Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE In the wake of April’s launch of the domestic RHI, NIBE has extended the warranty on key products across its heat pump and biomass ranges to seven years. 

A national network for installers reports a significant increase in enquiries following the launch of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.

Segen has announced that it will be extending its partnership with Panasonic to include the Panasonic TCAP range.

New Top FarmBarn Cernunnos will be launching permanent headquarters in Newton, south Cambridgeshire, to tie in with the Cambridge Open Eco Homes event in September 2014.

Travis Perkins has launched its first Fantasy Football Game to coincide with this month’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

HETAS has reported a large rise in demand for its training courses, particularly biomass, driven by the domestic RHI.

Manufacturer of heat transfer fluid Hydratech has launched a new-look website: www.hydratech.co.uk

SEA chief executive Dave Sowden The industry has reacted with dismay at the recent decision, announced in the Queen’s speech, to water down previous intentions for energy requirements of new homes from 2016.

Panasonic has announced that it will now be offering a seven year warranty with its Aquarea Heat Pump system. This brand new warranty will cover parts and labour when installed by a professionally qualified PRO Partner.

Winners of this year’s Ashden Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 22 May 2014.

NICEIC was named certification body of the year at the 2014 National Green Deal & ECO Awards last night.

This month’s column is to remind installers and manufacturers regarding the extension of the deadline for the implementation of MCS 012, and use of compliant products under the MCS scheme MCS 012 is designed to provide ongoing independent, third party assessment and approval of companies who wish to demonstrate that their pitched roof installation kits or components meet and continue to meet the requirements of this standard.

Shane and Susie McDonald The owners of Northumberland-based Calibrate Energy are celebrating transferring their successful New Zealand business model to the UK having secured a full order book till the end of the year.

David Norris, the owner of the EnviroGlaze Ltd group, has donated a Magic Heating Box to the charity CHESS.

The government’s new Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has been guardedly welcomed by Worcester, Bosch Group, with a spokesperson questioning whether lessons have been learnt since the original launch of the Green Deal.