BIOMASS FUELS CARE-HOME SAVINGS
A residential care home near Doncaster has significantly reduced its energy costs by installing Windhager biomass boilers, which now supply all heating and hot water. Rock House Residential Home, a …
Environmental Control
Timeguard enhanced presence detectors for optimum coverage
Timeguard has taken sensitive presence detection to the next level, making it more affordable, with its latest range of PIR detectors. The new detectors provide enhanced presence detection over …
Trend makes sure size matters with its new IQ422 controller
Trend Control Systems Ltd, the international Building Energy Management System (BEMS) manufacturer and supplier, has announced the latest in its industry leading IQ4 range of controllers – the IQ422. Designed …
New £28m academy lit by Luxonic
Luxonic Lighting has supplied the complete controls and lighting solution for the Sir Robert Woodard Academy in West Sussex, which is a new architectural landmark in Lancing. The £28 million …
Energy efficiency in building ventilation – are you ready for the new legislation?
For those of us involved in the building services sector, it feels as if we have been talking about the new Energy related Products (ErP) Directive for years. But now …
New brochure shows heat pump value to community heating schemes
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new brochure to show the value that the Ecodan® range of air source heat pumps can bring to community heating schemes and how they can …
XPELAIR’S CARBONLITE RANGE GOES COMMERCIAL
Xpelair Ventilation Solutions has launched the GX EC3 range, its first fan range to feature in Xpelair’s Carbonlite commercial family. Utilising the latest techniques in contemporary design, the GX EC3 …
Silent Solution from Xpelair
The PassivX stack vent system from Xpelair Ventilation Solutions has been designed to be one of the most cost effective, sustainable and silent ventilation systems on the market. Utilising the …
SPECTRAL LIGHTING SHARPENS ITS BLADE
The new acoustic BLADE range from Spectral is a combined luminaire and acoustic panel for the modern office or educational buildings with concrete interiors. The suspended fittings provides effective acoustic …
Kingspan Renewables Adds Ray Of Sunshine To Nottingham Campus
A multi-million pound New Build development at Nottingham Trent University is benefiting from a major installation of 3960 Kingspan Renewables’ market-leading Thermomax solar thermal vacuum tubes, in what is one …
Learning a lesson
Mark Glitherow of Trend Controls explains how obtaining the financial resources to install a building energy management system (BEMS) in an educational establishment may be easier than you think. With …
The future of lighting is here
MHA Lighting will help slash your energy bills and CO2 emissions by up to 80% – while improving the quality of your light. MHA’s award-winning LED lighting uses …
Elta Fans’ handles the hard stuff in new whisky bottling plant
Elta Fans, Kingswinford-based Building Services division, has supplied a number of fans for the new bottling plant of one of Scotland’s premier manufacturers of single malt whiskies. Six ‘Quietflow’ Twin …
MHA Lighting helps slash hospital infection rates with new fully sealed lighting
AWARD winning LED specialist MHA Lighting is helping NHS Trusts fight hospital acquired infection rates with revolutionary new sealed lighting units. MHA Lighting’s patented LED technology has been designed as …
City of westminster college takes control with honeywell
The prestigious new City of Westminster College Paddington Green Campus in central London has been fitted with a sustainable building control system from CentraLine by Honeywell.Specified and installed by system …
YouGov survey reveals that indoor temperature influences both productivity and health
With the onset of summer and record high temperatures of late, unhappy workers are getting hot under the collar thanks to poor temperature management and inadequate ventilation of their workplace. …
The NASUWT presses for new rules that would require schools to act if temperatures reached 24C
The issue of temperature management and adequate ventilation is high on the agenda. The largest UK-wide teachers’ union, the NASUWT, is pressing for new rules that would require schools to …
A new source of renewable information for architecture
The country’s architects have access to a new information source on renewable technology with the installation of a permanent exhibition stand at the Building Centre in London’s Store Street from …