Julian is Chief Executive of The Institute of Healthcare Engineering & Estate Management (IHEEM). Previously Julian was chief executive and CEO of CIBSE. He has an MA in Economics & Politics from Cambridge University.
Heathcoat Fabrics is the prime supplier for engineered textile solutions in the UK, providing bespoke solutions for the transport, military, aerospace, industrial and consumer sectors. The company design, develop, test and deliver a wide range of fabrics across the globe, to a variety of the world’s leading companies.
Following the update of the energy efficiency requirements underpinning the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (CHPQA) scheme, new CHPQA documents have been published and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/combined-heat-power-quality-assurance-programme
For the first time ever, UK scientists have transmitted data through the national electricity grid successfully. This achievement has started a movement towards the creation of virtual power stations, where businesses and homes combine, to manage their energy use more carefully.
The latest Bite Green Higher Education Report has identified that UK universities are struggling to reach the collective 2020 carbon reduction pledges. The initial target to lower emissions was set by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, at a reduction of 43% by 2020 – this was established from a 2005 baseline to help meet the UK’s commitments set out within the Climate Change Act.