Written by F-Gas certified engineers
Regulation changes, refrigerant updates and honest equipment roundups from the team at Be Cool Group, working across London since 2004.
UKHSA's cold-health alert season starts on 1 November. Here is what the alert levels mean, who should sign up, and how frost, defrost cycles and frozen drains affect an air-to-air heat pump or air conditioning outdoor unit.
Ali Elm
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DESNZ opened a consultation on 12 October 2026 on the Clean Heat Market Mechanism. It proposes keeping air-to-air heat pumps excluded, setting targets for years 3 to 6 and extending the regulations to 2032. It closes on 8 November.
Mo Elm
The Environment Agency can impose civil penalties for around 80 different F-gas breaches. Here is how the penalty system works, who carries the liability, and what operators of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment should have in place.
Ali Elm
The government's interim response on non-domestic minimum energy efficiency standards proposes EPC B from 2031 for private rented buildings over 1,000 square metres. Smaller buildings stay at EPC E. Here is what landlords and tenants should plan for.
Mo Elm
UKHSA's cold-health alert season starts on 1 November. Here is what the alert levels mean, who should sign up, and how frost, defrost cycles and frozen drains affect an air-to-air heat pump or air conditioning outdoor unit.
Ali Elm
December puts more food, more deliveries and more temporary staff through the same fridges and cold rooms. Here are the legal chilling rules, the loading habits that protect them, and the walk-in safety points for new starters.
Mo Elm
Between 1607 and 1814 the Thames froze hard enough for a whole fair on the ice five or six times. It has not happened since. With talk of cold snaps this winter, here is the story, and what real cold does to outdoor AC, heat pump and refrigeration plant.
Ali Elm
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