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Miller Homes has made its Environmental Policies for Sustainable Timber Sourcing Public

Demonstrating its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, top ten UK housebuilder Miller Homes has made public its environmental policies for sustainable timber sourcing, site waste management and plasterboard recyc...

8 Mar 2007

Twyford Bathrooms Introduce Rimless WC

Twyford Bathrooms, inventors of the Unitas, the first flush down toilet, has once again broken the mould of toilet design with the launch of a truly rimless pan, the company announced last week. Unique to Twyford Bat...

7 Mar 2007

NovaUCD-based Lightware Technologies Launches it's ICE System

NovaUCD-based Lightwave Technologies today announced the commercial launch of a new energy management and control system known as ICE (Intelligent Control of Energy) in Ireland and the UK. The ICE system can save up to 3...

7 Mar 2007

Sandtoft Roof Tiles Launches it's New Website

Sandtoft Roof Tiles has launched its new website – offering a range of new and improved online resources for architects, specifiers and roofing contractors. The independent roof tile manufacturer has expanded the d...

7 Mar 2007

ThyssenKrupp Xervon Energy Awarded Million-Euro Contract

A consortium comprising ThyssenKrupp Xervon Energy GmbH, Duisburg, and Baumgarte Boiler Systems GmbH, Bielefeld, has been awarded by Bremen public services swb Erzeugung, Bremen, the contract to build a new energy recove...

7 Mar 2007

40% of Europe's Total Carbon-Dioxide Emissions Caused by Buildings

Climate Change is the EU's top priority according to the European Commission and Member States are committed to cutting down on CO2 emissions to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets. Despite all the efforts, Member States...

7 Mar 2007

Select Safety Sales Announces the Addition of the Kidde Wireless Interconnected Smoke Alarm System

Select Safety Sales LLC adds the Kidde Wireless Interconnected Smoke Alarm System to its consumer line of Safety Products. The Kidde Wireless System is the only UL listed system on the market today. This ingenious system...

7 Mar 2007

Mattamy Homes Sign Purchase Agreement with GS Companies

Mattamy Homes Inc., a leading homebuilder in the Carolinas, has purchased 83 premium homesites at Millbridge, a master planned-community being developed by GS Companies in Waxhaw, N.C. "We are delighted to be pa...

7 Mar 2007

New Invention for Contractors and Home Owners Known as the "Self Powered Generator"

Invention Support has signed a strategic alliance with Mr. Michael Moran, the inventor of the new device known as the "Self Powered Generator", to offer support for this great new invention and to proudly intro...

7 Mar 2007

Cutting the Carbon Impacts of Waste

A clearer picture of how waste can be managed to reduce its impacts on climate change emerges in new research published today. The reports anticipate the greenhouse gas effects of the UK’s main waste streams between ...

7 Mar 2007

Fragile Seams - Life on the Edge: Labyrinth of Slums Installed at the RIBA

A huge labyrinthine structure fabricated from timber and interwoven with plastic will fill the Florence Hall at the heart of the RIBA’s Art Deco HQ in London, in a major installation exploring the relationship between gl...

7 Mar 2007

Waterwise and B&Q Team Up To Launch New Water Efficiency Campaign

Waterwise and B&Q have teamed up to launch a new water efficiency campaign. As part of this, B&Q has launched a range of water efficient products, bringing them to the UK mass market for the first time. Water eff...

7 Mar 2007

First Condominium Building at the National Harbor is Now Under Construction

One National Harbor, the first condominium building at the National Harbor, is now under construction. The luxury residences will include 253 upscale condominiums, 40,000 square feet of first-class retail space, undergro...

6 Mar 2007

FarmTek Launches Brand Devoted to Large Tension Fabric Structures

ClearSpan™, division of FarmTek®, the leading manufacturer of industrial fabric structures, has launched ClearSpan Fabric Structures International, Inc. to provide customized building solutions for large scale,...

6 Mar 2007

Sun Belt and Frost Belt Homeowners use Window Replacement to Save Energy

Homeowners are dreading a future of sky-high winter heating or blistering summer air conditioning bills. Even if further price hikes don't occur, hardly a likely scenario, homeowners are realizing that even double pa...

6 Mar 2007