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Contemporary landscape from Tobermore transforms University of Hertfordshire
Tobermore, world class paving and walling manufacturer, has supplied an expanse of beautiful paving products that have been used to create the breath-taking new landscape at the University of Hertfordshire. Designed by the Landmark Practice, the University has been...
Radmat’s PermaQuik rounds off stunning new Library of Birmingham
With the new £188 million Library of Birmingham rewriting the book on library design, leading flat roof system provider Radmat Building Products have supplied a guaranteed roofing system which is set to deliver high standards of environmental performance, long term...
TLX Silver has The Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion all sewn up
The Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion was built to tour the world to act as a venue for art exhibitions. Designed by the renowned architect Zaha Hadid, it had to be capable of being repeatedly erected and taken down and transported around the globe, and at the same time...
Venture’s long life LEDs popular choice for busy warehouse
Venture Lighting Europe’s smart technology range is proving a popular choice in the industrial market, with 150 of the company’s Integrated Driver Technology (IDT) Highbay LEDs supplied to one of the UK’s market leading building materials suppliers. Installed at its...
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...
Celotex launches full fill cavity wall solution
Insulation specialist Celotex has launched a new premium performance solution for full fill cavity wall applications. The latest addition to the company’s ‘5000’ series product range, Celotex CF5000 helps to deliver a U-value within the wall of 0.18 W/m²K without the...
ASSA ABLOY UK provides sustainable products to green service station
Gloucester Services is based in the Cotswold countryside, on the edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty and great care has been taken to minimise the environmental impact of the development and to preserve the views from the surrounding area. The buildings and...
Ahmarra doorsets delivered in time for start of new school year
Specialist timber fire door manufacturer, Ahmarra are working to tight deadlines to ensure that their latest school projects receive their doorsets in good time for the start of the new school year “The summer months have always been a busy period for our education...