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Specifier 18th July 2008

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    Meter reading

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    Mixed-mode cooling

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    Movers and Makers

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    Solar heating

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    Sound insulation

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

    Sprinklers: In the line of fire

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    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

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    Thermal breaks for balconies

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Specifier 18th July 2008

Specifier 18th July 2008

  • Currently reading

    Specifier 18th July 2008

  • 2

    Emergency lighting

  • 3

    Fire-resistant insulation boards

  • 4

    Meter reading

  • 5

    Mixed-mode cooling

  • 6

    Movers and Makers

  • 7

    Solar heating

  • 8

    Sound insulation

  • 9
    The smouldering ruins of Tylorstown primary school in Rhondda, south Wales, which was destroyed by arson in 2000

    Sprinklers: In the line of fire

  • 10
    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

    The alternatives: Fire prevention

  • 11

    Thermal breaks for balconies

  • 12

    Vehicle bollards

  • 13

    What it costs: Thermal insulation

 

 

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