All Archive Titles articles – Page 238
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Electrical Safety Council welcomes HIP scheme
The Home Information Pack Regulations are to include Building Regulations Compliance Certificates issued under Competent Person Self-certification Schemes as part of the required Local Authority (LA) searches. Details of work carried out under Part P and notified via the government-approved Scheme Operators will be included in the Home Information Pack ...
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Archive TitlesA climate of change
Are you ready for new building energy certification? Tracy Edwards gears up for a sustainable future at the CIBSE annual conference.
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A climate of change
1 June is a momentous day in the calendar. It sees the introduction of the first phase of legislation that will change the way buildings operate for ever. You can be forgiven for having no idea what I am talking about, for these new laws have crept in rather unannounced. ...
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Want a green building? It’ll cost you extra
Building green developments towards a zero carbon standard costs an additional 12.5%, according to research by CBRE Hamptons International.
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Archive TitlesThe smart bomb
Looking for new ways to improve profitability? Then check out the world of the smart home. Matt Nimmons takes a look at the custom installation market.
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Archive TitlesThe best medicine
Medical equipment manufacturer Keymed is going green at its new Southend facility. Tracy Edwards takes a trip out east to check out innovations such as its ambitious new ground source heat pump.
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ECA’s ZAP initiative beats safety targets
New accident statistics from the Electrical Contractors’ Association’s Zero Accident Potential initiative highlight the industry’s improving health and safety record.
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Archive TitlesBaltic Place
Inviron is installing M&E services within two 14,000 m² bespoke office buildings at the Baltic Place development in Gateshead.
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CIBSE says: “look back”
The building services industry must not be afraid to look back at previous projects, learning from both the positive and the negative, to ensure the future of better buildings, says the new president of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).
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Archive TitlesCIBSE Patrons Teamwork Award.
For the second year running, Powerminster has beaten strong competition from across the building services sector to win the prestigious CIBSE Patrons Teamwork Award.
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An artful display
Jets Electrical Contractors has transformed a 1920s coachworks into a 3500 m² art gallery. The Louise T Blouin Institute in Olaf Street, West London provides a showcase for both established and emerging contemporary artists and performance art, as well as being the operating base for the Louise Blouin Foundation.
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Archive TitlesAmnesty day
Andrew Watt examines HMRC’s bold decision to offer an amnesty for all tax evasion going back over 20 years.
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Amicus Unites with T&G
M&E workers union Amicus has started the process of merging with the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G) to create Unite, Britain’s biggest trade union with a membership of 2.1 million.
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Schneider Electric gets all fired up
Fire control centres provide an important service, co-ordinating regional fire services in emergency situations. But what would happen in the event of a major supply failure? Not a problem, thanks to Schneider Electric.
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Archive TitlesSpotlight on... Eastern England
This second ECA regional spotlight takes a closer look at the work of the ECA and its members in Eastern England, from projects completed and contracts won to general business trends.
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Think small to combat climate change
Nanotechnologies could be the answer to slashing greenhouse gases according to a study commissioned by Defra.