Wildlife park goes green with Windhager biomass system

Wingham Wildlife Park has seen significantly reduced costs since the installation of two Windhager 45kW BioWIN Excel wood pellet boilers. The wildlife park, located in Kent, specified the wood pellet biomass boilers to replace its previous oil heating system due to...

NARM report sheds light on rooflight performance

With a primary function of letting natural light into a building or structure, the rooflight’s role has evolved significantly in recent decades. Growing demands of Building Regulations and Government legislation mean that rooflights must now deliver a whole host of...

Visualising the energy issue in Sto Glass

The Smart Energy Cube sits conspicuously in Dublin’s Hannover Quay as a tangible representation of the country’s profligate use of fossil fuels.  The volume of the cube represents the volume of oil consumed in Ireland in just 5 minutes and the black glass envelope,...

TLX Gold insulates Maesteg Private Housing project

Maesteg in South Wales is a town that has had its ups and downs. Its prosperity was founded on iron and coal, but the collapse of the mining industry in the 1980s and more recent factory closures have meant that there are areas where the housing stock is in bad repair...

Radmat and Prater reach new heights at London’s ‘Walkie Talkie’

Leading waterproofing and green roofing supplier Radmat Building Products has supplied specialist envelope contractor Prater with a comprehensive range of systems for the landmark 20 Fenchurch Street skyscraper in the City of London.  Radmat’s PermaQuik, ParaFlex and...