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Professional Bodies

BMF: Builders Merchants Federation. 
Provides advice on up-selling building products at the trade counter to dealing with trading standards officers. Leading provider of training for merchants, distributors and suppliers.

BRE: The Building Research Establishment. 
Provides consultancy, testing and commissioned research services for built environment.

BSI: British Standard Institution. 
Responsible for standardisation in the UK.

CIBSE: Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers. 
International body which represents and provides services to the building services profession.

CIPHE: Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering. 
Professional body for UK plumbing and heating industry.

ETI: Energy and Technologies Institute.
Accelerate development, demonstration and eventual commercial deployment of a focused portfolio of energy technologies, which will increase energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help achieve energy and climate change.

Gas Safe: Council for Registered Gas Installers. 
National watchdog for gas safety in the UK.

IDHEE: Institute of Domestic Heating and Environmental Engineers. 
Promotes energy efficient domestic central heating components and the installation of safe and efficient systems.

 IET: Institute of Engineering and Technology. 
Plays a key role in the electrical installation industry in terms of standards and safety, and is best known for its independent and trusted voice as publisher of the IEE wiring regulations.