BEAMA

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   BEAMA's Surprise at Government's 'Greener Homes' Strategy ignoring Controls

   5 March 2010

   While welcoming the launch of the ‘Warm Homes, Greener Homes Strategy’, BEAMA believes the Government has missed a golden opportunity to maximise household CO2 reductions and improve householder comfort. The association says the strategy surprisingly fails to give prominence to the effective role of any type of controls, in particular those for heating and hot water systems.
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   Counterfeit Electrical Products can Kill

   22 February 2010

   Kevin Harris, Chairman of the BEAMA Anti-Counterfeit Committee, explains why Africa is a target for a wide range of unsafe counterfeit products – and electrical products are included.

3. Get Smart

   15 February 2010

   Terry Rowbury, BEAMA's Director for the Energy Sector, discusses the challenges – and opportunities – of the ‘smarter future’…

4. ‘Forget the Hype - it's Reality for Smarts' says BEAMA COO

   15 February 2010

   Commenting on the evolution of ‘all things smart’ at BEAMA’s Smart Electricity Systems Conference (3 February 2010, The Belfry, West Midlands), Dr Howard Porter, BEAMA’s chief operating officer (COO) said that for smart networks and smart grids: “This is reality – not just hype – it’s the future.”

5. Steel prices BEAMA warns of turbulent times

   10 January 2010

   BEAMA's steel electrical products producer members are asking their customers to prepare for turbulent times.

6. The Heat is On

   6 January 2010

   Terry Rowbury, Director of BEAMA's Thermostatic Mixing Valve Manufacturers' Association - the TMVA feels strongly about issues raised in Mark Raper's article concerning Legionella control (Hospital Bulletin, September 2009). He explains why.

7. Zoning of domestic heating systems

   6 January 2010

   The Building Regulations require new domestic heating systems to be divided into zones. All dwellings, apart from single-storey open plan, must have a minimum of two zones with separate temperature control. This becomes most complex for larger homes; dwellings with a total usable floor area of more than 150m2 are required to have at least two zones for space heating, each with separate time and temperature control. TACMA, BEAMA's Controls Manufacturers' Association, highlights the opportunities zoning of domestic heating systems presents to installers.

8. Existing Technologies Can Hold the Key to Carbon Savings

   6 January 2010

   BEAMA's Colin Timmins, member of the association's Low Carbon Solutions Steering Committee (LCSSC) highlights the opportunities existing technologies present in achieving carbon savings…

9. BEAMA Executive chairman becomes new CENELEC President

   6 January 2010

   Dave Dossett, BEAMA's Executive Chairman has been elected as President of CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation).

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