The decision to buy green energy should be an easy one.

The twenty-first century technology of the Kingspan Koolduct System has been used in the expansion of the University of Southampton's Hartley Library.

Manchester's tallest building is now set to become Europe's largest vertical cladding project after announcing that it is to be covered with approximately 5,000 solar panels supplied by Sharp.

Leeds-based Bicknell Controls is the latest company to be selected by Siemens Building Technologies to become a member of the new HVAC Solutions Certified Partner scheme for Desigo PX controllers.

Building management and security system specialist,Andover Controls, and supplier of integrated systems for building automation,TAC,have merged to become Tour Andover Controls.

LG Electronics has declared war on the UK market in an

Proposals of ‘equal and approved’ luminaires can be a minefield for the lighting specifier.David Dimeloe,President of the Lighting Industry Federation;Derek Rogers,President of the Institution of Lighting Engineers and David Burton,President of the Society of Light and Lighting explain the issues and discuss the procedures that can be adopted.

Daikin Europe NV has acquired 100% of the share capital of its independent distributor in Portugal,Esteproar S.A.,after a successful business relationship of about 20 years.

Troops at a Surrey Barracks are enjoying hot showers again after the replacement of an old water heating system with new equipment from Lochinvar.

A £15.5m water front regeneration project in the Tees Valley is getting off to a swimming start thanks to the involvement of White Young Green.

The company who provided civil,structural,design and building services to a £70m home for music,were able to witness the fruits of their labour when the building opened in December.

Air pollution at Harvey’s Wine Bar in Folkestone was much lower than in other pubs tested nationwide for effects of passive smoking by a Sunday newspaper.What the surprised Sunday Mirror investigators hadn’t noticed was the bar’s three high-tech Honeywell air cleaners, which remove smoke,volatile organic compounds,dust,smoke,allergens and other pollutants,leaving a cleaner,healthier environment for staff and patrons.

Digby Jones,Director General of the CBI,is to make a keynote address to the winners and guests at the 2005 National Training Awards for the heating,ventilating,air conditioning and refrigeration(hvacr) industry.

The construction of a £1m Hospitality Suite at one of the UK's oldest racecourses is under way following work by EW Beard.

Following a short illness, from which he is now fully recovered;Sid Patten has decided to leave Scottish Building to pursue a fresh challenge.

Fujitsu General’s residential air conditioning division has won the ‘Good Design Award’ from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organisation.The award was given to the company’s AWY ceiling wall unit based on overall design,development concept and use of new technologies.

One of London's most famous landmarks, Tower Bridge, has been

FaberMaunsell has been named as one of the final remaining teams

Grant has extended its condensing technology to the Outdoor Module range,with the launch of the Vortex outdoor condensing models.

Following extensive field research,Ability Projects has introduced an upgraded version of its dedicated hotel fan coil system.

FläktWoods has launched a new range of Econovent thermal wheels specifically designed for the OEM market.

Cooper Lighting and Security has added a low-cost conventional fire panel to its JSB range of products.

Hager has launched a new range of electronic earth fault relays, which monitor earth fault currents and enable earth fault current safeguards for conductors protected by devices of up to 800A.

Connecting into an existing steam main to provide heating or hot water has been made easier and quicker with the introduction of Rycroft’s new SteamBreeze - a stainless steel plate heat exchanger package.

Honeywell has launched its BA295 series of compact backflow preventers,which ensure contaminated water cannot flow back into the public mains supply.

A convenient and cost-effective way of monitoring compressed air

The condition of rolling element bearings can now be more easily

Spirax Sarco pilot-operated, pressure-reducing valves have been

Honeywell has launched two compact,self-calibrating wall sensors for CO2 and dual CO2/temperature sensing.

System Sensor Europe has published a free 12-page guide analysing the conditions and restrictions associated with using projected beam smoke detectors to protect large areas with high ceilings.

Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new product catalogue to highlight the efficiency and flexibility of the large scale VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow)City Multi line up.

Italy’s largest lighting maunfacturer Disano,has published a new 296-page catalogue specifically for their external lighting product ranges.

Sontay has announced the availability of its new price list,which become effective from 1 January 2005.

Airedale International Air Conditioning has developed a range of

Installers can now easily select the best Raychem solution for their underfloor heating project, thanks to a new website which has been launched by the company.

Hager has introduced a new range of multi-purpose mini enclosures called mini Gamma.

Kem Edwards Ltd has appointed two new Account Managers to help further its ambitions to become one of the most competitive independent suppliers nationwide.Richard Spencer and Steve Bamforth have joined to increase the hands-on support available to customers. Richard Spencer joins from a background in sales with over 14 years experience in supplies to the construction industry.He lives in Bradford and has an excellent knowledge of the sector in the North of England.

The mechanical and electrical division of White Young Green, consultants to the built,natural and social environment is continuing to go from strength to strength with a new appointment to its team.

Growing demand for building services design skills in the capital has led consulting engineer Gifford to add a building services (M&E) engineering team to its busy London office.Gifford already has over 70 building services engineers nationally and has established the new base to meet the needs of its growing portfolio of projects in London.The new team will be led by Senior Mechanical Engineer Mark Smith.

Mike McCloskey has been elected Vice President of the HVCA at a special general meeting of the Association.

LG is adding strength and depth to its technical service by expanding its team with the appointment of David McBain as a Technical Engineer.

Toshiba Air Conditioning has appointed experienced air conditioning sales manager Jeremy Garzolini as Regional Sales Manager,London and the South.

Alternative energy may be an easy way to describe the many ways, other than fossil fuels,to heat,light and power public sector buildings.The snag with the phrase is that it puts alternatives in a box labelled ‘special projects’,nothing to do with everyday energy decisions.

As building services has evolved massively over the last decade or two,utilising both new materials and state of the art technology – it is perhaps increasingly justifiable to state that it is one of the more exciting technical sectors to work within.With growing demands for more futuristic and more environmentally friendly buildings, today’s building services engineers are constantly being challenged at every level to provide innovative,new design solutions.

It may sound like a contradiction in terms,but mass customisation is the way forward for building services design,according to leading multi-service chilled beam specialist Trox UK.