News

January 2026

• Press Release: BSRIA Appoints Director of Professional Services to Transform Customer Offerings

  Kim Burgess joins as Director of Professional Services to transform customer offerings.

November 2025

• Introducing the BSRIA Calibration Portal

  Introducing the BSRIA Calibration Portal – Your Complete Instrument Management Solution

• Press Release: BSRIA expands Publications Team with major hire

  John Taylor joins as Publications Manager to enhance digital delivery and expand high-quality guidance for the built environment.

• Press Release: BSRIA reports growth in AC globally despite mixed regional performances

  Data Centres and climate extremes drive growth in Middle East, Africa, and Asia as the industry navigates significant transformation and increasing competition overseas

October 2025

• Press Release: BSRIA Drives Digital-First Transformation with major CTO hire

  BSRIA, a leading provider of registered testing, research, and consultancy services to the construction and building services industry, has appointed Paul Greatbatch as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

• Growth in 2025 Global AC Market, Despite Mixed Regional Performances

  While demand for cooling has grown worldwide, this growth is uneven, largely due to economic uncertainty and regulatory disruption.

• Emerging Trend Spotlight: Solid-State Cooling in HVAC

  The cooling industry is changing fast. As the world gets warmer and the demand for air conditioning grows, traditional vapour compression systems are coming under pressure

July 2025

• BSRIA Extends UKAS Accreditation for Heat Pump Testing Standard

  BSRIA raises the bar for heat Pump and AC efficiency with EN14825:2022

• Heat Interface Units: Powering Europe's Decarbonisation Journey in Buildings

  HIUs, on the European market for just over two decades, are becoming increasingly central to the building industry's efforts to decarbonise heating and improve energy efficiency.

• Where in the world? Analysis of BACS Market Maturity

  Four companies in the BACS industry account for around 54% of the world market – adding a fifth company takes it to just over 60%. Of those, three were founded in the USA, and two were founded in Europe...

• Rewiring Cooling: Global Players, Local Power

  For decades, the air conditioning industry followed a well-worn script: produce in the cheapest locations, ship to wherever the demand is, and scale for efficiency.

June 2025

• BSRIA Refreshes Air Quality Hub to Mark Clean Air Day

  Today, to mark Clean Air Day, we've released our refreshed Air Quality Hub. This enhanced resource centre is a vital toolkit, providing practical solutions to improve indoor air quality in commercial and public buildings.

• Sentinel Clerk of Works Training Case Study

  Sentinel Clerk of Works – Advancing Building Services Expertise Through BSRIA Membership and Training

May 2025

• HVAC Market Watch | May 2025 Edition

  The commercial heat pump (HP) market in the United States and Germany are set to lead global growth, each projecting a CAGR above 9% by volume through 2029.

• Structured Cabling: Significant growth in data centre segment in 2024

  BSRIA is currently completing its yearly Cabling market update of 16 countries and a world report.

• Electric Dreams, Boiler Realities: The Pace of Heating Change

  While electrification is a growing trend, particularly in the residential sector of North America and Europe, the overall boiler market is anticipated to experience a slow decline in sales over the next five years

• BACS suppliers must stay abreast of market dynamics and legislation in a rapidly changing world

  There are many factors that impact the Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) industry over the course of time, but let’s consider some of the most relevant trends at present.

• Global HVAC Market Outlook: 2024–2025 Highlights

  BSRIA’s World Air Conditioning report has just been released, providing fresh insights on the 2024 Air Conditioning market. The survey was conducted with suppliers and resellers of packaged and applied AC products in 31 countries over winter 2024-2025.

March 2025

• BSRIA launches dynamic new look

  The UK’s most progressive building services professional body announces a complete brand overhaul – including a new name that reflects its evolving focus

• Press Release: BSRIA strengthens market intelligence division with key appointment

  BSRIA, the global provider of research, testing and consultancy services for the building services sector, has appointed Lisa Wiltshire to lead its rapidly growing Market Intelligence division.

February 2025

• TG 26 Mould in Buildings - Webinar

  Our exclusive webinar with Dr Yasemin Aktas (UCL), Spyros Efthymiopoulos (UCL) and David Bleicher (BSRIA) aims to give you an outline of the content in TG 26 and the impact of mould in buildings.

• Multiplex – BSRIA Case Study

  BSRIA (Building Services Research and Intelligence Association), was selected to deliver a bespoke mechanical and electrical building services training programme.

• RED Engineering Design - BSRIA Case Study

  The training programme was designed to cover both fundamental and advanced concepts, enabling engineers to build a strong foundation while equipping them with cutting-edge knowledge.

• Southern European Condensing Units market update

  BSRIA continue to track the evolution of commercial refrigeration unit markets and have added reports for Italy and Spain, based on its 2024 research, to the existing portfolio of Condensing Units North American and UK market analysis.

• Data centres top the list of growth opportunities for BACS market

  BSRIA’s latest World Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) report comprises in-depth studies of USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, China, and South East Asia, as well as a world overview covering 16 individual countries and regional groupings.

• BSRIA HVAC 2032 Study

  Explore BSRIAs long term study on European heating markets as we look forward to the HVAC markets in 2032.

• European Air Conditioning Market Update

  Latest research conducted by BSRIA on the European Air Conditioning markets revealed how volatile markets have become in response to a variety of conflicting factors driving and pushing back sales.

January 2025

• New Year, new look for BSRIA

  BSRIA unveils Phase 1 of our newly retrofitted state-of-the-art BSRIA House in Bracknell