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New ROVR™ DALI-compliant digital addressable ballasts

Advance Transformer ha announced its introduction of ROVR™, a new series of digital addressable controllable fluorescent lamp ballasts that are fully compatible with the DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface...

9 Mar 2004

Upton homes get the go-ahead

The first 200 homes of a pioneering development at Upton in Northampton have been given the go ahead. The scheme, which aims to create a high-quality urban extension to the town, is being brought forward by national rege...

9 Mar 2004

Millions for community heating

New energy-efficient schemes to heat homes, schools and other public buildings received more than £6million today, adding to the £22million already handed out to projects under the government's Community ...

8 Mar 2004

Checking water vapour permeability in buildings

Versaperm Limited, a world leader in water vapour permeability measurement, produces a fast, accurate, versatile instrument for measuring the water vapour transmission rates of everything from breathable renders to full ...

8 Mar 2004

PATH Top 10 Building Technologies for 2004

The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) has released their "Top 10" building technologies for 2004. The Top 10 are practical, easy-to-use building technologies that are quickly being adopted ...

7 Mar 2004

Green Building Conference Advances “Greener” Thoughts For Mainstream Builders

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is leading an industry driven effort to develop more resource-efficient, environmentally sensitive and cost-effective homes. At the National Green Building Conference in A...

7 Mar 2004

Condensation control from Marley Roofing

There have been some ambiguous ‘no need to ventilate’ messages dominating the building press recently which, conflict with numerous real life cases of condensation in roof spaces, with wet rotting timbers and...

4 Mar 2004

GE Advanced Materials introduced new flexible Noryl resin for environmentally friendly wire coating

GE Advanced Materials has introduced a new family of flexible NORYL® modified-polyphenylene ether (MPPE) resin as an alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), flame-retarded polyethylene (FR-PE), and thermoplastic pol...

4 Mar 2004

Low running costs are key for council's new TermoDeck building

With the aim of creating a landmark building with low running costs, Cambridgeshire County Council’s new Hereward Hall in the town of March has become one of the latest buildings designed around the TermoDeck low e...

3 Mar 2004

2004 Health & Safety Awards – Entry deadline extended

The deadline for entries in the 2004 Health and Safety awards will now close on the 12th of March. Entry is free and aimed at building contractors, maintenance firms, clients, architects, engineers, construction and s...

3 Mar 2004

Ecologically sound & sustainable gloss paint

Natural Building Technologies (NBT), which specialises in natural and ecologically sound building products has introduced a practical, easy to use gloss paint that’s both ecologically sound and environmentally sust...

2 Mar 2004

LANTAC approval for ecological building systems

Natural Building Technologies, a specialist in ecologically sound building products and systems, has gained LANTAC approval on a range of its new build and renovation wall and roofing systems. The approvals have been ...

2 Mar 2004

New PAN-WRAP™ Split Harness Wrap & Tool

PANDUIT Corp has introduced the new PAN-WRAP Split Harness Wrap & Tool. PAN-WRAP Split Harness Wrap is an innovative addition to the PANDUIT Abrasion Protection Line. Engineered for flexibility and maximum harness pr...

1 Mar 2004

Small format tiles added to H&R Johnson Aspects range

H&R Johnson, the UK’s largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles, has launched within its Aspects collection a range of matt and gloss small wall tiles that are hand-crafted in appearance with different surface text...

1 Mar 2004

H&R Johnson introduces large format tile through Aspects collection

H&R Johnson, the UK’s largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles, has launched a range of large format wall tiles under its Aspects collection and which are the largest currently produced by the company. The new til...

29 Feb 2004