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BEAMA has welcomed the Zero Carbon Hub VIAQ (Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality) Task Group Interim Report, which acknowledges the increasing trend towards specifying Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) systems in new homes.

Vent-Axia has added to its comprehensive heating portfolio with a new range of energy efficient aluminium radiators. Manufactured from 100% recycled aluminium derived from drink cans, the environmentally friendly Opal range offers the next generation of electric heating technology.

Vent-Axia’s new Silent Fan has been awarded the Quiet Mark 2012 by the Noise Abatement Society and features on the new online Quiet Mark Directory (www.quietmark.com) launched today.

Vent-Axia has helped a family by supplying ventilation to their two-bedroom home in Conwy. The company provided its innovative single room heat recovery solution, the Lo-Carbon™ Tempra, to the Conwy property shown on the BBC One series 'DIY SOS: The Big Build' as part of a life changing transformation to the family’s home.

Vent-Axia, a leader in HEVAC technology, has introduced a new comprehensive range of heated towel rails. The launch further expands Vent-Axia’s existing heating portfolio and complements its ventilation range thus offering its customers a one stop shop for all their heating and ventilation requirements.

When a property in Chesterfield was in desperate need of new ventilation Vent-Axia was only too happy to step in. The company supplied its innovative single room heat recovery solution, the Lo-Carbon™ Tempra, to a 1970s home in Chesterfield shown on the BBC One series 'DIY SOS: The Big Build' as part of a life changing transformation to the family’s home.

According to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), reforms to the UK’s electricity market to drive low carbon investment and boost energy security took another step forward today with the announcement of key decisions to help shape the future energy landscape.

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said:

“Today marks a milestone in delivering the reforms we need to move to a low carbon economy while keeping the lights on and costs for consumers down.

Vent-Axia has always known its fans are second to none in performance and quality and now the company has support from MITIE’s Property Services business in its claim. Over the last 18 months, approximately 1,800 of Vent-Axia’s dMEV (decentralized Mechanical Extract Ventilation) Lo-Carbon Centra fans have been installed on a far-reaching refurbishment project for housing provider, A2Dominion, earning a ringing endorsement from MITIE.

Citizens Advice warns that tenants who live in the coldest privately rented homes which haemorrhage heat through the walls, windows and doors are trapped into higher fuel bills because they rely on landlords to make their properties energy efficient.

Citizens Advice and Friends of the Earth have called on private landlords and Government to take action on heatless homes that are costing tenants hundreds of pounds in wasted energy a year. Citizens Advice wants:

• Global agreement achieved on a roadmap to a legally binding deal
• Second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol to be agreed next year
• Green Climate Fund to be set up

According to Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), the UN climate talks in South Africa have been heralded a success after a climate change deal was struck in the early hours of Sunday morning. 194 parties have spent the past two weeks in Durban discussing how to cut emissions to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees to avoid dangerous climate change.