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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
BESCA has responded to growing demand for improved fire safety in buildings by adding new features to its Ventilation Hygiene Elite (VHE) scheme website. The scheme is based on BESA’s long-established guide to good practice and the most recently released Specification, TR19® Grease, which sets the industry approved standard for ventilation hygiene – an essential way to reduce the risk of fire...
Read MoreMonday, February 15, 2021
The Government has now responded to the Future Homes Standard / Part L consultation and also released the Future Buildings Standard Consultation. The Future Buildings Standard consultation proposes changes to Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations for existing homes and non-domestic buildings. MHCLG, are hosting a virtual event between 10:00 – 11:30 on Friday 26th February 2021, where the...
Read MoreThursday, January 14, 2021
The need to improve standards of ventilation hygiene to reduce the risk of fires in catering establishments has been highlighted by property insurers. The industry specification TR19® Grease, developed and managed by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), and its supporting Vent Hygiene Elite (VHE) Scheme have been designated as best practice by the RISCAuthority the body that...
Read MoreThursday, November 26, 2020
On Wednesday afternoon, BESCA watched with anticipation the online H&V News Awards 2020 as finalists in the HVAC Initiative of the Year category for its Ventilation Hygiene Elite (VHE) scheme. The scheme faced strong competition from a host of other initiatives from across the industry: Heat Engineer Software Gas App Uk, Gas App Uk's Boiler Wise Toshiba, Toshiba DesignAIRS...
Read MoreTuesday, April 14, 2020
Business Continuity: We would like to reassure all BESCA scheme members that we have comprehensive systems in place to provide service continuity in light of the coronavirus pandemic. All our systems and services can be accessed securely and remotely by our teams, meaning that if required we can provide a continuity of service even if we are required to work from home. Changing Scenario: The...
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