All Products articles – Page 45
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CSA cement uses less energy and produces less CO²
BRE research claims Manufacturing calcium sulfoaluminate cement performs better than Portland cement
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Heating sensors
Radiant Control has introduced the Kanmor 084e discreet heating sensor, which it says is the first that can be hidden from view in plaster or plasterboard.
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Multiroom entertainment
Multiroom entertainment systems specialist Opus Technologies has launched the WCU600, a fully customisable touchscreen keypad that can be used to control its Opus 500 whole-house music and video system, as well as other smart home products.
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Heating controllers
Dimplex has developed a rotary radio frequency controller and receiver for controlling electric heating appliances in the home, thereby minimising energy waste.
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Lighting control
MK Electric has enhanced its Aspect DSC lighting control system with the launch of a two-channel version.
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Smart meters: technology for housebuilders to monitor energy consumption
Housebuilders have been sluggish in picking up on new technology that allows suppliers and consumers to monitor energy consumption in the home. But studies show they have clear benefits
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CCTV cameras
Dallmeier has launched the DesignCams range of CCTV cameras, which are available with more than 50 finishes, ranging from stone and wood-effect, to animal print and carbon fibre.
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Cable management
Mita Cable Management Specialists has introduced two new ranges of cable management systems to complement its existing product range.
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Green flooring: Technik Floor
Panelised stone flooring system behaves as a single-surface layer and replaces cementious screeding
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Modular straw panels
Architect Martin Penk explains why the straw bale modular system was the right solution for Bosvigo school’s early years facility
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Off-site low carbon technologies
Kingspan Off-Site has launched a collection of low-carbon technologies originally specified on the Kingspan Lighthouse, the first house to reach level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Off-site manufacture: Beam me up, Scotty
Erecting a straw-bale school building in three days may sound like a frontier too far, but an innovative off-site manufacturing system using timber panels brought dramatic savings in time. Alex Smith reports
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The alternatives: Modular systems
Three more options for fast-track sustainable modular construction
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Wolseley opens building to showcase sustainable products
Distributor of construction materials' £3.2m eco-centre in Leamington Spa first of its kind in the UK
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Norfolk housing association installs trial ground source heat pumps
Dimplex heat pumps provide low carbon heating and hot water in timber Flagship Housing Group homes
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Solar panels
Hazelton Homes has installed Baxi solar panels at its development of apartments in Anstey, Leicestershire. The in-roof flat-plate solar collectors will provide hot water for all the top-floor apartments at the site.
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Grey water recycling
Polypipe Sanitary Systems has launched a micro grey water recycling system aimed at designers looking to meet level three and beyond of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Concrete panel walls
H+H provides the shell of the first house to be built by a volume housebuilder to level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Solar hot water
Velux launches a solar hot water system that provides up to 70% of homes’ hot water requirements