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Online Roofing Installation Information

GAF Materials Corporation is the largest roofing manufacturer in North America with annual sales of over US$1.3billion. To help professional roofers and DIY installers to avoid common roofing mistakes, they have released...

12 Aug 2003

Sustainable, Environmentally Sound Bamboo Flooring

With massive market growth in the paste 12 months, bamboo flooring is becoming very big and for good reason. Not only is it beautiful and hardwearing, bamboo flooring is also environmentally-friendly and has a tensile st...

11 Aug 2003

Innovative Solutions Using LED Lighting

In conventional incandescent and halogen light bulbs as much as 90% of the energy used gets wasted. For solid state LED lighting more brightness is delivered per watt and pure colours can be generated that use far less e...

11 Aug 2003

Local Authority Contaminated Land Network Success

CIRIA has reported a large increase in the number of local authorities joining its Local Authority Contaminated Land network (LACL). Launched in 2002, LACL helps local authorities deal with new duties and responsibilitie...

8 Aug 2003

Environment Agency Report – Spotlight 2002 – Released

The Environment Agency has released it’s 5th annual report on business environmental performance. The report, Spotlight 2002, has highlighted waste management as a key trend that requires greater attention. Although t...

8 Aug 2003

Solar Solution For Membrane Roofs

Ovonic Solar, the world leader in thin-film amorphous silicon solar technology and GenFlex Roofing Systems, a supplier of single-ply roofing products and systems, have joined forces to introduce solar energy solution for...

7 Aug 2003

Australia’s Most Ecologically Sound Home

In a suburb of Newcastle a house is under construction that when completed will be the most eco friendly home in Australia. The owner is Bernard Hockings, a professional builder and environmental consultant to the Master...

7 Aug 2003

Four Years Of Continued Growth For Construction

The Federation of Master Builders' (FMB) 'State of Trade Survey' for the second quarter of 2003 has reported that the UK's small and medium-sized builders grew for the sixteenth successive quarter. Wor...

5 Aug 2003

Construction Waste Transformed Into Safety Products

Hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste are discarded by the construction industry annually. Europe’s leading manufacturer of road and construction site safety products, Oxford Plastic Systems, is leading the charge to...

5 Aug 2003

Summit Structures Relaunches Website

Tensioned fabric construction company, Summit Structures, have launched their completely redesigned website. After responding to client suggestions the site is now more user friendly and contains more information than pr...

4 Aug 2003

Wren Steps Vacuum Lifted At St Paul’s Cathedral

The Wates Group have delicately lifted the 16 remaining stone steps laid under the direction of Sir Christopher Wren at the west entrance to St Paul’s Cathedral. The 17th century steps have been lifted to allow the...

4 Aug 2003

Study To Reduce London’s Environmental Impact

Led by London First and London Remade and funded by Biffaward, a £150,000 research project is being set up to investigate how to reduce London’s impact on the environment. Due to poor efficiency and poor r...

4 Aug 2003

US$100m Expansion For James Hardie

James Hardie has announced it will spend more than US$100 million to expand the production capacity and research and development capabilities of its fibre cement business in the USA. Their product demand is rapidly gr...

4 Aug 2003

Britain’s Wind Powered Future

The UK government has announced plans that will result in renewable energy being provided to 1 in 6 homes in Britain. The scheme will result in the world’s biggest wind farms being built at three offshore locations...

1 Aug 2003

Architect Chooses uPVC Windows For Sustainable Designs

Green Point Design is an Australian architectural firm based in the tourist town of Daylesford. They aim to integrate best practice in energy efficiency and materials into their sustainable building projects and regularl...

1 Aug 2003