Organisations facing the compulsory requirements of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) by the end of this year could benefit from a free, CPD-certified guide, new from Mitsubishi Electric. The guide looks in detail at the scheme which is a mandatory energy assessment mechanism for large companies in the UK. Businesses which qualify for ESOS must carry out assessments every four years, with the first to be completed by the end of 2015.

A three man team from A&D Publishing, publisher of REI, will be undertaking the Blenheim Triathlon in aid of East Cheshire Hospice.

Nearly 20 employees from Navitron’s head office team have raised over £5,500 for charity by climbing Mt Snowdon in Wales.

BSRIA has agreed an endorsing partnership with the Low Carbon England 2015 conference, being held at The National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, 1-2 December.

Oxford Photovoltaics has announced that its co-founder and CEO Kevin Arthur is leaving the company to concentrate on new opportunities.

Worcester, Bosch is dedicating a week in June to educating installers on the requirements of ErP.

Almost 700 electrical contractors attended this year’s NICEIC and ELECSA Live South event in Epsom.

Intersolar Europe 2014, München, 05.06.2014, Foto: Thorsten Jochim ees Europe, the continent’s largest exhibition for energy storage, will take place for the second time in conjunction with Intersolar Europe (Munich, 10-12 June).

David Hunt, managing partner at Hyperion According to the Renewable Energy Association (REA), there has been an eight per cent leap in the number of people working in the sector – from 102,987 to 112,055.

Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind UrbanWind has called on new energy secretary Amber Rudd to dispel continued confusion over the Conservative’s proposed ban on onshore wind farms.

Representatives from the heating and plumbing industry are being sought to join the board of TrustMark, the government-endorsed scheme for all trades in and around the home.