James Hall and Company is the regional distribution centre for SPAR operations in the north of England and runs a chain of 90 fully-owned stores, with a further 350-plus outlets operated by franchisees.

The biggest development project in the Fens for centuries is harnessing advanced design and technology to breathe new life into a derelict area.

Brighton Marina has a new, energy efficient, white lighting solution at the centre. The combination of the award winning Philips CosmoPolis lamps housed in stylish heritage lanterns has dramatically improved the night time ambience within this popular waterfront location.

One of Scotland's finest hotels is reaping the benefits of switching to a greener, lower carbon solution for its heating and electrical power requirements based on a new combined heat and power system (CHP).

New Spike LED light columns from EcoLEDLighting and Holophane Europe are being used to promote accessibility and safety for users and visitors to Milton Keynes Hospital. Located in a park close to the hospital, the custom-built fittings deliver enhanced light levels on pathways as well as significantly improving sightlines for pedestrians visiting the hospital and nearby public transport terminus.

A new highly visible office complex in Cambridge has used Fläkt Woods chilled beams to help create the three metre full-height ceiling requirements of NAPP Pharmaceuticals, for their three new office buildings on the Cambridge Science Park.

More and more supermarkets in France not only offer modern convenience and perfect service to their customers, they are environmentally-friendly as well. Thanks to Johnson Controls' ECONEO integrated solution, these supermarkets reduce their energy consumption and operating costs, which in turn brings benefits to its customers.

The contemporary designed Torino IP66 Bi-Directional wall mounted luminaire from Ansell Lighting, has been used at the newly re-built Carnalridge Primary School in Portrush, County Antrim, to provide a high quality architectural light source that is able to complement the interior architecture.

Cablofil has won a new contract to provide all the cable containment for a state-of-the-art biomass fuel production plant in Ruthin, North Wales.

Osram transformed the glass façade of Kings Place, a new development in Kings Cross, London using its Lumilux T5 range of fluorescent tubes and Quicktronic electronic control gear (ECG). A contemporary lighting installation with a twist was created - the tubes can be programmed to tell the time or display text. Osram was specified for this project as its Lumilux fluorescent tubes and Quicktronic ECG allow individual control of the dimmable lighting segments.

Colston Hall, a venue which has been bringing music to Bristol for almost 140 years, is enjoying a new facelift, with a lighting control solution supplied by Andromeda.

The Service & After Sales division of Walter Meier (Climate UK) has recently completed installation of a Hitachi VRF air conditioning system at the University of Sheffield's S10health fitness centre. As well as meeting increased cooling demands, the new system is expected to achieve significant energy savings compared to the previous system.

When the Governing Body of Sidcot School were looking for a cost-effective way of keeping their pupils warm in the new Performance Arts Centre that has just opened, they were initially surprised when the building services contractors, A C Mechanical installed an air conditioning-based system that uses heat pump technology to warm underfloor heating throughout the school.

Bespoke Monodraught SunCatchers are taking centre stage at Make Architects' stunning new Sir Colin Campbell Building for Nottingham University's Jubilee Campus extension.

Vaillant has provided Aston Wood Golf Club with a heating system that would make even Tiger Woods green with envy. The installation at the Aston Wood clubhouse involved two Vaillant ecoTEC 65 commercial condensing boilers and a VRC 630 boiler management system. The new system has been so successful that the 200-acre championship golf course has recently seen more of its 850 members staying behind for a well-earned drink after their round. Mark Davies, managing director of Prolec UK, installed the Vaillant equipment. 

SAS International has supplied both passive and active Integrated Service Modules (ISMs) to the Police Federation of England and Wales' Headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey. The design brief demanded that the building utilise energy efficient technologies to meet the Police Federation's ongoing commitment to embracing sustainability within its buildings.

Aggreko stepped into the breach to prevent a top West Midlands tourist destination from having to close due to loss of power during the height of its lucrative summer season.

Building controls specialist, BG Controls has installed a state-of-the-art Building Management System (BMS) at BreathingSpace - the UK's pioneering respiratory centre.

Bredbury-based StudioTech, who specialise in sound and light installations for the retail sector, have just completed a £75K project at Springfields, an outlet shopping centre and festival gardens in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Andrews Water Heaters, part of Baxi Commercial Division, has supplied two Queen's Award winning MAXXflo direct fired storage water heaters, together with a SOLARflo pre-heat system which have been installed at the new Nancy Astor Building, an £11 million development at the University of Plymouth.

Mita has provided a range of containment solutions for a new build school in the Scottish Borders - including bespoke floorboxes for the purpose-built music rooms.

Combining a 180m long ski slope with all the après ski bars, restaurants and retail outlets you would expect to find in a genuine Alpine village, Manchester's ‘Chill Factore ' has been a challenging construction project.

Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge has significantly reduced its energy consumption and carbon footprint by upgrading over 1000 existing lighting fittings using Chalmor's EasiFit T5 kit. As well as fast payback, a key factor in the choice of Chalmor was that this was the only conversion product on the market with EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) compliance - an important consideration in hospitals.

