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Sika flooring solution is a winner at new sports pavilion
In a busy sports environment where hygiene, durability and high performance is paramount, a series of market-leading solutions from global building products manufacturer, Sika, have played their part in the creation of hard wearing and resilient floors for a new £1...
Thermal Earth help local GRP manufacturers cut fuel costs
Thermal Earth has helped reduce the fuel cost of a neighbouring business by installing a biomass boiler heating system. Industrial GRP, a South Wales manufacturer of glass reinforced plastic products, had three Ponast wood pellet boilers installed in a cascade...
Sheffield estate’s external facade transformed by versatility of Keim Mineral Paints
The Park Hill Estate in Sheffield was built as a council estate between 1957 and 1961. It was designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith in a brutalist architectural style and has always divided opinons. Described as revolutionary for its time, the concept was `Streets in...
Renewables market hotting up as domestic RHI tops 1,000 installations
Early figures on the number of householders who have already taken advantage of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) have exceeded expectations according to Ofgem, topping 1,000 installations in just a few months. The incentive was launched on 9 April in...
Rainbow storage trolleys get the thumbs up from schools
Leafield Environmental has developed a new range of mobile storage trolleys in bright fun colours to help schools keep classrooms and playgrounds tidy. Leafield Environmental MD Phil Maddox said: "Keeping classrooms and playgrounds neat and tidy has always been a...
NAPIT slam GDHIF closure as cashback window slams shut
NAPIT have spoken out against what has been widely received within the energy efficiency industry as the knee-jerk closure of a popular cashback scheme from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed on July 24th after...
RHI seminar features at ecoSHOWCASE Autumn events
Readers might be interested to know that The Department of Energy and Climate Change has chosen ecoSHOWCASE to present their seminar on the benefits of the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). This will include case studies of accredited installations showing...
Save money and time when you combine with NAPIT training
Installers who are eager to undertake renewable heat technology training can save time and money with NAPIT Training’s new course combining three pre-requisite qualifications, a cheaper alternative to taking the courses separately. What’s more, throughout August NAPIT...
The Gurdon Institute in a new light thanks to Lutron
When Kathy Hilton, building facilities manager at The Gurdon Institute initiated an energy reduction programme, it opened the way for Lutron’s Energi TriPak retrofit lighting control solution that enabled the ‘unloved’ areas of the department to deliver significant...
Luxonic invests £¾ million in LED Luminaire production
Luxonic has just completed a ten-month programme and a £¾ million investment in expanding its production facilities in Basingstoke to allow for increase in demand for LED luminaires. Consolidating all the company’s manufacturing onto the Basingstoke site required an...
Biomass installers warm up the North East with Windhager
Renewable energy company, Life’s Energy, has enjoyed a successful association with Windhager since being co-founded over two years ago by Andy Louth, Nick Beal and Bill Stephenson. Life’s Energy, based in Scarborough, offers a wide variety of renewable energy products...
Celotex PL4000 helps former hospital back to full health
In Dartford, Kent, more than 10,000m2 of Celotex PL4000 plasterboard laminate has helped to deliver outstanding thermal performance and an excellent aesthetic finish at the regeneration of The Residence – formerly known as the City of London Lunatic Asylum. Built in...