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07 July 2015

• Residential Workshop - Overheating in homes

  There have been increasing concerns that well-insulated homes in the UK are overheating in the summer. With the drive to improve energy efficiency, the focus has generally been on reducing the demand for space heating. Measures such as south facing windows to maximise solar gains and a well-insulated and airtight fabric help achieve this but may lead to uncomfortably high indoor temperatures in the summer.

• Post Occupancy Evaluation: operational performance of a refurbished office building

  My Engineering Doctorate study aimed to investigate how and to what extent office building refurbishment can help to improve occupants’ satisfaction, perceived productivity and well-being while optimising building’s operational performance.

• Designing a chiller – in just four steps

  Designers and technical buyers in mechanical engineering can now plan machinery and process cooling more easily than ever thanks to the new Rittal TopTherm Configurator.

• DED Ltd Prepares For Growth

  DED, the UK's leading distributor of PoS, Card and Kiosk products, takes great pleasure in announcing today that a new Chairman, Tim Downes, has acquired 100% of the share capital of the company.

06 July 2015

• Disabled Access For The Furniture Barn

  Furniture Barn, the expanding retailer of quality furniture had decided on a new retail outlet in Sheffield. The building needed to be usable by everyone and so it was decided to include a platform lift in the design of the store. The owner decided to use the MC2000 platform lift from Invalifts as it could be tailored to fit in with the building appearance.

• Liverpool Hope University Updates Lift

  We were approached by a leading lift consultancy company to look at an old platform lift on the site to see whether we could provide a replacement that would fit within the existing footprint.

• Alternative temporary security cordon unveiled by Zaun

  Temporary high security fence system specialist Zaun has launched its latest rapid-deploy high-security fence.

• EGRAN, A New Stainless Steel Terminal Box Range from ETA Enclosures UK

  New to the already extensive range of Stainless Steel enclosure products from ETA Enclosures comes EGRAN a high quality line up of Terminal Boxes manufactured from 1.2mm thick grade 304L Stainless Steel. Customers can also specify an upgrade to 316L material if so required.

• Power station pumps up the security

  A power substation in East Anglia has upgraded its perimeter security with closed circuit television, high-security mesh and electric fencing.

• KROHNE’s OPTIFLUX 2100 achieves sparkling results!

  Over recent years wine has become increasingly popular in the UK and it seems fair to say that its image has changed significantly over this time. It has largely lost its elitist image and has emerged as an alcoholic beverage that is enjoyed by a large number of the population.