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New Quality Protocol for Sustainable Aggregates in Northern Ireland

Lord Rooker, Environment Minister for Northern Ireland, has welcomed the launch of a Northern Ireland Quality Protocol for the production of recovered aggregates from inert waste, published by WRAP (the Waste & Resou...

10 Feb 2006

New Construction Orders: December 2005

Orders in 2005 rose by seven per cent compared with 2004, and orders in the fourth quarter of 2005 rose by 12 per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Orders in the fourth quarter of 2005 rose by seven per c...

10 Feb 2006

Sweeping under Control

The Integrated Circuit Design group (DCI), part of the Computer Architecture and Technology Department at the Informatics Faculty of the University of the Basque Country (Donostia- San Sebastian campus) have recently bee...

9 Feb 2006

Mould Located using Particle Measurements

Locating mould and damp in buildings is difficult, sometimes even impossible. The Tekes' Fine technology programme explores ways to use the concentration and size distribution of particles to pinpoint mould damage an...

9 Feb 2006

Trustmark Recognition for Safestyle UK

Safestyle UK (http://www.safestyle-windows.co.uk), the key consumer arm of Bradford-based Style Group UK - the country's largest independent PVCu replacement windows and doors manufacturer and retailer has become one...

9 Feb 2006

Revolutionary Online Garage Storage and Garage Flooring Purchases from Aisle77.com

Aisle77.com announced today the launch of http://www.aisle77.com. Aisle77.com focuses on niche products such as garage flooring and garage storage that you would not find down any aisle in most hardware stores. Unlik...

9 Feb 2006

New Home Boom in Salton Sea Area California

The Salton Sea area is once again booming and Real Estate is just "flying off the shelf", says Ron Cleary Sales Manager for Diamond Pacific Realty Corporation. "Over the last 45 days our company has sold o...

9 Feb 2006

Eco-friendly Football Club

Middlesbrough football club has announced it will turn its Riverside home into an "eco stadium". The plans include the construction of a two megawatt wind turbine, which would be located in the stadium's car park. ...

9 Feb 2006

Renewable Energy Industry Has Responded to Increased Demands

The renewable energy industry has responded well to increased demands from a market that has been stimulated by DTI's Clear Skies renewable energy grant scheme - which is now nearing completion - according to the sch...

8 Feb 2006

Eco-Friendly Home

Councillors are set to visit a site in the Pennine hills today (February 7) to decide on planning permission for an eco-friendly home. Ged Parker has submitted the application for the dwelling at Maythorn near the wi...

8 Feb 2006

Housing Health and Safety

For nearly 90 years houses have been assessed using the Fitness Standard. Houses were either fit or unfit for human habitation. However, all that is set to change. The Housing Act 2004 introduces a new system for ass...

7 Feb 2006

10,000 Starter Homes Could Be Built In 3 Years

Local authorities across Britain should identify up to two acres of land in every rural town and village exclusively for building new first-time buyer homes, says Barratt, Britain’s leading housebuilder. The move cou...

7 Feb 2006

Sustainable Development Review Launched

The government has announced that a review of Britain's energy policy will be carried out by energy minister Malcolm Wicks, with the goal of significantly reducing the UK's carbon dioxide emissions. The Depar...

7 Feb 2006

Future of Sustainable Construction

Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, the Rt. Hon Alun Michael, today launched a new consultation to provide the Government with a framework to guide future progress in the construction industry. The draf...

6 Feb 2006

Recycled Content at the Touch of a Button

To help the construction industry find practical ways of responding to the sustainability agenda, WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched a web-based tool to assist with the process of setting and ...

6 Feb 2006