15 January 2015

Choose your boiler, installer and fuel wisely to ensure biomass stays ‘green’

Simon Holden, Euroheat Simon Holden from Euroheat responds to the Guardian article: Success in central Europe The problems in the UK market, which is still a very young one, come down to the quality of some boilers, the installers that fit them and the fuel they burn – get these three things right and efficiencies[…]

  • 15 January 2015

15 January 2015

MCRMA offer snow load guidance for metal cladding

MCRMA’s ‘Guidance for Snow Loading on Cladding’ is available for all those involved in the cladding specification process to read Heavy snow has the capacity to cause damage to buildings but a resistance to snow loading can be established if the roof cladding and supporting structure are specified correctly. MCRMA’s ‘Guidance for Snow Loading on[…]

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15 January 2015

Heat recovery system from Mitsubishi used to ventilate new hotel

The new Crowne Plaza has been fitted with Mitsubishi’s Electric City Multi heat recovery system After being bought by the Cairn Hotel Group, the Crowne Plaza, Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire has experienced a complete refurbishment. Turn Key, the air conditioning contractors for the project, installed a Mitsubishi Electric City Multi heat recovery system to ventilate[…]

  • 15 January 2015

15 January 2015

New Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation 2015

Schueco Excellence Awards for 2015 New Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation for 2015 Launched in 2014 to celebrate the very best in UK building design, the Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation will be presented at a special lunchtime event to be held in June at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea. winning[…]

  • 15 January 2015

15 January 2015

Greek swimmers benefit from Plastic Extruders’ barefoot matting

Heronrib barefoot matting was manufactured by Plastic Extruders’ matting division in the UK Heronrib was supplied to keep the Athletic Nautical Club of Glyfada’s water polo and swimming teams safe from slipping accidents. It was recommended by Greek flooring distributors, Beredimas Safety Floors. Under DIN 51097, Heronrib has a ‘C’ Classification for slip resistance surface.[…]

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14 January 2015

Axion develop new procedure to recycle fuel cell components

Axion aim to recover and recycle precious materials from waste fuel cells with their new project The project has been designed to establish the potential for a new global recycling business. It aims to re-use the materials from fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies and establish the recovery of them from waste cells as a technical[…]

  • 14 January 2015

14 January 2015

New facilities for the Geberit Training Academy

Another reason for the Academy’s refurbishment is to ensure that its resources continue to accurately reflect the workplace The Academy, which opened in Warwick in 2009, offers free training modules to installers, giving them the opportunity to interact with products and systems from Geberit. The piping systems training module introduces installers to the Geberit Mapress[…]

  • 14 January 2015

14 January 2015

GGF prepare for fensterbau/frontale 2016

GGF will be hosting the UK Pavilion at fensterbau/frontale, the German bi-annual trade show for windows, doors and facades, in 2016 Glazing and Glass Federation has invited GGF Members with an interest to expand on their businesses internationally to be part of its UK Pavilion. Working with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the Federation aims[…]

  • 14 January 2015