Taking action in the kitchenBy Kevin Bristow, Sales Director of TrionPublished: 12 February, 2010Nuisance odours, grease, fat and other contaminants are routinely exhausted from commercial kitchens into the environment without proper concern for the problems they cause or the correct application of the filtration systems that should be used to prevent them.
Prefabricating for time and cost efficiencyPublished: 12 February, 2010Shorter supply chains, less time spent onsite with improved installation and commissioning are all benefits that engineers are able to draw on when dealing with suppliers who understand this rationale to help bring programmes in on time. Here Peter Rees, Technical Director of Tour & Andersson, explains why it is not only operational efficiencies that are borne out of pre-fabricated systems, but technical solutions that provide real value engineering can be delivered in a pre-assembled format too.
Educating designs for the futureThe environment in which our children are being taught is going through a major change with the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Don Spearman, managing director at Xpelair Ventilation Solutions, outlines the challenges of creating school buildings with sufficient ventilation and identifies the growing importance of bespoke solutions.Published: 27 July, 2009The credit crunch is at the top of the news agenda and whilst there's no doubt that we are all becoming sick of the dreaded ‘R' word, it is having a major impact on the commercial building market.
The path to a low carbon futureThe construction industry is well aware of the Government's carbon neutral targets for buildings - the question is how to reach them. Ronnie George, managing director of Vent-Axia argues that renewables are only part of the answer, and begins a campaign to identify a new and hugely important product category in building services - recoverables.Published: 27 July, 2009The clock is ticking. The Government has set clear targets for buildings to become carbon neutral. With new homes and new schools facing a 2016 deadline, public sector non-dwellings required to become zero carbon by 2018 and other non-dwellings needing to comply by 2019.
The impact of air distributionBy Terry Farthing, Head of Communications at Trox UKPublished: 02 February, 2009People in Europe spend around 90% of their time inside and that makes high indoor air quality (IAQ) critical to their health and wellbeing. Good IAQ and effective air distribution are intrinsically linked and that is why it is no use having one without the other.
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