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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[…]

  • 03 June 2015

03 June 2015

Report reveals questionable fuel consumption figures

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Steve Clarke, Group Marketing Manager for Fuel Card Services, has warned van users to treat all fuel consumption figures with caution: “Van users can hardly expect that LCV manufacturers’ claims are any more accurate. Until this environment changes, van users should only trust the statistics they compile themselves.” Only 13 of 200 tested vehicles lived[…]

  • 03 June 2015

03 June 2015

Waterloo appoints new Southern Sales Manager

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Alex has over 45 years’ experience and knowledege of the mechanical services industry, having worked extensively in design, contracting and sales with many of the industry’s leading contractors and manufacturers.   Alex MacFarlane, Waterloo’s newly appointed Southern Sales Manager The company has expanded its sales team to take advantage of the upturn in the economy[…]

  • 03 June 2015

  • 02 June 2015

01 June 2015

Low density Celcon Blocks provide improved thermal conductivity

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The thermal conductivity of the blocks is now 0.18 W/mK, down from 0.19, bringing about greater thermal performance whilst enabling U-Values to be reduced further and diminishing heat loss at junctions. British Board of Agrément (BBA) has issued a new certificate issued to the manufacturer for the change. Reducing the weight of the high performing[…]

  • 01 June 2015

01 June 2015

Golfer Jim_nez supports Mitsubishi Electric rowing team

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Crew member and Mitsubishi Electric Heating Product Manager James Timbs-Harrison commented on the golferÍs support: ñJim_nez was leading the field when he took time out to visit us and he was very impressed with the challenge facing us.î Left to right: Stuart Markland; Liam Browning; Miguel Angel Jim_nez; James Kendall and James Timbs-Harrison by the[…]

  • 01 June 2015

01 June 2015

Golfer Jiménez supports Mitsubishi Electric rowing team

Posted on by KoruEditor

Crew member and Mitsubishi Electric Heating Product Manager James Timbs-Harrison commented on the golfer’s support: “Jiménez was leading the field when he took time out to visit us and he was very impressed with the challenge facing us.” Left to right: Stuart Markland; Liam Browning; Miguel Angel Jiménez; James Kendall and James Timbs-Harrison by the[…]

  • 01 June 2015

01 June 2015

PASS recognised as FLIR Platinum Partner for third year

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Operating out of Stockton-on-Tees, PASS has been a distributor for FLIR since 2006, and has since expanded its FLIR inventory to cater for a wide range of applications, including for wildlife tracking, law enforcement and automated process monitoring. FLIR Platinum Partner status awards companies that have performed to high standards and provide FLIR products. “Around[…]

  • 01 June 2015

01 June 2015

Specifier support literature for thermal insulation board

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Sundolitt XPS is a lightweight and durable thermal insulation board. Designed to withstand heavy loads, XPS also features a water-resistant design to withstand severe weather conditions without the risk of deterioration. XPS can be used for many applications, including cold store flooring. XPS has a wide variety of applications, including; commercial and domestic flooring, inverted[…]

  • 01 June 2015

29 May 2015

Private/Public partnerships help bridge the social housing gap

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Fortitudo Property is one of many firms adopting to the approach. A series of developments in Poole, spearheaded by Development Specialist Richard Carr, will provide the council with its largest ever Community Infrastructure Levy and Social Housing contribution to date. Construction has started on four developments on Lilliput Road, which will contain 36 luxury apartments[…]

  • 29 May 2015