All Supplements articles – Page 13

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    Server cabinets

    2008-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Panduit has launched the Net Access server cabinet (pictured). The cabinet is the result of a collaboration with IBM, and the company claims it provides improved performance in terms of cable management, cooling efficiency and grounding over previous generation server cabinets.

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    ɫTV pathology: BMS systems

    2008-09-19T00:00:00Z

    ɫTV management systems give occupants control of M&E equipment at the touch of a button, but their complexity can cause problems

  • Biometric fingerprint systems such as the Liver Register system can be used to replace smart cards and key pad entry systems
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    The alternatives: Secure schools

    2008-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Schools have to provide secure access systems, both to keep unwanted visitors out and to keep pupils in. Stephen Kennett looks at three ideas – from the simple to the really clever

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    Specifier 19 September 2008

    2008-09-19T00:00:00Z

  • Timber: U-value 0.9W/m2K
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    Green windows

    2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Three more high-performing options that help reduce heat loss from buildings

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    Finger guards

    2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

    About 30,000 children injure their fingers in doors each year. To address this, Leaderflush Shapland has developed Sentinel, an integrated finger protection guard for a wide range of applications such as schools, sports centres and public buildings. Sentinel is supplied as part of a complete doorset and also achieves performance ...

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    Doors seals

    2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

    A combination of Lorient’s acoustic, smoke and fire seals has been installed at the Young Vic theatre in London.

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    External doors

    2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Stormfront has launched a range of ready-to-fit composite doors.

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    Specifier 05 September 2008

    2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

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    Radiators

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Jaga Heating has launched the oXygen “intelligent” radiator, which ventilates as well as heats a room.

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    Movers and Makers

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    School lighting

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Concord Lighting has provided the lighting for the Treetops special needs school in Essex.

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    Underfloor heating

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Raychem’s electric underfloor heating system has been installed in the recently opened spa at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.

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    Wall heaters

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    DRU Verwarming has launched a new range of commercial powered flue wall heaters to complement its existing balanced flue and conventional flue products

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    Heat pumps: GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Potterton Commercial has launched the GaeaTherm ground-source heat pump which it says can help reduce the carbon footprint of commercial buildings.

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    Energy saving lighting sensors

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    MK Electric has introduced a range of lighting controls, designed to deliver energy savings, for a range of commercial situations

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    Lighting controls

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Flex Connectors has launched Flex 7, a range of lighting control products built into Flex 7 plugs to create a range of plug-in switches, dimmer switches, occupancy and absence sensors, daylight dependent switches, daylight-linked dimmers and manual dimmers, which can be incorporated without extra M&E works.Flex Connectorswww.flexconnectors.co.ukwww.building.co.uk/enquiries (305)

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    ɫTV pathology: Boilers

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Boilers have a tendency to go wrong at the most inconvenient times. Peter Mayer of ɫTV LifePlans discovers what the most common problems are, and how they can be avoided

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    Aquifer thermal storage: DIG! A Dutch method of sorting out energy

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    M&E A Dutch method of storing all the energy required to heat and cool a building deep underground is coming to the UK. Stephen Kennett finds out how it works

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    The alternatives: Cooling and heating

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Seasonal heat storeAt Beaufort Court (right), the headquarters for Renewable Energy Systems, environmental engineer Max Fordham created a seasonal heat store. This consists of about 1,000m3 of water held in a 5m deep hole, which tapers from 18m2 at the surface to 8m2 at the base – this shape does ...