1 in 20 Air Conditioners Not Meeting Required Standards

According to research by the CIBSE (Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers), a staggering 1 in 20 air conditioning units inspected by officials are failing to meet the required standards.

The CIBSE are leading a campaign to force the new Government to tackle the woeful level of compliance and to ensure air conditioning units run efficiently. Their campaign is backed by the UK Green Building Council, BRE Global, the Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association and the British Institute of Facilities Management and has already got the support of over 300 industry signatories – and of course, everyone here at Airconco.

Non-compliance with the Energy Performance in Buildings regs and the F-Gas regs is at an all-time low and the campaign argues that this is costing both the industry and the environment and an air conditioning service overhaul throughout the country is necessary.

CIBSE President Elect Rob Manning said: "The campaign aims to bring together the many voices of frustration and concern to form one united call for action. We need to raise the issue of non-compliance up the government agenda and promote the benefits of increasing compliance rates.

"Non-compliance has real costs; it costs the environment, it will cost the UK any chance of meeting the emissions targets and it costs non complying companies who are missing out on a real opportunity to increase their profits."