More Focus – Page 222

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    Give me five

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Greeting you at Ecobuild in March will be more than 1,000 exhibitors and 100 conferences – that’s an awful lot of ground to cover, so Stephen Kennett guides you towards five five-star attractions you won’t want to miss

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    Natural insulation

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Second Nature is launching EdenBloc35, a patented, low-density rigid insulation that is suitable for roofs and walls

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    Mechanical ventilation

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Vent-Axia will launch a number of ventilation systems at Ecobuild

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    Biomass boiler

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    As well as its heat pump towers, German heating products maker Viessmann will be launching the Vitoligno 300-P biomass pellet boiler, which has outputs between 4kW and 48kW and a claims efficiency of 86%

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    PV roof tiles

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Redland is launching five photovoltaic roof tiles for the housebuilding market to take advantage of the government’s recently announced feed-in tariffs

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    Membranes

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Building membranes specialist Icopal is launching five products at Ecobuild

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    Green roofs

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Lindum is launching the Biodiverse Green Roof Mat, a pre-grown vegetative layer designed to offer an alternative to pure sedum blankets

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    Biomass heating

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Windhager is launching its VarioWIN compact biomass pellet boiler

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    Boilers

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Atag has announced a range of six “A” Series boilers, with heating outputs from 4.4kW to 30.9kW

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    Heat recovering ventilation

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Vortice is launching the Vort Prometeo HR200

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    Floor coverings

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Floor covering specialists South East Coatings will be launching several products

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    Air-source heat pumps

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Calorex’s is launching its new Pro-Pac air-source heat pump range for the small-to-medium commercial market

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    Cost update: Q4 2009

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    The quarterly analysis of changes to costs and prices shows many costs beginning to rise

  • One of Cabe’s three east Midlands case studies, which together make an eloquent case for pressing on with Building Schools for the Future
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    Charter 284 Education: The economic case for investing in schools

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Richardson puts the arguments in favour of continuing the drive to renew every school in the country

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    Charter 284: A Building manifesto

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Building’s Charter 284 campaign aims to leave the political parties in no doubt as to the economic and social benefits of investing in construction work

  • Designed by JM Architects and engineered by Gifford, the £8m refurbishment and remodelling of Elm Court school in south London (pictured here and throughout) gave a new lease of life to an Edwardian school building
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    Cost model: School refurbishment

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Continuing this week’s focus on the renewal of the school estate, Simon Rawlinson and Paul Zuccherelli of Davis Langdon review one of the biggest challenges facing the BSF programme

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    What’s awaiting Mr Wates

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    ConstructionSkills is in crisis: a trade federation is trying to jump ship, 250 jobs are under threat and grants are set to be slashed by a third. Enter James Wates … Sophie Griffiths reports on what lies in store for the training body’s new chairman

  • CityCenter in all its glory, with the twin towers designed by Murphy/Jahn in the middle, KPF’s Mandarin Oriental to the left and the massive, 4,000-room, Aria Hotel by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in the background
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    All that glitters: CityCentre, Las Vegas

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    The developers of Las Vegas’ latest casino resort wanted to give the city something it lacked: an urban core. But the $8bn CityCenter only pretends to be that – in reality it’s just another place to lose a lot of money. Tim Abrahams spins the wheel

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    Acoustic lighting rafts

    2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

    More than 1,700m of SAS International System 600 acoustic lighting rafts, incorporating HCP radiant heating panels, have been installed at the Trent Valley Academy in Lincolnshire

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    Dual shower

    2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Rada has added to its Sense range of digital water control systems with the introduction of the Sense Dual Shower T3