Head of Operations, Be Cool Refrigeration
Ali is the Head of Operations at Be Cool Refrigeration with over a decade of hands-on experience in HVAC and commercial refrigeration. He oversees every installation, repair and maintenance project, making sure the work meets the highest standards.
Ali holds full F-Gas certification and has worked across residential, commercial and industrial refrigeration systems throughout London and the South East.
Works on: Commercial refrigeration, Air conditioning, Cold rooms
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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
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
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
One headline had the UK disappearing under a 551-mile wall of rain and snow. The Met Office has now picked it apart, and what is left is a record El Niño, a more unsettled outlook and a sensible winter checklist for outdoor plant.
Ali Elm
The Met Office has published the 21 storm names for 2026/27, and yes, one of them is Shaun. The useful part is what a named storm can do to your power, and how long fridges and freezers stay safe.
Ali Elm
The Met Office says summer 2026 was provisionally the hottest on record for the UK. Here are the figures worth remembering, and what they mean for anyone who relies on air conditioning or refrigeration next year.
Ali Elm
Defra has confirmed it will not legislate in 2026 to change the HFC phasedown steps from 1 January 2027, so the existing step still applies. Anyone running R404A or R410A equipment still needs a plan.
Ali Elm
In June the UK Health Security Agency issued only the second red heat-health alert since the system began. Here is how the colours work, and what a red alert means for commercial kitchens, cold rooms, display chillers and the people working around them.
Ali Elm
