Installer Show 2025, Birmingham NEC

I had a very busy time at the Installer Show last week at the NEC in Birmingham. My social battery (which isn't the biggest) was totally drained by the end of the day!

Where do you start? The maze of trade stalls that is the Installer Show

The place was packed! Great to see so many manufacturers showing off their latest tech!

Thanks to Paul Ravnbo-West at Triton Showers for arranging an unofficial gathering of SAP assessors.. we had a great chat about the Home Energy Model, Future Homes Standard, and how to tackle the transition to the new Part L.

Helen McKenzie, Gary Nicholls and John Hefford - it was brill to meet up in person to have a collective moan about things!

Helen McKenzie (Award Energy), Paul Ravnbo-West (Triton Shower), Gary Nicholls (Briary Energy), Jon Ponting (AES Sustainability Consultants), John Hefford (Thermal Economics)

Also, I met a lovely chap who owns a tortoise 😉🐢. I don't care how famous you are... if I know you have a tortoise, I'm gonna talk about tortoises 🤣

Grabbing a cheeky selfie with comedian and tortoise owner, Dara O'Briain

Fair play to the gang who built half a PassivHaus in the middle of the exhibition hall.

The HAUS - a full scale, two storey PassivHaus in the middle of the exhibition hall

And my award for Funkiest Heat Pump goes to Grant!

I've said it before... I'd love a heat pump with funky LED lights. Why won't someone sell me one??