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P R O D U C T S & S E R V I C E S 30 The Innovation Zone October | November 2022 The guide to what’s new for Heat Pumps Today readers, offering vital industry news. To advertise your product in ‘The Innovation Zone’ section please contact hayleyc@warnersgroup.co.uk Samsung Climate Solutions are delighted to welcome Scott Young (TMIET) to lead our expanding training programme With over 30 years’ experience as a qualified gas engineer for boiler and controls manufacturers, and 18 of those as a training manager, Scott brings valuable insights to delivering industry leading training programmes, particularly for those much needed engineers upskilling to install heat pumps. Speaking on what attracted him to the business, Scott Young commented: “Samsung’s commitment and drive to being the market leader in many different technology categories was one of the main attractions to being offered an opportunity to work with Samsung Climate Solutions. With the big push to reduce CO 2 emissions complemented by changes to UK building regulations, moving to Samsung has given me the opportunity to be at the forefront of this drive towards change”. The need for training of this kind has escalated in recent years as the heat pump market in the UK has grown 64% from 2020 to 2021. By 2025 the Future Homes Standard legislation will make installing a low carbon heat source, such as a heat pump, mandatory in all new builds. Having experience in both product and industry standard training, such as ACS modules, water regulations and G3 hot water certification courses, Scott is well placed to oversee the expansion of Samsung training capabilities, particularly in aiding the upskilling of HVAC engineers to installing heat pumps. Scott added “Since the COVID 19 pandemic, we have seen the way changes to product training have developed. The pandemic saw an increase in webinar based training so that important lines of communication could be kept open with installers. In a hybrid working world now, e-learning content has a key part to play as it fits around an installers busy work schedule. I am currently creating e-learning modules to help give that flexibility to the Samsung heat pump installers of the future, along with other exciting projects to come.” www.samsung-climatesolutions.com STIEBEL ELTRON & Go Geothermal team up to drive heat pump sales across industry STIEBEL ELTRON has hired a Regional Specification Manager in a bid to further strengthen its senior team and continue to make significant impact within the renewable heating industry. Nick Maddison joined the heat pump manufacturer at the end of July, having previously spent over 10 years at Go Geothermal. The hire was very much a team effort between STIEBEL ELTRON, and its long-standing customer Go Geothermal, with both team’s collaborative in making sure that the move was seamless and supportive of both businesses. Nick, who will work remote from STIEBEL ELTRON’s UK office, will bring decades of experience to advise installers and end consumers on the correct products for the right applications. The move will also see Maddison apply his extensive knowledge of heat pumps to continue to promote them as the most viable and sustainable option for building developers. The senior hire reflects a period of growth for STIEBEL ELTRON, with the manufacturer reporting a 70% increase in heat pump sales, when compared to last year. The company has already introduced six new team members this year across customer facing roles and plans to continue its recruitment drive throughout the second half of the year. To further reflect the company’s growth, STIEBEL ELTRON is also set to launch a brand-new training centre and showroom at its Bromborough facility in Autumn 2022. Go Geothermal has supplied the UK with heat pumps since 2006, and have been a customer of STIEBEL ELTRON’s for 10 years. Established by Tim Williams and Sean Sowden, the company originally advised customers on the installation of ground source heat pumps, which naturally progressed into the supply of heat pumps and then air source heat pumps later on. www.stiebel-eltron.co.uk www.gogeothermal.co.uk