The Natural History Museum's new Darwin Centre is London's latest iconic project to benefit from the premium performance of Kingspan KoolDuct System of pre-insulated ductwork.

Institutions are increasingly concerned with their environmental impact, and new building programmes provide an obvious opportunity for adopting best environmental practice and using the latest technology to create greener buildings. Now, the award-winning Breezair evaporative cooling system from exclusive UK and Irish distributors, CoSaf Environments, has been specified for two major building projects in the higher educational sector for being the most environmental and cost effective means of cooling the buildings.

International multi-disciplinary engineering firm Buro Happold is part of the Narud Stokke Wiig Architects and Planners AS (NSW) team that was recently awarded the design commission for Oslo airport's major expansion programme. The ‘T2' development includes a terminal extension, a new pier, extensive remodelling of the airside and landside infrastructure components, as well as a significant package of enabling works to facilitate the overall delivery.

Over 800 McDonald's restaurants in the UK are being fitted with Trend intelligent building control systems, supplied and engineered by Powell System Engineering Ltd, a Trend Technology Centre.  The systems use Trend IQ3xcite controllers whose versatility has proved ideal in every situation, despite the wide variety of air conditioning and other plant they are called to control, and despite the variations in restaurants, which include drive-throughs and shopping centre sites, plus both purpose-built premises and  conversions.

The National Portrait Gallery has contracted with Powercall UK for 24/7 ‘power within the hour' emergency generator cover. Overcoming the challenges associated with a permanently installed standby generator such as insufficient space, capital expenditure, ongoing maintenance, and inner-city environmental issues the National Portrait Gallery now has a cost effective guaranteed solution to prolonged powercuts.

Hundreds of soldiers returning to the UK from Germany have brand new en-suite rooms fitted with Eaton's COPA clip-on plate wiring accessories.   COPA was selected by Building Services Engineers, Lorne Stewart, for use in a Defence Estates programme to upgrade single living accommodation for service personnel.   COPA accessories have a clip-on cover plate with no visible fixings.

More than half a kilometre of the Crompton Synthesis suspended lighting system from Cooper Lighting has been installed at Fibbersley Park Primary School at Willenhall in the West Midlands.

Speed is of the essence when working on sensitive sites such as hospitals - and that's why Hobbs Electrical selected Marshall-Tufflex's plug-and-play MT32 system for installing power and light into a new operating theatre.

Just two contracts have put Priva Building Intelligence in control of some 205,000m² of retail space in the Middle East: the Dalma Mall in Abu Dhabi with 150,000m² of leasable space and the Oasis Shopping Centre in Dubai at 55,700m².  In both instances the controls contract was won by Optima International employing Priva control systems to manage the HVAC services in these enormous shopping malls. 

Simmtronic lighting controls have been installed as part of Land Securities' major renovation of the Dashwood House corporate office building in London.  The scheme was designed in conjunction with consultants Long & Partners, applying the latest DALI lighting protocol equipment and featuring Simmtronic's advanced Automatic Testing System (ATS) for DALI based emergency lighting.

Vaillant's ecoCRAFT 120, part of its high efficiency floor standing commercial boiler range, has been commended with top marks by the head teacher and staff at Millbank Primary School, Westminster.  Two high efficiency, condensing floor standing ecoCRAFT commercial boilers have been specified and installed by Enterprise FM at the school.

Premier League fans of legendary Aston Villa football Club will be warming to the Hamworthy Wessex ModuMax 160 kW high efficiency modular boilers recently installed in the Trinity Road Stand.

Two Remeha Quinta 85 boilers have been installed at the Hard Day's Night Hotel, Liverpool's exclusive Beatles inspired luxury hotel. The 110-bed 4 Star Hotel, dedicated to the famous four, has been created within the Central Buildings situated just around the corner from the celebrated Cavern Club.

Andrews Water Heaters has provided two Queens award-winning MAXXflo condensing storage water heaters to The Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales. Famous first and foremost for its beautiful golf courses, home to The Celtic Manor Wales Open and two luxurious hotels, The Celtic Manor Resort is the chosen venue for the prestigious Ryder Cup in 2010.

Founded in 1932, Pershore High School has served as a community school for over 70 years and during this time has expanded with additions to most departments, most recently with a state-of-the-art science block and 6th form centre.  It now has 1200 pupils and has established a reputation for excellence which it extends beyond the academic side into all aspects including the quality of the school environment and its buildings.

Claremont Group Interiors has completed the fit-out of Vindon Scientific's new premises at the 420-acre Kingsway Business Park development in Rochdale.

Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority received the Carbon Trust Low Carbon Building Award 2009 for the new Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority headquarters, or Carrochan as it's known. The name Carrochan is a local place name, thought to be Gaelic for either ‘winding' or ‘rocky place' - both very apt given the final form of the building.

Andromeda has commenced work at Dublin Airport Terminal 2, a project which sees them extend their impressive airports portfolio, and establish themselves as key players in Ireland.

