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Howard Chapman, Buildingtalk Editor reviews recent top industry Tweets on @Buildingtalk
Buildingtalk on Twitter includes a vertical village, instant retrofit solutions for housing, down-under energy saving lessons, best new building in Scotland, video of Spiderman scaling a 36-storey building in Paris, house buyer record high and getting on with Heathrow Airport’s 3rd runway or lose £147b of economic growth.
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New ‘Vertical village’ wins world building of year – is this a solution to London’s housing problems?
EU grant to bring mass mass retrofit housing to turn 1’000’s of properties into zero-energy homes by wrapping them in clip-on insulation, and adding prefabricated clip-on roof panels that incorporate solar PV units.
Can we learn from Australia about better energy saving in buildings? Research report supported by DECC says yes.
Building in St Andrews wins of RIAS Architects Best Building in Scotland Award
Buyers for homes hit an 11 year high – we need to build more homes or prices will continue to rise
Get on with Heathrow Airport 3rd runway says CBI or £147bn economic growth lost – RT if you agree or add your comment
Watch the video of Spiderman climbing 36-storey building in Paris last week using only talcum powder and courage.
Origin’s Soho External Door is the first launch in its new generation of products, setting a higher standard for the fenestration industry.
Posted in Access Control & Door Entry Systems, Aluminium Products, Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Doors, Innovations & New Products, Posts, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Security and Fire Protection
Mitsubishi Electric welcomes a new code of conduct on energy smart appliances which the European Union (EU) announced yesterday at the Hannover Fair in Germany.
Posted in Air Conditioning, Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Exhibitions and Conferences, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Plumbing, Retrofit & Renovation, Seminars, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency
Hamworthy Heating, technical experts in commercial heating and hot water products, announce the expansion of its market leading CIBSE approved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio with the launch of three new learning modules.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Continuing Professional Development (CPD's), Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Plumbing, Retrofit & Renovation, Seminars, Training
Passivent has partnered with Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) to make a number of its products available to model within the Virtual Environment (VE) platform IESVE.
Posted in Air Conditioning, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Posts, Retrofit & Renovation, Roofs, Ventilation