The Renewables Roadshow will return in 2013 renamed the Energy Efficiency Exhibitions incorporating Renewables Roadshow.

What is PAS 2030? PAS 2030 Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings. Specification for installation process, process management and service provision, sets out requirements for installing energy efficiency measures (EEM) in existing residential and non-residential buildings; particularly within the remit of the United Kingdom Green Deal Financing Mechanism.

Specflue’s training centre at Sudbury, Suffolk has been given the thumbs up by Ian Pattell, president of the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (APHC).

L to R, BPEC chairman Frank Glover, BPEC Charity award winners Martin Biron, John booth, Stephen Dobney, Lee Firth & Master of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers Charles Yuill Training and certification provider BPEC says it has donated almost £30,000 to charities which use plumbing to enhance life.

In the frame: Worcester, Bosch Group’s system cleansing video is available to installers via the company’s YouTube channel and website Worcester, Bosch Group has released a new video to help installers emphasise the benefits of system cleansing to their customers.

The government has announced that cash back will be available to householders in England and Wales who make energy saving home improvements under the Green Deal, from January 2013.

NICEIC says it has now added more courses to its online training facility following positive feedback from customers who have already used the service.

Climate change minister Greg Barker has heralded the long-awaited launch of Green Deal which occurs this month.

Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey is the latest big name personality to sign up in support of NICEIC’s Jobs for the Girls campaign.

BPEC were delighted to recently register its first learners on the newly launched level 2 Diploma in Plumbing & Heating at Tameside College, followed by a number of other colleges and training centres who have recently also registered learners on this new qualification.

Following approval to offer membership under the Green Deal, NAPIT have released dates for a new training course, the Green Deal Advisor course (GDA), available at training centres across theUK from September 2012.

Following two successful pilots, autumn dates at four locations have been announced for Plumb Center’s recently launched Green Deal Advisor training course.   The new course, developed by Plumb Center and its training partner Sevenoaks Energy Academy, involves both in-house training and some home study. Plumb Center believes that installers are best placed also to become Green Deal Advisors, and this course aims to provide all the knowledge needed to produce an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and a Green Deal assessment.

Energy Solutions (www.energysolutionsexpo.co.uk) 2012 is all set to return for another year, running from 10-11 October at London’s Olympia. The exhibition for energy management professionals combines both an ideal space to showcase the latest products and innovations with a quality free-to-attend education programme, which this year will host Lord Sebastian Coe as its keynote speaker.

Top marks: The Level 2 Award in Understanding Sustainable Refurbishment (QCF) from EAL is designed to put Green Deal advisors ahead of the competition A new qualification has been launched to help tradespeople spot the potential to install energy-saving measures in homes and businesses.

Andy Buchan and Watson Carlill Two installers with a number of years’ experience in the heating and plumbing industry have built on the launch of their own company with the release of a DVD aimed at the renewable industry’s installers.

Plumbing and heating merchant PTS has made the most of a Green Deal Awareness Course being offered to installers by the company’s training partners PPL.

EcoSkies has organised a second Green Deal Evening following overwelming demand for its first.