Sliding doors have become a must-have in the era of new development for residential and commercial buildings. Due to the many benefits and visual appeal offered, architecture firms and developers now recommend including them when planning a building design. When considering what your door will be made of, however, an aluminium sliding door is the best choice for lasting and functioning well.
Leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has launched Protect FrameSafe FR - a new Class A2-s1, d0 flame retardant external wall breather membrane offering fire protection across low, medium and high rise buildings.
Reducing the energy consumption of buildings doesn’t have to be complicated or prohibitively expensive, as a new approach to cutting fuel bills and lowering carbon emissions is demonstrating, says Dominic Wish, HMX UK’s Technical Director.
News that a UK space satellite can map the heat of objects on Earth, some as small as 3.5m across, has directly highlighted the need for greater energy efficiency in our existing building stock, says Kas Mohammed, Vice President, Digital Energy at Schneider Electric UK&I.
Fenestration is an important part of the building envelope and one that needs careful consideration to ensure that aesthetic appeal is carefully balanced with increasingly stringent performance requirements. Andrew Cooper, National Specification Manager from Senior Architectural Systems, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned manufacturers of aluminium windows, doors and curtain wall solutions, provides a checklist for compliance and how early engagement can help.
Many of the UK’s national and regional housebuilders are opting to specify Keylite Roof Windows (Keylite) as their preferred supplier, due to the market-leading and innovative product solutions that come as standard.
In 2019, the VORTICE Group purchased Casals, a world leader in commercial and industrial ventilation and now has the benefit of fans in stock in the UK, unlike many of its competitors. As part of its product development programme, the VORTICE Casals range of energy efficient electrically commuted (EC) motor products has been further expanded.
Steve Avery, New Equipment Technical Manager UK at Carrier, explores the trend for building tall in London and the role high-efficiency HVAC solutions play in reducing carbon emissions and supporting intelligent climate and energy solutions.
Burton-upon-Trent based VORTICE has supplied a commercial roof mounted MVHR unit to St Paul’s School in Barnes for a Gymnasium, on time and on budget, providing an effective solution that was managed by KPS Southern Ltd.