Riegens Lighting has designed and developed a versatile and energy efficient lighting system for the sales floor of the Tesco Homeplus store at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol. Working closely with the Tesco design team, Riegens came up with a solution that would meet all of the requirements of the scheme. This included achieving the required illuminance of 900 lux throughout the store with a distribution that enhances the products and attracts the customer, whilst maintaining Tesco's green credentials.

A semiconductor manufacturer in Plymouth, UK is saving over £30,000 a year in energy costs, since installing six, 37 kW ABB HVAC drives on its three cooling towers. The £15,000 installation is set to give a payback in only six months. The drives were installed by the local ABB HVAC partner, Drive Control.

Colt International has provided a complete smoke control solution as part of a general upgrade at Westfield Shopping Centre in Derby. The project required a great deal of versatility due to the demanding layout of the building and necessity for Colt to refurbish the system while the shopping centre remained open for business.

Project manager's hurleypalmerflatt recently completed the upgrade of the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) 30,000m² office accommodation, known as RightSpace, at its Canary Wharf headquarters. 

Vaillant has supplied a four cassette, two performance wall-mount and one pro wall-mount air conditioning system for design agency RJ Design in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Jason Allen of Vaillant specified the design, while Mansfield Cooling Services installed the equipment, providing a total cooling output of 42kW.

Around 70 MWS-3DD Direct Dim microwave detection and dimming sensors from CP Electronics are reducing lighting energy costs at the new John Lewis Distribution Centre in Milton Keynes.

Pyrotenax mineral-insulated (Pyro MI) cables have been employed at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh in a programme of interior works which included the installation of new interior lighting, bespoke chandeliers and a fire detection system. Specified by the consultant Arup and installed by FES Ltd of Stirling, the light duty and heavy duty MI cables have been supplied through the Edinburgh branch of Ross Electrical in a sandstone colour, sympathetic to the fabric of the building.

A Potterton Commercial Eurocondense two boiler has been installed to provide energy-efficient heating at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, during a refurbishment of the Guest Hall, which is the castle's premier banqueting suite.

The change from the existing HID lamps to Megaman's 200W Clusterlites at Gatwick Airport's North Terminal, has helped to significantly reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs.  Gatwick is the busiest single-runway airport in the world, the second largest airport in the UK and the tenth busiest international airport in the world. Its development strategy for the future focuses on the airport's expansion as a single-runway, two-terminal airport, as it aims to handle around 40 million passengers a year by 2010/2011.

Following the success of Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Victoria Pendleton and the rest of the Team GB team in Beijing, Vent-Axia is helping to create the right environment for future cycling success at London 2012. The company is providing heat recovery, and a swathe of other ventilation technology, for facilities at the new Redbridge Cycle Centre, the first piece of physical sporting legacy linked to the 2012 Olympics.

Kings Cross Underground station is now in Phase 2 of its redevelopment, necessary to cater for the increased passenger flow resulting from commuter growth in the capital, and from the new neighbouring Eurolink terminal.

A nationwide leader in the provision of hearing healthcare is making full use of a Marshall-Tufflex system to facilitate easier and quicker fit-out of its branches.

In a bid to improve lighting levels whilst reducing energy consumption, Steinel’s RS Pro Sensor light fittings have been installed in the corridors of the School for Policy Studies at Bristol University, in line with the university’s Environmental Policy for reducing energy usage.

A business park on the south Cornish coast with a high level of energy efficient features to provide cost savings for occupiers has included Dimplex ground source heat pumps in its specification – and quickly achieved its renewable energy targets.

Luminaires from Riegens Lighting have played a vital role in improving the visual environment for the prestigious offices in 33 Cavendish Square, a landmark building situated just north of London’s famous Oxford Street.

Banpo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea used to be a rather ordinary connection across the Han River. But no longer thanks to a one-of-a-kind fountain feature that dramatically shoots jets of water from the sides of the bridge, and a Martin Exterior range lighting scheme that dynamically illuminates the water show after sundown. The extraordinary water and light display has become a major attraction in the capital city.

Off-site manufacture of a new boiler room for the University of Wolverhampton kept disruption to a minimum during the expansion of its Walsall Campus.

A combination of splits and VRF air conditioning units from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) KX4 range has been selected by Arup consulting engineers for Leicester’s spectacular new £61 million theatre, opened in November 2008.

In a major schools investment programme, City Building (Glasgow) LLP is currently building 16 new primary schools in Glasgow for the City Council at a cost of over £128 million and each is to have its hot water services supplied through a heat-traced single pipe system using Raychem HWAT self-regulating heating cables. Smith Electrical, a Tyco Thermal Controls distributor partner, has been commissioned to supply and install the HWAT systems by the projects’ electrical controls contractor L-Tec Controls and Kentallen Group.

Sainsbury’s new flagship green store, which opened in Dartmouth in August, is the first UK supermarket to fit Monodraught 750mm diameter SunPipes in its main shop floor area, bringing all the benefits of natural daylight to the thousands of Sainsbury’s customers that shop there every week.

Customers at Europe’s biggest inner-city retail centre are being treated to five-star fire protection as well as luxurious designer shopping and first-class leisure facilities.