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ROCKWOOL launches whitepaper to support fire safety of multifunctional roofs

|Date: 4 December, 2023

ROCKWOOL launches whitepaper to support fire safety of multifunctional roofs

New whitepaper explores how to identify and mitigate fire risks for flat roofs functioning as additional ...

New whitepaper explores how to identify and mitigate fire risks for flat roofs functioning as additional social or practical spaces of a building, including for solar installations. The role of the ro ...

4 December, 2023
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Recticel’s ‘Road to Net Zero’ provides expert guide to Part L uplift

|Date: 30 November, 2023

Recticel’s ‘Road to Net Zero’ provides expert guide to Part L uplift

Recticel Insulation has produced a comprehensive guide to the updated Part L of the Building Regulations ...

Recticel Insulation has produced a comprehensive guide to the updated Part L of the Building Regulations — the legislation’s biggest shake-up for a decade. ‘The Road to Net-Zero’, which sets out in cl ...

30 November, 2023
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Talon | Energy efficiency, sealed in

|Date: 24 November, 2023

Talon | Energy efficiency, sealed in

Dean Heathfield, Commercial Director of Talon, explains how sealing around pipes and boiler flues properl ...

Dean Heathfield, Commercial Director of Talon, explains how sealing around pipes and boiler flues properly can improve the energy efficiency of your housing stock and buildings portfolio. With budgets ...

24 November, 2023
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A. Proctor Group | Improving airtightness in buildings

|Date: 24 April, 2023

A. Proctor Group | Improving airtightness in buildings

A. Proctor Group discusses how the installation of vapour permeable air barriers can improve airtightness ...

A. Proctor Group discusses how the installation of vapour permeable air barriers can improve airtightness in education and healthcare buildings. The importance and need for improving airtightness with ...

24 April, 2023
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Give your views on new planning guide for Royal Greenwich

|Date: 9 March, 2023

Give your views on new planning guide for Royal Greenwich

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is asking local people, designers and developers to share their views on a ...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is asking local people, designers and developers to share their views on a new planning guide which will help shape future development in the borough. The borough’s new ...

9 March, 2023
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Keystone continues its live webinar series

|Date: 28 October, 2022

Keystone continues its live webinar series

Keystone Live continues its popular and insightful webinar series holding its third and fourth debates th ...

Keystone Live continues its popular and insightful webinar series holding its third and fourth debates this November. Featuring expert speakers and covering a range of topics and issues, the last two ...

28 October, 2022
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Smartlouvre release Part O whitepaper

|Date: 27 June, 2022

Smartlouvre release Part O whitepaper

A new UK Building Regulation is here. Part O came into effect on the 15th June 2022 and deals with the gr ...

A new UK Building Regulation is here. Part O came into effect on the 15th June 2022 and deals with the growing issue of buildings being designed and constructed without due consideration to the buildi ...

27 June, 2022
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The performance gap: How realistic are we being between what we design and what we build?

|Date: 12 April, 2022

The performance gap: How realistic are we being between what we design and what we build?

Paul Simpson, Commercial Director at Gradient UK, discusses the performance gap and delivering properties ...

Paul Simpson, Commercial Director at Gradient UK, discusses the performance gap and delivering properties that perform as-designed. Properties not living-up to design expectations is a significant fac ...

12 April, 2022
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Sustainability – A rising influence in hardware and building design

|Date: 1 February, 2022

Sustainability – A rising influence in hardware and building design

Daniel May, Director at Consort Architectural Hardware explains how the drive towards sustainability is i ...

Daniel May, Director at Consort Architectural Hardware explains how the drive towards sustainability is influencing hardware and building design. For some time now sustainability has persistently - an ...

1 February, 2022
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New CIBSE guidance: Electrification for net zero

|Date: 26 November, 2021

New CIBSE guidance: Electrification for net zero

New guidance on the design and operation of building electrical services that focus on the electrificatio ...

New guidance on the design and operation of building electrical services that focus on the electrification of buildings in the drive to net zero carbon has been published by the Chartered Institution ...

26 November, 2021
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