All Building articles in Building Specifier May 2002
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FeaturesNatural selection
At the Natural History Museum's new Darwin Centre, 22 million zoological specimens have to be kept at optimum temperature levels – but a rather snug site and strict height restrictions meant that the services specifiers and installers had to be equally scientific.
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NewsHighlights for cool customers
This month, Specifier reveals the latest chilled products fresh off the conveyor belts, including air-conditioning for preserving Oldham's finest works of art, and some superlight ductwork. Plus all the hottest lighting accessories, from colour rendering lamps to illuminated exit signs
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FeaturesLifetime costs: environmental control
John Armstrong, an independent consultant and chairman of the CIBSE maintenance task group, outlines the whole-life costs of a range of evironmental control systems and examines the expense-creating problems often associated with such installations
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News
Blowing hot and cold
Last month's revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations – for both dwellings and non-dwellings – will have a profound effect on heating and air-conditioning specification. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers outlines the key changes
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Features
Air-conditioning and environmental control
When specifying an air-conditioning system, careful selection of components to meet the particular needs of the client is critical. Keith Carter of Mott Green and Wall describes the key decisions when specifying a system