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World-first whole-house retrofit success Google smart homes
Saint-Gobain Salford House
Effective city-wide urban retrofit is still the Holy Grail for a truly sustainable future. It is a big challenge and needs research-based solutions and perhaps some blue-sky thinking’. Saint-Gobain’s support for a world-first’ whole-house retrofit research project at Salford University is featured below. It is already demonstrating an impressive 63% energy saving via the installation of a range of their products.
Check-out our Twitter links to UK Green Building Council top 8 urban retrofit solutions and how Google are getting into the smart homes business.
Events news includes Solid Wood Solutions, a day on engineered timber innovations; and a European loft conversion design competition with great prizes!
With the recent Buildingtalk focus on improving safety in the industry, our VIDEO OF THE WEEK features a very simple and cost-effective way to produce Health & Safety documents online in just a few minutes.
And finally, latest economic news includes rising rents in the commercial sector with London having its best year since 2007; UK infrastructure investment will create 150,000 jobs; BarbourABI report contract values up 25% year on year; and profits are growing with Travis Perkins sales up 12.7% in Q1.
Online construction industry Health & Safety documents made easy
Thanks to a Saniplus UP from Saniflo, a new garden retreat in the capital has been elevated to a new level of comfort and convenience.
Posted in Articles, Bathrooms & Toilets, Bathrooms, Bedrooms & Washrooms, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Case Studies, Drainage, Facility Management & Building Services, Garden, Interiors, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation
For groundworkers, tendering residential retaining wall projects can be a time-consuming and complicated process. The key is to tender using Tobermore’s Secura modular concrete block retaining walls rather than the default masonry specification & the Secura Portal, an online tool.
Posted in Articles, Bricks & Blocks, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Building Systems, Case Studies, Civil Engineering, Concrete, Cement, Admixtures, Facility Management & Building Services, Hard Landscaping & Walkways, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Landscaping, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Walls
Security expert Abloy UK is highlighting the urgent need for greater security and access control on highways critical infrastructure across the UK.
Posted in Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Civil Engineering, Doors, Facility Management & Building Services, Hard Landscaping & Walkways, Health & Safety, Landscaping, Posts, Research & Materials Testing, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection
Based near the historic town of Ironbridge in Shropshire, widely regarded as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, Steel Window Fittings is a market leader in high quality steel window and door handles, fittings and accessories.
Posted in Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Doors, Health & Safety, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection, Steel and Structural Frames, Windows