Brian Griffiths
At the start of another new year, what does 2022 promise for Griffiths Air Conditioning & Electrical Contractors? The Burton Latimer-based business, established in 1999, continues with steady growth in all aspects of the building and engineering services sector. That encompasses air conditioning, domestic gas, electrics, evaporative coolers, heat pumps, plumbing, solar panels, underfloor heating, and ventilation.
Their customer base is varied with domestic, commercial and industrial clients not only from Northamptonshire but also the surrounding counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Warwickshire and, occasionally, beyond.
The emphasis over recent years has been on energy efficiency, with the government, businesses and households all looking at ways of reducing use of the world’s precious energy resources and, at the same time, saving money. Griffiths realised the business potential of this situation years ago and became accredited installers of heat pumps and solar panels under the government’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme. In fact, they were the first Northamptonshire installers to gain MCS status for heat pumps back in 2008. Since then, several hundred have been installed, with most also being regularly maintained by Griffiths.
In 2013 Griffiths opened their Energy Efficiency Centre showroom on Burton Latimer’s High Street and welcomes visitors to view working examples of heat pumps.
Following COP26 in Glasgow and the government publishing its Heat and Buildings Strategy, there has been much publicity regarding heat pumps and the objective of reducing the use of fossil fuel boilers over the coming years.
A new financial incentive scheme from the government will be available from April when replacing an existing gas or oil boiler with a heat pump.
n Contact Griffiths by telephone on 01536 420666, via www.griffithsaircon.co.uk or by visiting Griffiths’ Energy Efficiency Centre showroom at 111 High Street, Burton Latimer 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
