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Jenny Smith, head of marketing at Vent-Axia.

Vent-Axia welcomes new IAQ guidance

Vent-Axia has welcomed the publication of guidance on ‘Indoor Air Quality at Home’ from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)....

16 Jan 2020

Tom Murray, specification director at Baxi Heating.

Co-working spaces bring unique hot water challenges

The rise of co-working spaces in the UK is changing the nature of hot water heater specification, bringing unique challenges to the role of specifiers, says Andrews Water Heaters....

16 Jan 2020

MVHR: the energy-efficient option

The environmental benefits of mechanical ventilation have long been clear - but in Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR), it’s possible to take the sustainable approach one step further. Rupert Kazlauciunas, technical product manager, ...

14 Jan 2020

Alan Macklin, group technical director at Elta Group.

Immediate action required to improve home air quality

A leading industry expert, Alan Macklin, has echoed the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE)’s sentiment that immediate action is required to improve air quality within our homes....

14 Jan 2020

The TLT laboratory is located at the TLT-Turbo development centre in Zweibruecken, Germany.

TLT-Turbo on-site test lab advances product quality

TLT-Turbo has spent the past five years investing in and equipping its on-site test lab. The test lab now provides streamlined processes for research, advancing product quality and expanded capabilities for material testing....

4 Nov 2019

The need for good office IAQ is ever important as simply opening office windows for

Creating a happy, healthy workplace

Momentum continues to grow around the importance of good indoor air quality (IAQ). With an ever-increasing body of research confirming this, building owners need to make sure they’re providing an office environment that offers good IAQ....

4 Nov 2019

Allan Sandilands, principal consultant at Resource Futures.

How is the construction sector combating their waste?

As the effects on the world become too great to deny, we’re seeing more and more focus turning towards the level of waste produced globally. A widespread understanding that this isn’t sustainable has led to various sectors looking for ways to ...

23 Oct 2019

Kingspan highlights new commitments during Global Climate Change Week

This week marks the arrival of Global Climate Change Week, an event which aims to encourage the global academic community to engage with the public and key policy makers on climate change and potential solutions....

17 Oct 2019

The figure shows the zone classification according to Atex. If a system with components according to the directive is installed in an Atex zone, the plant manufacturer must ensure Atex approval of the system. Such a system can also contain several components not approved according to Atex, while other critical components must then be certified.

Asercom provides guidelines for safe handling

The handling of flammable refrigerants involves risk; however, due to their lower global warming potential (GWP) they are very important for achieving the objectives of the F-Gas Regulation, so it is necessary to change guidelines to them....

10 Oct 2019