InstallerLive, in partnership with the National Skills Academy, promises to be an event no installer can afford to miss!
Taking place October 16-19 at the NEC in Birmingham, it is the only national show dedicated to plumbing, heating and renewable installers working in the domestic and commercial sector. And there’s a lot to see and do.The InstallerLive Education Programme will provide unrivalled, practical education sessions with content approved by an Advisory Panel, including the APHC and the HHIC. There will be four eye-catching seminar and demonstration areas at the show, including The Green Deal Station, a dedicated area which will have all the information installers need to take advantage of this once in a generation business opportunity, the Plumb and Electro Skills Station, a zone offering no-nonsense advice on eco plumbing and electrical installation, and The Heat Skills Station, the centre of skills, products and knowledge to help heating engineers go green.
Sponsored by the National Skills Academy, and hosted by Tommy Walsh, the Eco Challenge is a practical station for visitors to learn and test their skills on a range of eco-technologies. Put your learning and skills into practice and take part in the timed challenges and you could be in a chance to win funding for part of your college fees.
Major brands exhibiting include Anton Industrial Services, Baxi, Calor, CORGIdirect, Danfoss Randall, Everflux, Glen Dimplex, Heatrae Sadia, Horstmann, Ideal Heating, Remeha, Polypipe, Salus Controls, Stelrad, Viessmann and Vokera.
InstallerLive is also being backed by the Government, with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) supporting this year’s exhibition, with a senior DECC official confirmed to deliver a daily headline presentation in the show’s Green Deal Station area.
The Green Deal Station is a dedicated zone which will provide all the information installers need to take advantage of the Government’s new ‘Green Deal’ initiative, scheduled for launch this Autumn.
“We are delighted that DECC will participate actively in InstallerLive,” says David Pierpoint, the show’s event director. “The Green Deal represents a once in a generation chance for the heating and plumbing sector, and it’s important that the Government gets its messages across clearly and directly to installers. The Green Deal Station at InstallerLive is the perfect setting for this dialogue to take place”.
Through the Green Deal, the Government is establishing a framework which will enable private firms to offer consumers energy efficiency improvements to their homes, community spaces and businesses at no upfront cost, and recoup payments through a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal is a massive new business opportunity. For example, if the UK’s estimated 26 million households take up the Green Deal over the next 20 years, then employment in the heating and plumbing sector, currently at 27,000, could rise to something approaching 250,000, according to DECC.
In addition to the Green Deal Station, InstallerLive will offer additional skills-based features, including the new interactive ‘Eco Challenge’. Backed by the official event partner for the show, The National Skills Academy For Environmental Technologies, the Eco Challenge gives visitors the opportunity to test their skills against each other in an exciting, timed competition focused on installing green technologies. The aim of the Eco Challenge is to raise awareness of the skills that will be required to fit renewable technologies in the light of current and future Government initiatives, such as the Green Deal, Feed in Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive. Winners on each day will receive £100, £200 and £300 training vouchers to be used for environmental technology training through the National Skills Academy.
