Building Services

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03 June 2015

Saniflo showcases products at inaugural Installer 2015

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Saniflo supported the inaugural show and displayed a range of innovative products for the plumbing sector, including the Sanicubic XL, the largest lifting station in Saniflo’s comprehensive macerator line-up. Saniflo supported Installer 2015 with a range of products The unit has been retailed in to a number of commercial applications this year. In each case[…]

  • 03 June 2015

03 June 2015

New guidance for specifiers of daylighting in homes

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The new document has been prepared by NARM’s Technical Committee, and gives generic information on types of daylight, health and wellbeing, followed by detailed and up-to-date specification information and data. Since the 1990s, the definition of lighting quality has encompassed human needs, architectural integration, and economic constraints. Until the late 1990s, lighting recommendations were based[…]

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02 June 2015

Software Europe overhaul HQ with Mitsubishi Electric package

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The company used MELFinance to avoid burdening its cash flow with the up-front cost of the project. Software Europe was the first £100k plus project financed by MELFinance. MELFinance has been operating since January 2014. The scheme bundles costs into a 5-year heating, cooling and ventilation finance package with repayments structured over a 3, 4[…]

  • 02 June 2015

27 May 2015

JD Wetherspoon install Changing Places assisted-access facility

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Integrated into the build at the drawing stage, the Changing Places toilet is conveniently located on the ground floor. JD Wetherspoon’s is the first major pubchain to install a Changing Places facility. The facility delivers continuity of design for Wetherspoons toilets, whilst having the room (12m2) and layout for the hoist, height-adjustable changing bench and[…]

  • 27 May 2015

22 May 2015

CAD available for assisted-access hygiene facilities in schools

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Clos-o-Mat has released a free-to-download CAD for an assisted-access school hygiene room, ensuring any new project is the correct minimum size and contains the right equipment, as laid down in the Department for Education (DfE) guidelines. Clos-o-Mat hygiene room at Lonsdale School. Hygiene rooms are Changing Places assisted-access, wheelchair-friendly toilets that are not open to[…]

  • 22 May 2015

15 May 2015

Heat Interface Units receive WRAS approval

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WRAS is the industry standard for UK approved water fittings that are compliant with the UK plumbing regulations. All products are approved by UK Water Suppliers using the performance requirements set out by the Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The WRAS approved Meibes Unit by Pegler Yorkshire Climate[…]

  • 15 May 2015

14 May 2015

Accessible hygiene facility installed at Cambridge University

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The Palma Vita has integrated facilities which wash and dry the user instead of them wiping with paper. It is the only automatic wash and dry toilet developed specifically for disable people, and has various options available to tailor to individual needs. The Palma Vita is the only automatic wash and dry toilet developed specifically[…]

  • 14 May 2015

11 May 2015

New CPD discusses compliance with Water Regulations Advisory Scheme

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Many of Hansgrohe’s products, such as its Raindance Select hand shower head, demonstrate compliance with WRAS The Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) is a certification mark that shows a certain product meets the requirements of the 1999 water regulations. WRAS covers all plumbing systems, water fittings and water equipment from the public water supply: this[…]

  • 11 May 2015

07 May 2015

Thermal wheel technology is an energy efficient solution

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In the current climate of stringent building regulations, ever-tightening standards in building service provisions and the ever-increasing pressure on environmental issues; Thermal wheel technology may never have been of greater significance. Thermal wheels are now being used as a leading component in support of the trend to use heat recovery as a route to energy[…]

  • 07 May 2015