REFCOM News

NEW FINES PROPOSED FOR F GAS VIOLATIONS

Monday, October 30, 2017

New fines of up-to £200,000 could be in place for individuals and companies who breach F gas regulations. DEFRA have opened a consultation to gather views on the proposal to introduce the penalties from April 2018. According to the Cooling Post, four groups of penalty are proposed ranging in...

REFCOM’S EXPERTISE INSTRUMENTAL IN NEW RACHP CALCULATION APP

Thursday, October 5, 2017

REFCOM expertise has been integral in the creation and development of AREA's new calculation app - the first of its kind in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector. Developed by REFCOM for AREA, the app is intended to make field engineers lives easier and help them get an understanding of...

REFCOM BACKED MENTORING SCHEME TAKES GOLD

Friday, September 29, 2017

At this year’s RAC Magazine Cooling Awards the Thermentor scheme, supported by REFCOM’s Graeme Fox, won Environmental Collaboration award. The scheme, set up by IoR President Steve Gill, is designed to pair new engineers with more established colleagues across the global refrigeration,...

REFCOM JOINING FARMER AND BBC GURU AT BESA CONFERENCE

Thursday, September 14, 2017

REFCOM will be joining Mark Farmer, who led last year’s hard hitting review of construction’s labour and financial woes, at the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) National Conference in London on October 19. He is as keynote speaker by the BBC’s ‘Business Doctor’ Dr. Paul T Thomas and...

New technical bulletin: working with lower flammability refrigerants

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Updated 16:00 6 September. There's been a lot in the news recently about lower flammability refrigerants in response to HFC phasedown. We've produced our latest technical bulletin to help clear up some of the facts. We'd like to thank FETA for the use of their 'Guide to A2L Refrigerants', which...