fossil fuels of gas and oil toward climate-friendly solutions in buildings can only succeed if air-conditioning systems are digitalized and integrated with smart home solutions. This ensures that systems operate efficiently and reliably at all times while enabling maximum comfort and well-being. API portal Viessmann launched a highly successful developer portal back in 2021 to make it easier for companies from different industries and end users to develop smart home sol...

The Viessmann Group announced that it will invest 1 billion Euros in the next three years to extend its heat pump and green climate solutions portfolio. The investments are targeted to expand the family company’s manufacturing footprint and R&D labs, thereby also strengthening Europe’s geopolitical energy independence. Prof. Dr. Martin Viessmann, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viessmann Group, said “For more than 105 years, our company has been a family for posi...

ABM Franchising Group is pleased to welcome Mountain Air Systems back to the Linc Service network. Mountain Air Systems has been in business since 1985 and is a full-service HVAC mechanical contractor, serving all of Vermont and parts of New Hampshire and New York, in the United States of America.  ABM - Mountain Air Systems partnership "Mountain Air Systems is an industry leader in its market, and we’re excited to see them rejoin the Linc Service network," said Bruce Phibbs, Senio...

Superior ambient air quality, excellent energy efficiency and painless installation – Vitoair FS keeps the air fresh, clean and largely germ-free at all times, while recovering up to 80 percent of the heat from the extract air. That’s good news for residents’ health, wallets – and for the fabric of the building they live in. Plus, this ultra-compact home ventilation system is versatile and easy to install. Vitoair FS Vitoair FS is compatible with Viessmann One Base. Th...

Canadian company - Nu-Air and the Viessmann Group, one of the providers of sustainable climate (heating, cooling, water, and air quality) and renewable energy solutions, announced their strategic partnership in the field of ventilation and indoor air quality solutions for residential and small commercial buildings in North America. Viessmann, a family-owned company, will acquire 25 percent of the shares in Nu-Air – with the option to acquire the remaining shares in the medium term. The ai...

The Viessmann Group, one of the providers of sustainable climate (heating, cooling, water, and air quality) and renewable energy solutions, receives official confirmation and approval of its scientifically based emission reduction targets. This applies to their own operations as well as to emissions in the value chain. The family-owned company's climate strategy ‘LEAP to Net-Zero’ was already published in November last year. It forms the basis for the targets submitted to the Scienc...

Right before earth day 2022, Dr. Simon Müller, CTO of the company builder wattx, announces the launch of their new B2C startup climony. The vision of climony is to explore new ways for counteracting climate change to preserve living spaces for future generations. To achieve this, the startup challenges the status quo of carbon offsetting services by prioritizing reduction measures over offsetting, educating people on climate change, and funneling support to impactful climate initiatives. ...

Viessmann Refrigeration Solutions GmbH, a supplier of commercial refrigeration solutions, and Noyes Technologies, the first supplier of an automated and highly flexible nano-storage system, are cooperating to develop an innovative, modular and fully automated refrigeration system for the revolutionary NoyesStorage. This will be a valuable addition to the Noyes and Viessmann offering, intended to radically simplify and streamline storage of products with complex requirements such as temperature...

Supplying heat and power to buildings is becoming an increasingly complex endeavor. The accelerated shift away from fossil gas and oil to renewable energy, as well as the desire of many homeowners to become less dependent on the public power supply, makes it necessary to find comprehensive system solutions for heating, cooling, ventilation, and power supply. All of this also increases the demands being placed on the industry. Viessmann One Base supports partners from the trade by making it easi...

Viessmann family is starting a new round of the successful ViMove for Climate initiative. The big special feature this time: the achievements made will not be converted into trees, but into euros, which will benefit people in need in Ukraine. Every kilometer or every minute of sporting activity counts – for example, for every kilometer run or three cycles, 1 euro will be donated. For four weeks now, the tragic events in Ukraine have turned the world upside down. The suffering of the peopl...

The Kensa Group (Kensa) was pleased to hear the UK Chancellor is pledging to cut VAT to zero on green measures, such as ground source heat pumps, for the next five years. Those installing heat pumps, which can cost upwards of £7,000, can expect savings of up to £2,000 on their final bill, according to the Heat Pump Federation. VAT reduction The VAT reduction is a step in the right direction to incentivize the uptake of the low carbon technology The VAT reduction is a step in the...

Switch2 Energy Limited has won funding from The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES), in order to improve efficiency and carbon performance across nine of the district and communal heating schemes that it operates. The £ 4.175 million HNES government grant scheme supports performance improvements to existing heat networks. The aim is to deliver sustained efficiency savings in fuel consumption and carbon emissions, so as to provide a greener, more reliable, cost-effective heat supply for...

Trane Technologies plc, a global climate innovator, has announced that company leadership will participate in a fireside chat at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference 2022. They will speak at 11:20 a.m. ET, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The live webcast will be accessible on the Trane Technologies’ official company website, under the investor relations section. An archive of the webcast will be available for 30 days, following the event.

A high level of heat pump efficiency, trouble-free installation without the need for a permit, even in water conservation areas, and the use of ice for heating: the 2022 model of the Vitoset Ice Energy Storage Unit has all this in common with its predecessor. What’s new is the cistern is built from robust, recyclable plastic instead of concrete, and the integration into complete package solutions for rated heat outputs from 6.0 to 17.2 kilowatts. ice energy storage unit Containing aroun...