Heating and Ventilation

With Awaab’s Law coming into force on 27 October 2025, condensation and mould specialists, Airtech, are encouraging social housing landlords to ensure ventilation systems in their properties are regularly serviced to maintain good indoor air quality (IAQ) for tenants. Ventilation systems require regular servicing to keep them clean and operating efficiently, helping protect residents from the harmful effects of damp and mould and so supporting landlords in meeting their new legal duties under Awaab’s Law. To help social housing providers, Airtech provides landlords with options to service both individual properties and entire housing stocks.

As Awaab’s Law comes into effect today for social landlords in England, Vent-Axia is urging landlords to take proactive steps to improve poor indoor air quality (IAQ), and tackle damp and mould. Introduced following the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, the law requires landlords to investigate and fix damp and mould issues within strict timeframes, ensuring faster repairs and safer homes. Acting early not only protects tenants’ health but also helps landlords cut costly repairs, maintenance bills and potential legal claims. With private registered providers of social housing spending a record £8.8bn on repairs and maintenance in 2023/20242 and poor housing conditions costing the NHS £1.4bn annually3 in treatment costs, these figures highlight the scale of the issue and the importance of prevention. Vent-Axia stresses that tackling damp and mould through effective ventilation is vital to create healthier, compliant homes and reduce future costs.

Leading British ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia has unveiled an industry first with its new Lo-Carbon Revive 7 Switchee-Enabled smart ventilation. Designed specifically for the social housing sector, the new Lo-Carbon Revive 7 integrates Vent-Axia’s market-leading smart-enabled fan technology with Switchee’s in-home connectivity to deliver energy-efficient ventilation, real-time environmental insights, tamper-proof performance, and proactive communication between landlords and residents. Vent-Axia is the first UK ventilation company to provide remotely accessible fan data to housing providers. It is also the first smart technology solution that not only identifies condensation and mould but also actively helps to prevent them. 

Leading British ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia has welcomed the Government’s recent publication of ‘Awaab’s Law: Draft guidance for social landlords’, following Awaab’s Law being laid out in front of Parliament on 25 June 2025. With phase 1 of the law set to take effect on 27 October 2025, the draft guidance marks a critical step in helping social housing landlords prepare for their legal obligations. The law was initiated following the tragic death of 2-year-old Awaab Ishak, due to a mouldy home. Part of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act, Awaab’s Law is set to impose strict requirements on social housing landlords to investigate and resolve issues of damp and mould within specified timeframes, helping residents gain faster repairs and reducing health risks. 

Condensation and mould specialists, Airtech, are offering help to social housing landlords ahead of Awaab’s Law coming into effect on 27 October 2025. The new law was laid out in front of Parliament on 25 June, along with Awaab’s Law: Draft guidance for social landlords. So, Airtech is helping landlords tick all the right boxes to comply with Awaab’s Law with its surveys, advice and treatment to tackle condensation and mould, along with a full ventilation installation service.

Panasonic Heating & Cooling Solutions has been helping with a study at the University of Salford and the Energy House 2.0 research project in conjunction with Bellway Homes. The research looks at the effects of the planned Future Homes Building Standard (FHS) and how this will impact on new build properties. This experimental eco home is a ground-breaking research study by the University, combining eco efficient processes to meet the impending Future Homes Standard (FHS) for new build houses. The research also tests how low-carbon technologies impact the cost of living. The Future Home at Energy House 2.0 is built by Bellway inside a climate-controlled chamber at the university. Panasonic is one of the manufacturers selected to power the heating with its Aquarea J Series air-to-water heat pump. 
 

Panasonic heat pumps have been installed into 33, two, three and four-bedroom new build homes as part of a “Homes England” research project to provide innovative zero carbon ready homes. Gedling Green, a regenerative housing project in Nottinghamshire has been developed on an old coal mining colliery site by open-market affordable housing developers, Keepmoat Homes. Panasonic’s Aquarea J Series units with smart controls were selected for the research project by Keepmoat, due to their high energy efficiency and low noise characteristics. The installations were completed by electrical contractors M. A. Broughton and plumbing company, Nigel Smith.