HVCA is committed to positioning its members in the marketplace such that they can gain real commercial advantage by being recognised as experts in integrated energy systems and low and zero carbon technologies.

HVCA is raising awareness among its members of sustainability in all its aspects, and assisting them towards an expertise in the identification and implementation of integrated sustainable solutions.

HVCA is identifying and, where necessary, developing the standards against which actual and potential sustainable solutions can be evaluated.

HVCA is defining the additional skills requirements demanded by the sustainability challenge.

HVCA is facilitating vocational training and workforce development to meet these skills requirements.

HVCA is preparing to promote its members as experts in "integrated energy systems", able to take a holistic approach to the growing building services engineering needs of customers and clients.

HVCA is partnering with the Electrical Contractors' Association to develop and deliver an effective building services engineering agenda for sustainability.

"The growing appetite among clients for sustainable solutions represents a huge
commercial opportunity for building services engineering contractors"

David Frise
Chairman HVCA/ECA Sustainability
Issues Group