‘Solar Control’
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 SAS International for acoustics at Dublin Airport from
SAS International: "SAS International worked with architects Pascall + Watson to design the acoustic ceiling solutions for the new Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, Ireland.".
In September 2011, we covered the news from Stroma
- take a look at Free solar PV installations from Stroma Solar
which says: "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.".
Take a look also at the news release from Causeway Technologies, Causeway at ICE BIM 2011,
as well as New low-energy luminaires from Cooper from Cooper Lighting,
and Seamless Sensing new building sensing products from Seamless Sensing.
Latest stories...
Range of new urban noise management tools. (September 2011)
Bruel and Kjaer have created a wide range of tools for planning, assessment and noise control,to help those involved in managing urban noise,
Maccaferri reinforced soil solution (September 2011)
Maccaferri complex reinforced soil structure spans drainage culvert as part of the Inverness Parks Farm distributor road project.
New Aico Guide to Carbon Monoxide Protection (September 2011)
This comprehensive guide is particularly useful for landlords and specifiers in both the social and private housing covering all they need to know about Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the home.
Eco Challenge at Installer Live 2011 (September 2011)
SummitSkills is sponsoring Installer Live 2011, the national plumbing, heating and renewables show, to be held at the NEC in Birmingham from 16-19 October.
Rethink refurbishment at INSITE11 at BRE Watford (September 2011)
INSITE11 is an exhibition of over 50 refurbishment innovations, plus a tour of the BRE Victorian Terrace refurbishment project.
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.
Solar PV panels on domestic roofs looking good (September 2011)
In a new survey about the appearance of solar PV panels on domestic roofs, only 7% of respondents described them as an 'eyesore'.
BRE and British Gas partner on SmartHomes (September 2011)
The SmartHomes Project aims to reduce the energy requirements of domestic customers through the implementation of smart technologies and sustainable refurbishment solutions.
Further reading
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Pilkington extends its Solar Control glass range
Pilkington has extended its range of pyrolytic Solar Control glass to include Pilkington Solar-E, a low reflective glass with low emissivity to minimise solar heat gain.
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Solar control systems by LouvreSol at The Point
LouvreSol has provided long aluminium louvre blades for installation on a new build project at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
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