All Building articles in Specifier 25 April 2008

View all stories from this issue.

  • Features

    Recyclable roofing

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Corus has launched Colorcoat Urban, a roofing product that is suitable for refurbishment projects that the company says is 100% recyclable, inherently airtight and, being lightweight, easy to handle on site. Colorcoat Urban has passed stringent testing to BS 6920 Suitability of Non-metallic Products for Use in Contact with Water ...

  • Features

    Smart metering

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    PRI has launched the Scroller XP, a device for displaying on the computer screens of office staff the amount of electricity being used by an organisation.

  • Features

    Solar thermal heating

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Evinox has supplied a renewable energy solution for the rhinos at Whipsnade zoo. Hot water for the rhinos’ showers, the heating of their pool and the heating of the air-handling unit for their enclosure is being generated by a vacuum tube solar thermal system.

  • Features

    Hardwood substitutes

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Against a background of dwindling tropical forests, Vecowood has been developed as an alternative to hardwoods. The timber is formed from fast-growing plantation timber and uses the Veco organic wood modification process that changes the characteristics of plantation timber to mimic those of hardwood. In the process, a non-toxic, water-based ...

  • Features

    Timed flow taps

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Temposoft is a range of easy-to-operate, “soft-touch”, timed-flow push basin taps and mixers from Douglas Delabie.

  • Features

    Cork wall coverings

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Urbane Living has expanded its range of eco wallpaper to include the texture of cork.

  • Features

    Cemex: So what if it’s raining?

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Our changing weather patterns are having an impact on product development. One company making the most of it is Cemex, which has recently begun producing permeable paving. Visit www.building.co.uk/technical for more on specification

  • University of Cambridge architecture department
    Features

    Reducing heat loads: Testing the water at the University of Cambridge

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Sustainability and innovation - When the architectural department at the University of Cambridge demanded a sustainable, lightweight building for its students, the designers had to overcome the problem of overheating

  • Features

    Greenfix Sky-Gardens: A growth business

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    The managing director of Greenfix Sky-Gardens argues that green roofs should be used to create wild habitats as well as sustainable solutions to waterproofing www.building.co.uk/specifier

  • Features

    What it costs: BREEAM – how to get good grades

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Many schools must now have a ‘very good’ BREEAM rating to meet regulations. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans outlines the ways to get credits and the associated costs

  • Features

    BRE Global to create sustainability product standard

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    BRE Global is creating a product standard for gauging the sustainability of construction products.

  • Features

    Ulster Bank and Solarcentury introduce UK's first solar mortgage

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Ulster Bank and solar energy company Solarcentury and are introducing what they claim is the UK’s first solar mortgage.

  • Features

    Tradical Hemcrete awarded LABC System Approval

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Tradical Hemcrete, a hemp and lime mix used to build walls, has been awarded LABC System Approval.

  • Features

    Danfoss agrees to take over majority shares in Eco Heat Pumps

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Danfoss has entered an agreement to take over most of the shares in Sheffield firm Eco Heat Pumps, which sells heat pumps to the commercial and domestic markets.

  • News

    Specifier 25 April 2008

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

  • Features

    Scottish and Southern Energy spends £15m on 20% Geothermal International stake

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Scottish and Southern Energy is spending up to £15m to take a 20% stake in Geothermal International, a supplier of ground-source heating and cooling systems.

  • Features

    Think 08: a taster

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Think 08 will take place at the ExCeL centre London on 7-8 May. Here’s a taster of some of the firms that will be taking part.