‘Energy Efficient Lighting’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Door-Stop: The first ever energy rated door from
Door-Stop International, which we summarised at the time by saying "Door-Stop has launched the first UK energy rated doors, just two weeks after the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC) introduced the DER scheme.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Stannah Lifts and art deco development from
Stannah: "Stannah complete major lift refurbishment project at Gunnersbury Court, an art deco style 1930s private housing development.".
In September 2011, we covered the news from Dimplex UK
- take a look at Dimplex evacuated tube solar collector
which says: "Dimplex now offer more flexibility for specifiers by adding a high efficiency evacuated tube solar collector to its solar thermal water heating range.".
Take a look also at the news release from Concrete Centre, Basement solution to shoe-box homes,
as well as Carbon neutral Stride Treglown office from Stride Treglown,
and SAS International for acoustics at Dublin Airport from SAS International.
Latest stories...
National consumer poll by super-fabricator Sierra (September 2011)
New national survey reveals that appearance and security are the single most important factors for homeowners when buying new windows and doors.
New Safedoors retail offer from Permadoor (September 2011)
Permadoor, supported by the Epwin Group have launched a dedicated retail offer for fabricators and installers.
Aluminium and Trespa faced panels for school (September 2011)
Aluminium panels from Panel Systems specified for stunning new environmentally-friendly Merseyside primary school.
VEKA and Door Energy Ratings scheme (September 2011)
Profile manufacturer VEKA are the first systems company to register on the newly introduced Door Energy Ratings scheme, the biggest extension of the BFRC scheme since 2006
Free solar PV installations from Stroma Solar (September 2011)
New solar PV4FREE scheme offers completely free solar PV installations to residential property owners, enabling them the opportunity to make typical savings of GBP400 each year.
JELD-WEN windows specified for energy efficiency (September 2011)
JELD-WEN new DreamVu windows specified for 'Retrofit for the Future' HeatPod project in Penzance.
First emergency lighting certified under BAFE (September 2011)
Cooper Lighting and Safety became the first emergency lighting manufacturer to gain certification under the new BAFE SP203-4 scheme.
Light levels increased and energy consumption cut (September 2011)
A variety of luminaires and lighting controls from Cooper Lighting and Safety, installed at the offices of the Irish planning board, have boosted light levels and cut energy consumption.
Further reading
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Does Energy Efficient Lighting Meet Building Regs?
Following research by Franklite among House Builders and Interior Designers, the company has found that a lot of confusion exists regarding the Building Regulations Part L1 Dwellings.
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