At the end of a hectic day when you head back home you wish for a peaceful corner to relax your mind, body and soul, to ease away the stress you have been through the whole day. What is better than having a small green...
If you are looking to buy brand new floors on your rooms, go along with quality home flooring because it has lots of rewards as opposed to other types that you could also discover. It’s true that it can be rather formidable to find the...
As a homeowner planning to increase worth and appeal to your house it’s a wise selection to look into along with look into new floor. A fresh flooring in different space will certainly customize the atmosphere, include heat, undertake a whole new seem, as well...
A prestigious, £20m building in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial quarter is not only set to be Merseyside’s first speculative office space with a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating, but is also meeting further exacting sustainability targets No 4 is the final phase of development at St Paul’s...
Grant Bailey, sales & marketing director, UK & Europe, Thermal Energy International Inc, discusses the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and meeting the targets. The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, formerly the Carbon Reduction Commitment, is a mandatory UK carbon emissions trading scheme covering organisations that use more...
Combined heat and power (CHP) systems have the potential to reduce carbon emissions significantly, as well as being able to displace a proportion of Grid-supplied electricity with locally generated, lower carbon electricity. Paul Riding, head of innovation, Calor, discusses. With residential and commercial developers increasingly under...
Julie Dempster, marketing manager, Forbo Flooring Systems looks at the environmental benefits of linoleum. With an influx of manufacturers claiming to have strong environmental credentials, specifiers need to be able to identify the most sustainable products available. In order to select products, specifiers need to consider...
A review of insulation materials reveals that PIR provides a simple solution to constructing greener buildings, says Dale Kaszycki, marketing manager, EcoTherm Insulation (UK). While the construction industry continues to work towards the ultimate goal of zero carbon buildings, improving the energy-efficiency of existing housing stock...
Wool, if it were to be invented tomorrow, would be hailed as an environmental super material, says Mark Lynn, commercial and technical director, Second Nature. In Watford, just north of London, a remarkable building has recently been completed. The Natural House, a project undertaken by The Prince’s...
Denise Freeman, head of marketing, Sto discusses how wsing External Wall Insulation Systems can address the big issue of inefficient housing stock. We all know the figures: 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050; 30% of all carbon emissions come from housing; 80% of the houses...
