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Southern Sheeting Partners with APM Distribution to Offer A1 Fire Rated Ramco Boards to UK Customers

Southern Sheeting, supplier of specialist building materials to trade and domestic customers, has partnered with APM Distribution, the UK’s sole importer of products from India-based Ramco Industries, including its multi-purpose building boards.

From Southern Sheeting 21 Feb 2023

Polyglass Invites You to Join them Live at the 2023 International Roofing Expo

Polyglass U.S.A., Inc., a leading manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing systems in the United States, is pleased to announce its participation at the 2023 International Roofing Expo live in Dallas, TX March 7-9th, 2023.

20 Feb 2023

CO2-Trapping Engineered Wood Paves Way for Green Building

Rice University researchers have found a method to engineer wood to trap CO2 with a likely scalable, energy-efficient approach that also makes the material more robust for construction purposes.

17 Feb 2023

Net-Zero Energy Building Achieves a Net-Positive Energy Status

Office buildings are generally inefficient in terms of energy use, and they contribute nearly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions from construction to decommissioning.

16 Feb 2023

Delta Electronics, Delta Showcases Fully Integrated IoT-based Smart Green Solutions for “Smarter Buildings, Smarter Cities” at AHR Expo 2023

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today demonstrated, at AHR Expo 2023, a seamlessly integrated ecosystem of IoT-based Smart Green Solutions capable of enhancing energy conservation, productivity, security and indoor air quality (IAQ) in buildings and cities.

From Delta Electronics, Inc. 14 Feb 2023

Epson Cements Its Leadership in Printing Solutions at Sydney Build 2023

Sydney Build has firmly cemented itself as Australia's must-attend construction event. It is the only event of its kind to provide accredited presentations, leading industry speakers and valuable opportunities for all of Australia's construction, architecture, engineering and infrastructure industries.

14 Feb 2023

The Ideal Critical Transition Temperature of Thermochromic Windows

According to research guided by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the use of thermochromic windows in office buildings enhances energy efficiency across all climate zones in the United States by modifying the temperature inside, resulting in massive savings.

10 Feb 2023

“Plastic Road”—Reuse of Waste Plastics

A civil engineering Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington is using both recycled and unrecycled plastic waste products to load surface cracks and decrease rutting in roads—the first use of so-called “plastic road” material in Texas.

8 Feb 2023

Construction Sector Boomed by 18% Last Year

Analysis by peer to peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, has shown that at £97.6bn (2022) the UK construction sector is by far the largest in Europe and is expected to grow by a further 3.9% this year, having rebounded from the previous pandemic decline seen since 2020.

6 Feb 2023

NSK Bearings Reduce Concrete Floor Manufacturing Machine Failures to Zero

Regular bearing failures in a concrete floor manufacturing machine were leading to extensive downtime, costly lost production, and high maintenance costs.

31 Jan 2023