All Supplements articles – Page 14

  • Features

    Airport lighting

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Sill Lighting luminaires have played a major role in the lighting of Heathrow’s Terminal 5

  • Features

    Wiring accessories

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Legrand has added to its Synergy Modern range of wiring accessories by launching two new finishes: matt black and black nickel.

  • News

    Specifier 1st August 2008

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Specifier 1st August 2008

  • Long way down
    Features

    Long way down

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Sorry. The fun stops here. The steady and enjoyable climb of the past two decades, with turnover, pay and margins all rising to spectacular heights, is over.

  • Going round again
    Features

    Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2008

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    It looks like we’re in for nasty weather. Problem is, most of the the industry has only known bright, bright sunshiny days. So what can the people who went through the misery of the early nineties teach them?

  • Features

    Meter reading

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Hager has launched a compact and convenient solution for metering energy consumption to comply with Part L2 of the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Regulations

  • Features

    Movers and Makers

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    This week

  • Features

    Sound insulation

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The acoustically engineered roof of the O2 arena has been insulated using Rockwool 4 in 1 mineral wool insulation

  • Features

    Solar heating

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Baxi has worked with Bellway Homes to comply with a late amendment to planning permission for a site of 286 apartments in Fenney Stratford, Buckinghamshire

  • The smouldering ruins of Tylorstown primary school in Rhondda, south Wales, which was destroyed by arson in 2000
    Features

    Sprinklers: In the line of fire

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Regulations - The government wants all new and refurbished schools to include sprinkler systems. But is this enough to combat the widespread problem of school arson? Stephen Kennett reports

  • Features

    Emergency lighting

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Spel Lighting and Fire Detection has introduced the Geneva recessed fluorescent and LED luminaire.

  • Features

    What it costs: Thermal insulation

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Insulation is an effective way to help meet ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Regulations targets on carbon emission reduction. Peter Mayer of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø LifePlans examines the effectiveness of different materials

  • Features

    Mixed-mode cooling

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Passivent has developed a mixed-mode cooling system to help reduce energy use

  • Features

    Vehicle bollards

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Following the publication of the government’s first national security strategy earlier this year, Corus Bi-Steel has launched an anti-attack vehicle bollard system, designed to protect against terrorist attack

  • Features

    Fire-resistant insulation boards

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Celotex has launched two polyisocyanurate insulation boards that achieve complete Class 0 fire performance compliance

  • Features

    Thermal breaks for balconies

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    As balconies are protrusions from the thermal barrier of a building, they can create cold bridging

  • The Thomas Deacon Academy was designed before the BB 100 guidance on fire safety was published so engineer Buro Happold had to demonstrate why sprinklers were not proposed
    Features

    The alternatives: Fire prevention

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Ways to make schools safer from the risk of fire using security measures and sprinkler systems

  • News

    Specifier 18th July 2008

    2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Specifier 18th July 2008

  • Features

    Movers and makers

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    This week

  • Features

    Insulated wall panels

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    SpeedDeck ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Systems has added two new thicknesses to its Vitesse architectural wall range to provide enhanced U-values and thermal efficiency