More Focus – Page 306
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FeaturesIn Dodds we trust
Mr Kier’s safe pair of hands have just picked up Building’s boss of the year
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FeaturesArchetype: A touch of glass
London-based architect Archetype recently restored and converted a Herefordshire barn as its second office.
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FeaturesPhase-change materials: Phase to stun
Phase-change materials that can store and emit energy might transform the way we design and specify buildings. As the first products come to market, Jan-Carlos Kucharek finds out how they work
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FeaturesEco-friendly block pavers
Block paver maker Formpave has launched the EcoGranite range of pavers, offering what it says is an environmentally friendly alternative to freshly quarried granite.
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Ecoterre earth brick
Ibstock Brick has launched the Ecoterre Earth, an unfired clay brick designed for use in internal party walls.
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District heating system
Heat exchanger specialist Alfa Laval has introduced a district heating substation to provide and regulate heating and hot water for single-family homes.
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Innovative electrical production
EC Power has developed the XRGI, a micro combined heat and power (CHP) generator.
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Flat plate solar collector
Heating products maker Vaillant has added the Aurotherm VFK 900 to its solar heating range.
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Sanyo air conditioning
Sanyo Air Conditioners has launched an air-conditioning system partially powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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FeaturesViessmann: Blowing hot and cold
With changing climates and regulations, temperature-control systems are becoming increasingly diverse. Graham Blandford of heating specialist Viessmann tells us more.
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FeaturesHigh scoring letters
A new qualification, the CEnv for sustainability specialists, has joined a crowded marketplace. But is it worth adding yet more letters after your name?
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Spring of hope
Experian Business Strategies’ latest survey of UK contractors shows that the busy start to the year has continued into spring, with the civil engineering sector leading the way
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FeaturesThey are the champions
This year, for the first time, the Building Awards included the Building Project of the Year, for the best completed scheme. Martin Spring reviews the five runners-up and the winner, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium
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Building intelligence Q4 2006: Here we grow
As Experian Business Strategies reports, rising private investment is balancing out the end of the public sector boom, housing is still growing and the only worries are interest rates and a shaky US
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FeaturesWhy does this place matter to you?
You might not recognise Berlaymont, the headquarters of the European commission, but it makes more of a difference to your working lives than ever. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, Mark Leftly went to Brussels and came back with nine reasons why you ignore it at ...
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FeaturesCarillion didn’t buy a pup, it was a monster. How would it tame mowlem?
It thought it was getting a fabulous £12bn defence contract tied to an old-style contractor with one or two financial issues, but then came the midnight snacks, and the multimillion-pound writedowns ... Carillion’s boss John McDonough tells Angela Monaghan what happened over the next year
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FeaturesIs high quality social housing feasible in the Thames Gateway
Is the Housing Corporation right to insist on top quality design for new homes in the Thames Gateway?