The worlds original architect lamp, the L-1 from Luxo, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Designed in 1937 by Jac Jacobsen, it is a prime example of how versatility, quality and stylish design can work together to produce one of the worlds all time classics.

Faber Maunsell has been placed in the Financial Times 50 Best UK Workplaces 2007. “We have been associated with ‘Best Company to Work for’ initiatives since 2001 and have received eight FT or Sunday Times awards since then” says Faber Maunsell Chief Executive, Ken Dalton.

“The demand for sustainable buildings is not just growing, it’s exploding” said CIBSE Chief Executive, Stephen Matthews at the launch of the Institution’s new guide to sustainability which he described as ‘One of the most important and far reaching Guides ever to be released by the Institution’.

LG has appointed Garry Hunt as its National Sales Manager responsible for all of LG’s sales activities into contractors, consultants and end-users.

Mercury Recycling has initiated a significant expansion of its recycling services in anticipation of the implementation of the WEEE Directive later this year. The expansion programme has included major investment which has increased the company’s capabilities in terms of volume, scope of service and geographical coverage.

Creda and Xpelair, both part of the Applied Energy group, are currently touring the UK with a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Seminar; showing the way to easy compliance with Parts L and F of the building regulations.

In a move to further strengthen its position in the UK air conditioning market, Vaillant has appointed Stuart Maddock as its new Technical Sales Manager for air conditioning. He takes over the role from Mark Richards, who remains with the company, moving to the role of Air Conditioning Product Manager.

Trox UK expects to achieve a record year on the production of chilled beams in 2007 which has prompted them to expand their production facilities with a £300,000 investment in a new 40,000 sq ft dedicated facility and warehouse for the manufacture of chilled beams close to its existing factory in Thetford, Norfolk.

HVCA Publications has launched an updated and extended H&V Safety Guide and Fact Book. Worksafe – Guide to Site Safety and the complementary Safety Facts booklet have both been written with significant input from HVCA’s Joint Safety Committee and will be essential preventative tools in the building services industry and specialist engineering sector.

A new study has shown that the European hotel industry could still save very significant amounts of energy and costs by upgrading its lighting to new energy efficient lighting technologies.

Britain’s businesses are being warned that the longer they wait to act on climate change, the more dramatic the decarbonisation of the economy will have to be. This is the conclusion of a new White Paper, Making Sense of The Low Carbon Economy, from npower business and Forum for the Future.

The glittering awards ceremony took place at the Hilton Hotel, Coventry on 17 May with guests travelling from far and wide to see who would receive these prestigious awards.

The history of half a millennium is being brought into the 21st century in a new, £3m state-of-art community facility in Gloucestershire.

Carrier is providing water chillers and air handling units to three new cruise ships under construction for Celebrity Cruises in the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.

Colt has been appointed to provide smoke extraction technologies for the tallest residential project in Europe, Pan Peninsula, next to London’s Canary Wharf. Colt will supply ventilation and smoke extraction for the basement car park and a smoke shaft system for the main body of the building.

Venture Lighting’s metal halide lamps are being used in the entrance and car park for the reinvention of the famous Fort Dunlop in Birmingham. Formerly a tyre warehouse, Fort Dunlop has become the latest in a growing number of industrial sites being converted to retail and multi purpose use.

Following successful installations in Banbury and Telford in 2006, Tesco has selected Pickerings Lifts (Pickerings) to provide 2,000kg hydraulic goods lifts for its stores in Billingham, Coulby Newham and Cleethorpes, as part of the top retailer’s on-going expansion and redevelopment programme.

New PC World stores are being fitted with 375W Natural White Pulse Start metal halide lamps from Venture Lighting. Venture lamps were selected for their ability to save energy, as well as their proven reliability and cost-effectiveness through the life cycle of the installation.

Lighting at BMW’s engine plant at Hams Hall in Warwickshire is being controlled with the help of ceiling mounted PIR presence detectors and MWS3 microwave detectors from CP Electronics.

Durapipe UK’s Vulcathene, ABS and Friatherm plastic pipework systems are being installed in University College London’s (UCL) Darwin Building as part of a major refurbishment project to modernise the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Phase 2 of the prestigious Edinburgh Quay – the flagship development at the eastern terminus of the Union Canal – has just been completed to provide Scotland’s Capital with additional premium high-tech office and retail space in the heart of the financial exchange area.

Diffusion is supplying Aldi supermarkets throughout the UK with Airboss overdoor heaters, most recently Swinton in Salford, Greater Manchester, which is currently undergoing an extensive regeneration programme.

The Zero Carbon House – now being built on the Shetland Island of Unst – is a low energy demonstration project to show how renewable energy can create a unique living experience on a remote island in a severe climate.

Lighting control systems from Ex-Or Limited have been installed throughout a landmark three-storey office building in Burgess Hill, near Brighton.

Legrand has ensured the presses will keep rolling at News International’s new printing press halls in Knowsley, near Liverpool, by supplying a cable management solution that incorporates tray, trunking and ladder.

Today’s fire systems have become much more sophisticated, especially over the last few years, and now save countless lives and millions of pounds worth of property every day.

The industry is already feeling the effects of the new Part L of the Building Regulations, with its emphasis on air tight design and energy efficiency.

Highlighting key issues in effective water management, he outlines product solutions enabling building owners, designers and facilities managers to make the washroom environment more installer/user friendly, water efficient and a safer place.

Micro generation, zero carbon and passive houses are all great ideas for showing where we should be heading to meet the targets that will make the energy future, especially in housing, one that will meet the problems of the next ten years and beyond.

