‘Fire Performance’
A Buildingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Dimplex evacuated tube solar collector from
Dimplex UK, which we summarised at the time by saying "Dimplex now offer more flexibility for specifiers by adding a high efficiency evacuated tube solar collector to its solar thermal water heating range.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release More support from Polycell Trade via new website from
Polycell Trade: "Polycell Trade launched new improved website to offer more support to professional tradesmen.".
In September 2011, we covered the news from Stride Treglown
- take a look at Carbon neutral Stride Treglown office
which says: "Stride Treglown architects install over 100sq.m of photovoltaics on the roof and south facade of their new Cardiff Office, making it Carbon Neutral".
Take a look also at the news release from TRADA Technology, TRADA Technology at Timber Expo 2011,
as well as Chiltern International Fire free seminars from Chiltern International Fire & Chiltern Dynamics,
and Aluminium and Trespa faced panels for school from Panel Systems.
Latest stories...
Geberit pipe fittings specified for safety (September 2011)
Crown House Technologies specified Geberit's Mapress piping system for the Hepworth Wakefield, a newly opened art gallery in Yorkshire.
Kawasaki power products success at Saltex (September 2011)
Distributors came to see Kawasaki's latest range of eco-friendly, reliable and lightweight power products that can handle the most demanding environments
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.
Technical mortars used to renovate River Medway (September 2011)
Saint-Gobain Weber Five Star repair concrete and high-build properties of weber.cem HB30 mortar enabled renovation an old river sluice facility on the River Medway.
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.
Seamless Sensing new building sensing products (September 2011)
Two pioneering wireless products from Seamless Sensing which allow organisations to reduce energy consumption and improve air quality in their buildings.
Door closers from DORMA for new Academy (September 2011)
Door closers from DORMA were specified for the new GBP36 million Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid.
Award winning Pilkington Spacia (September 2011)
Pilkington Spacia has been recognised for its innovative vacuum glazing technology, winning the World Architecture News (WAN) Product of the Year 2011 Award.
Further reading
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Fire performance partitioning by Avanti
Solare 60/60 from Avanti is one of the highest fire specification fully glazed, dry-jointed relocatable partitioning systems in the industry.
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Fire performance of EPS as insulation
UK industry group representing EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) for construction applications launch national campaign to demolish recent misinformation about fire performance of EPS as insulation.
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