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GROHE announces app-controlled water security system to prevent domestic water damage
GROHE Sense and GROHE Sense Guard are GROHE’s latest intelligent solutions for the smart home. The GROHE Sense smart water sensor monitors humidity, detects leaks and alerts homeowners instantly in case of a problem, while GROHE Sense Guard is installed in the main...
Resin Bound paving solution for The Wonder Walk at Signature Homes Care Home, Surrey
Addagrip approved contractor, True Grip Ltd has just installed 156sqm of Terrabase Rustic Resin Bound porous surfacing to the pathways at this Signature Homes care home in Surrey to provide a safe surfacing option for the residents. Moorlands Lodge, located on a high...
A Formpave project case study: Nash Court, Belbroughton,Worcestershire
Product Aquaflow/Aquapave, Ecogranite Developer Metis Developments Area 1200m2 Location Worcestershire. A development of new homes in and around a converted 18th Century mill building in Worcestershire is using Formpave’s Aquaflow sustainable urban drainage system...
What is Ground Source Energy?
The ground – mother earth – acts as a very large store of heat energy. It can be used as a heat source in winter, or a heat sink in summer. The ground can be used to moderate the temperature in buildings standing on it. A ground source heat pump can be used to extract...
The time is right for GSHPs
John Findlay, Director of Carbon Zero Consulting Ltd tells us why... Despite everything, there has never been a better time to install a ground source heat pump. The UK does not have targets for the increased provision of renewable heat; rather a requirement to lower...
Recticel to invest in new production capacity in the UK and to create new jobs
Recticel announces that its Insulation division, one of Europe’s leading PIR insulation board manufacturers, plans for a new state-of-the-art production capacity in the UK, enabling the company to significantly increase its production output as well as to create new...
Respect for the environment, according to NorDan
The term 'environmentally friendly' is a broad one, and it involves several factors. Greenhouse gas emissions, chemical use, life cycle analyses and energy consumption are major issues that require time and knowledge to understand. However, one need not understand...
Pulse Modular Homes appoints chief financial officer as modular housing sector expects growth
Pulse Modular Homes Ltd, a specialist modular housing developer has appointed Elaine New to the management team as chief financial officer. Starting with a Cambridge education and Price Waterhouse ACA training, Elaine has since had a wealth of experience in finance...
Solving housing crisis is not rocket science – stop dithering and start building, says GMB
If Tories had launched building projects for each of their 1,000 housing announcements since 2010, things would look a lot rosier Union claims. Solving the housing crisis is not rocket science – the government need to get on with building more homes, according to GMB....
Tobermore Fusion helps shape future for new Bet365 HQ
Wood Goldstraw Yorath was faced with a large undertaking when designing the new Bet365 Office Headquarters in Staffordshire. But Tobermore was on hand to help make the job easier with the supply of hard landscaping products suitable for the contemporary new building....
“Images from a Warming Planet” by Ashley Cooper
Ashley Cooper describes his photographic journey to produce "Images From a Warming Planet", a 416 page art photographic book documenting the impacts of climate change on every continent with a foreword by Jonathon Porritt... Last years UN Climate Change Conference in...
BRE’s BES 6001:3.1 certification awarded to Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems
Their certification message... The impact of our purchasing decisions has never been more critical. Our global economy is now bringing to bear the Butterfly effect: when a butterfly flaps it’s wings in one part of the world it can cause a hurricane in another part of...