Mike Sewell, Energy Services Director for Dalkia explores the advantages of generating heat, electricity and cooling using Combined Heat and Power (CHP) to significantly reduce carbon emissions from buildings.

At the same time, many individual companies have made public declarations about environmental action and many more are increasing investment in energy management; however, UK Government data shows that emissions levels have increased every year since 2002.

Legionnaires’ Disease was first recorded in 1976. The disease – and the bacterium that causes it – took its name from its first victims, members of the American Legion who were attending an annual convention in Philadelphia. The previously-unidentified bacterium caused pneumonia in many of the delegates, a large number of whom subsequently died.

CP Electronics’ comprehensive new catalogue has been created by drawing on feedback sought from customers, thus providing unparalleled ease of use for anyone involved in the purchase or specification of lighting or H&V controls.

Seaward’s innovative new Powertest 1557 is a compact all in one installation tester that enables contractors of all sizes to meet their 16th Edition and Part P electrical testing obligations.

The newly launched XF100HLV from Manrose Manufacturing is a low voltage fan with an integral humidity sensor. The unit is powered by a standard transformer which can be wired up to eight metres away, in the loft space or outside the room, making it ideal for use in splash areas.

New from Xpelair is the Premier UltraDC fan which offers low energy usage and an extended motor life.

Manrose Manufacturing Limited has just released its new price list containing over 2,000 products and 34 new lines.

The popular Digital Mercury lighting control system, from Hamilton Litestat, has been further developed to enable it to provide an almost limitless number of channels and zones, thus providing one of the most versatile and competitively priced systems available.

Danfoss and SAV Modules are to join forces in marketing an innovative range of hot water solutions in the UK. The new AquaCon series of heat exchange modules utilises technology developed by the District Heating Division of Danfoss A/S.

Simmtronic has introduced to its SPECS3 lighting control system a successor to the popular SPK8 switchplate. The new and enhanced SPK.9 addressable wall mounted switchplate has been developed as an intelligent replacement for conventional light switches.

Hushon (UK) Limited has released an all new range of EWWZ compact water cooled chillers. These units are produced in Spain by Hitecsa and will be marketed in the UK as the Hushon ‘H’ Range of equipment.

Mitsubishi Electric has increased its popular M Series range of air conditioning systems with a new 2-port, 5.2 kW cooling / 6.4 kW heating model and a 5-port, 10 kW cooling / 12 kW heating unit, which drive either two or five indoor units respectively.

Keraflo’s latest development, the KP Type float valve kit, ensures that now full flexibility in the level of stored water is available in large tanks supplied by pipework up to 200mm (8”) in diameter.

New from Bitzer is their 24 page publication entitled ‘Competence in Capacity Control’. This comprehensive document discusses alternative approaches to effective capacity control within refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

The highly efficient Buderus GB162 boiler, when used as a 4-boiler cascade system, can provide an incredible 400kW of heat output in just one square metre of floor area, enough to meet the heating needs for a large or medium sized office block or factory.

Mitsubishi Electric is offering another UK-first with the launch of special software that allows its advanced range of R410A close control systems to be linked to its unique WY, water-cooled condensers to reduce a building’s carbon footprint.

The new Condair SH2 humidifier from Axair Climate is ideal for use in HVAC systems for offices, industrial and residential applications, offering low energy consumption and low cost of ownership.

New from LG is the Art Cool Gallery series which allows the end-user to adapt the front panel of this highly efficient unit as a picture frame to hold any image wanted – family, friends, football teams, pets, children or any portrait-shaped picture.

Brand new from Sanyo Air Conditioners is the innovative Virus Washer. The Virus Washer suppresses more than 99% of airborne viruses from treated air, including cold and flu and does so without the use of any chemicals, in line with Sanyo’s ‘THINK GAIA’ philosophy of environmental responsibility.

Low energy consumption was the key objective when Trox undertook the design and development of their new range of airside fan coils. Airside fan coils represent around 25% of the total market and offer many benefits such as improved room temperature control and no valve maintenance.

To meet growing demand for more eco-friendly heating and hot water Clyde Energy Solutions has added a new biomass boiler to its sustainable energy range. The Clyde Unical Trio boiler is a high efficiency three-pass steel boiler matched with the proven Iwabo wood pellet burner.

Built to withstand the rigours of outdoor location and to cool food processing plants, chemical plants and similar buildings the new range of AlfaBlue NH3 air cooled condensers are designed for tough refrigeration duties that, for maximum environmental protection, employ ammonia as the refrigerant.

Parasense has launched Headline News, a foundation solution that enables smaller sites to implement utility analysis and reporting cost effectively.

LogiCool, a new generation of free-cooling, R410A, packaged chillers has been launched by Airedale to provide an expandable, energy efficient solution for cooling the ever increasing heat loads of high density servers.

Cooper Lighting and Security has expanded its Menvier range of products with the addition of the ULP50 rechargeable hand lamp – a versatile and reliable light source that can function either as portable emergency lighting or as a high-quality, high-output rechargeable torch.

Emmie.2S, the new portable oil separator from Alfa Laval, uses state-of-the-art PLC controls, automatic back-pressure and heater controls, to make the job of separating water, dirt and other impurities from refrigeration compressor oils even simpler and quicker.

New ground-source and air-source heat pumps from Hoval are the latest Low or Zero Carbon (LZC) products in the company’s product range, joining the established biomass boilers and solar heating panels.

Nu-way has launched the EcoAir, a new air/water heat pump for domestic and commercial applications.

ETI has developed the ThermaGuard to continuously monitor the temperature and the power status and report to the user, via a telephone call, if the alarm settings have been activated.