Air conditioning and Heat Pump Institute ACHPI

ACHPI is a specialist group of the IOR has been set up for anyone who installs, services or maintains air conditioning and heat pump equipment.  This new Institute established in 2009 and now comprising 650 members keeps you up to date with news, practical tips and current skills:

• broaden your practical knowledge of current technology
• help fill gaps in theory understanding and fundamentals
• signpost new developments such as tracking new legislation 
• demonstrate your commitment to a high standards of installation, service and maintenance
• develop skills and knowledge in the area and
• become part of a community of air conditioning and heat pump professionals with a common voice and interest.

The ACHPI brings together the technical expertise of manufacturers support services with the experience of the Institute of Refrigeration in providing practical guidance and keeping individuals up to date with good industry practice and standards. The encouragement of major manufacturers and training providers has been crucial to the establishment of the ACHPI and they continue to play an important role in its Technical Steering Panel.

ACHPI is pleased to be supporting the new National Heat Pump Awards. The awards are designed to highlight and reward professionalism in what is set to be one of the UK’s fastest growing industries. See www.national-heat-pump-awards.co.uk for details.

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ACHPI membership costs £30 a year (£35 for overeas members), members gain:

• tehnical information presented as short practical summaries mailed direct to their home every three months
• on line access to past bulletins for downloading or revisiting the items
• an ACHPI member lapel pin
• an A4 folder in which to keep the bulletins with training record sheet
• annual CPD certificate

Join now on line. Or print off and return a membership form.

If you are already a member of the IOR Service Engineers Section there is no need to join the ACHPI - you can download all of the material free from this website.

ACHPI Publications  

Download a free sample publication here.

Title	Type	Publisher	Price
Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Institute News Issue 1	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Institute News Issue 2	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Institute News Issue 3	ACHPI		FREE
Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Institute News Issue 4	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Energy in Air Conditioning (ACHPI1)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Heat pumps and the F Gas Regulations (ACHPI7)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Heat pumps for water heating (ACHPI4)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Heat Recovery (ACHPI3)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Introduction to invertors for capacity control (ACHPI8)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
Replacing R22 in air conditioning systems (ACHPI5)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
The Basic Heat Pump Cycle (ACHPI2)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE
VRV / VRF Technology (ACHPI6)	ACHPI	ACHPI	FREE

Many of the publications are PDF files. To view PDF files you can use Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please click the image to download the latest version for free.