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Public Views on Energy

The shadow trade and industry secretary, Alan Duncan, has called for an open-minded study of renewable energy and energy efficiency as part of a Conservative Party Energy Review. The study, which is to cover the chal...

15 Feb 2006

Help for Britains Builders

The Energy Saving Trust is encouraging UK builders to take advantage of their free advice and support, as research reveals today that almost half don't know how to put new energy efficiency legislation into practice....

15 Feb 2006

Improving Safety on Yorkshire's HouseBuilding Sites

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)'s Chief Inspector of Construction, Stephen Williams, attended a special safety and health awareness event in York on Wednesday 8 February, aimed at improving the level of awarene...

14 Feb 2006

Recycling Must Not Be Sidelined

With the launch today of the Government’s Waste Strategy consultation, WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has stressed that the UK must not lose focus on recycling. Jennie Price, Chief Executive of WRA...

14 Feb 2006

Roofing Products Experts to Create New EasyLay(TM) Roofing Underlayment

Johns Manville (JM), a leader in the roofing products industry for more than 100 years, is partnering with Tarco, the nation's largest roofing underlayment company, to create a new asphalt synthetic underlayment called E...

14 Feb 2006

BASF Develops World's First Light Gray for MDF

Another milestone in through-coloring of MDF Presentation at ZOW in Bad Salzuflen, Germany Black, yellow, orange, brown, red, blue and green – BASF’s range for through-coloring of MDF (medium-densit...

13 Feb 2006

Empty Homes are Wasted

As brownfield sites continue to be snapped up by developers and greenfield sites come under increasing pressure thousands of existing houses sit empty. The problem has prompted the Government Office for the East of E...

13 Feb 2006

Renewable Heat Strategy in Pipeline

Scotland has the potential to be an international leader in renewable heat, according to Environment Minister Ross Finnie. To mark Environment Week he underlined the Executive's commitment to prepare a strategy an...

10 Feb 2006

New Quality Protocol for Sustainable Aggregates in Northern Ireland

Lord Rooker, Environment Minister for Northern Ireland, has welcomed the launch of a Northern Ireland Quality Protocol for the production of recovered aggregates from inert waste, published by WRAP (the Waste & Resou...

10 Feb 2006

New Construction Orders: December 2005

Orders in 2005 rose by seven per cent compared with 2004, and orders in the fourth quarter of 2005 rose by 12 per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Orders in the fourth quarter of 2005 rose by seven per c...

10 Feb 2006

Sweeping under Control

The Integrated Circuit Design group (DCI), part of the Computer Architecture and Technology Department at the Informatics Faculty of the University of the Basque Country (Donostia- San Sebastian campus) have recently bee...

9 Feb 2006

Mould Located using Particle Measurements

Locating mould and damp in buildings is difficult, sometimes even impossible. The Tekes' Fine technology programme explores ways to use the concentration and size distribution of particles to pinpoint mould damage an...

9 Feb 2006

Trustmark Recognition for Safestyle UK

Safestyle UK (http://www.safestyle-windows.co.uk), the key consumer arm of Bradford-based Style Group UK - the country's largest independent PVCu replacement windows and doors manufacturer and retailer has become one...

9 Feb 2006

Revolutionary Online Garage Storage and Garage Flooring Purchases from Aisle77.com

Aisle77.com announced today the launch of http://www.aisle77.com. Aisle77.com focuses on niche products such as garage flooring and garage storage that you would not find down any aisle in most hardware stores. Unlik...

9 Feb 2006

New Home Boom in Salton Sea Area California

The Salton Sea area is once again booming and Real Estate is just "flying off the shelf", says Ron Cleary Sales Manager for Diamond Pacific Realty Corporation. "Over the last 45 days our company has sold o...

9 Feb 2006