Chris Satell has been appointed Commercial, Industrial & Ventilation Manager at Hevac. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the HVAC-R industry, beginning with a refrigeration engineering apprenticeship, and more recently completing a business management degree. Over the years he has progressed through service and installation, to project/contract management and design and sales roles,...Read More

Tristan Healy, who has served as a ventilation specialist with S&P Ireland for the past eight years, has now been appointed Managing Director of the company with immediate effect. Healy has extensive experience in the ventilation sector and assumes his new role at a very challenging, though nonetheless exciting, time not just for S&P Ireland...Read More

In December 2019, and after nearly five years of negotiations, the European Commission published the Single Lighting Regulation (SLR) (i.e. Ecodesign Regulation for lighting) and the Energy Labelling Regulation (ELR). The SLR and the ELR will apply from 1 September 2021, except for the removal of labelling requirements for luminaires which already took effect on...Read More

The US Environmental Protection Agency explains that increasing outdoor air ventilation helps reduce the concentration of airborne contaminants, including viruses. Increased ventilation also reduces surface contamination by removing some virus particles before they have the chance to land on surfaces. The World Health Organisation also believes that understanding and controlling ventilation can “reduce the risk...Read More

This is the third article in the series of six by Paul McCormack, detailing the advantages of digitalisation for the built environment and why companies must engage in the process to secure sustainable growth and success. This final piece in Part 1 of the series, “The Tools”, builds on the previous digitalisation and BIM articles...Read More