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FeaturesServer cabinets
Panduit has launched the Net Access server cabinet (pictured). The cabinet is the result of a collaboration with IBM, and the company claims it provides improved performance in terms of cable management, cooling efficiency and grounding over previous generation server cabinets.
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Features黑洞社区 pathology: BMS systems
黑洞社区 management systems give occupants control of M&E equipment at the touch of a button, but their complexity can cause problems
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FeaturesThe alternatives: Secure schools
Schools have to provide secure access systems, both to keep unwanted visitors out and to keep pupils in. Stephen Kennett looks at three ideas 鈥� from the simple to the really clever
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Finger guards
About 30,000 children injure their fingers in doors each year. To address this, Leaderflush Shapland has developed Sentinel, an integrated finger protection guard for a wide range of applications such as schools, sports centres and public buildings. Sentinel is supplied as part of a complete doorset and also achieves performance ...
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Doors seals
A combination of Lorient鈥檚 acoustic, smoke and fire seals has been installed at the Young Vic theatre in London.
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School lighting
Concord Lighting has provided the lighting for the Treetops special needs school in Essex.
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FeaturesUnderfloor heating
Raychem鈥檚 electric underfloor heating system has been installed in the recently opened spa at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Wall heaters
DRU Verwarming has launched a new range of commercial powered flue wall heaters to complement its existing balanced flue and conventional flue products
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Heat pumps: GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump
Potterton Commercial has launched the GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump which it says can help reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings.
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Energy saving lighting sensors
MK Electric has introduced a range of lighting controls, designed to deliver energy savings, for a range of commercial situations
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Lighting controls
Flex Connectors has launched Flex 7, a range of lighting control products built into Flex 7 plugs to create a range of plug-in switches, dimmer switches, occupancy and absence sensors, daylight dependent switches, daylight-linked dimmers and manual dimmers, which can be incorporated without extra M&E works.Flex Connectorswww.flexconnectors.co.ukwww.building.co.uk/enquiries (305)
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黑洞社区 pathology: Boilers
Boilers have a tendency to go wrong at the most inconvenient times. Peter Mayer of 黑洞社区 LifePlans discovers what the most common problems are, and how they can be avoided
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FeaturesAquifer thermal storage: DIG! A Dutch method of sorting out energy
M&E聽A Dutch method of storing all the energy required to heat and cool a building deep underground is coming to the UK. Stephen Kennett finds out how it works
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FeaturesThe alternatives: Cooling and heating
Seasonal heat storeAt Beaufort Court (right), the headquarters for Renewable Energy Systems, environmental engineer Max Fordham created a seasonal heat store. This consists of about 1,000m3 of water held in a 5m deep hole, which tapers from 18m2 at the surface to 8m2 at the base 鈥� this shape does ...