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The Surestop Stopcock joins Age UK Birmingham Handyfix project
Surestop recently joined a high volume of visitors to celebrate the opening of a new Age UK Birmingham store in Erdington. The store, officially opened by Erdington MP Jack Dromey, is located in a prominent position on the High Street, joining four existing stores in...
Addaset resin bound driveway for Scandia-Hus show house
Addagrip are delighted to have been asked to install a beautiful resin bound porous driveway for Scandia-Hus, who design and manufacture energy-saving timber frame homes, as part of their stunning new Show Home at their site in Felcourt, West Sussex. The Addaset resin...
Windhager biomass warms 16th century tudor towers
Kirtling Towers, the remains of a Grade I 16th Century Tudor house, has recently received its first two installations of Windhager biomass heating systems. Located near Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Kirtling Towers now form part of the Fairhaven Estates, owned by Lord...
New lighting rental scheme aids cash flow
Using LED lighting with the latest in lighting management systems, it is now relatively easy to achieve 50% to 80% energy savings on most projects with these energy savings paying for the systems and installation. With this in mind, Aura Light has launched a ‘Rent...
Designing sustainable buildings made fun: enhanced planning tool released
The tried and tested PHPP tool for designing energy efficient buildings is available in a brand-new version. This upgrade not only allows reliable calculation of the energy demand in accordance with internationally applicable criteria, it also takes into account...
Councils save money on street lighting with Venture
Venture Lighting Europe has supplied to a number of street lighting projects throughout the UK as a cost-effective replacement of previous lamps. The company has seen many successful applications of its lamps across London with over 2000 of Venture’s street lighting...
Cornish Climate Vision’s ten pledges prove behaviour change opportunities
Cornwall-based Climate Vision have uncovered behavioural change figures proving the opportunity of changing behaviours can have in saving carbon. Whilst Autumn may have people reaching for the blankets and cranking up the fire, earth itself is getting warmer. As such,...
World-first for “carbon literate” students
Manchester Metropolitan University is leading the world when it comes to teaching students to become “carbon literate”. Students from the Department of Food and Tourism Management have become the first in the world to gain a Carbon Literacy Certificate as part of...
New Ronald McDonald House roof in good health thanks to Sika-Trocal
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) provides free 'home away from home' accommodation for the families of young patients being treated in hospital. For the charity’s new-build facility at South Glasgow Hospital Campus, Sika-Trocal has supplied 600m2 of its single...
Improvements from the outside, in with StoTherm
A portion of Falkirk Council’s hard to treat social housing stock has recently benefited from Sto’s external wall insulation in order to meet the requirements of the newest Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS). The refurbishment in Avonbridge – a small village in...
Wavin donation gives CRASH course in below ground drainage
The Pilsdon Community is a small working farm that offers accommodation and work for homeless people suffering from mental health issues. As part of its redevelopment led by construction charity CRASH – including a barn restoration and conversion of stable blocks into...
Stroma pursues Group expansion with Greendoor acquisition
Stroma Group Ltd has completed the acquisition of multidisciplinary Building Control service provider, Greendoor Building Control & Specialist Services Limited (“Greendoor”). Greendoor have provided market leading support to their clients in the Building Control...