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CP Confeo Premix Combi Boiler: ECA Heating launches Confeo Premix Combi Boilers for domestic heating applications

(20/06/2008)

ECA Heating, the UK subsidiary of the Turkish manufacturing group Elginkan, is launching a new range of CP (Confeo Premix) Combi Boilers for domestic heating applications. The boilers are available in 24kW and 30kW models. They offer a number of advanced features including boosted hot water flow rates, a built-in filling loop, intelligent pre-heat and easy installation. Featuring quality components throughout, the CP range are SEDBUK A rated boilers. The CP’s control panel is user-friendl... [more]

CAB20ER: Dimplex recessed CAB air curtains offer quick and easy installation

(27/05/2008)

Dimplex has launched a new range of dedicated recessed CAB air curtains, which offer a number of installer-friendly features to make installation quick and easy. To allow for straightforward fitting before installation of the suspended ceiling, the dedicated recessed CAB range comes with 185mm extension brackets and the grille height can be precisely adjusted to match the ceiling height afterwards. For maximum flexibility and ease of installation, the range can either be installed using drop... [more]

Competition Law – The Basics: Bathroom Manufacturers Association provides training module on Basics of Competition Law

(30/04/2008)

If the bathroom industry is to uphold a good reputation, we can’t ever risk falling foul of the competition law and coming under scrutiny by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the same way that 112 construction firms in England have recently for allegedly engaging in bid rigging and cover pricing activity. Open and healthy competition is good both for consumers and for businesses. If firms compete on a level playing field, they will flourish. In turn, consumers are more likely to pay lower p... [more]

Code for Sustainable Homes: Dimplex offers support on Part L compliance

(10/04/2008)

Dimplex offers support to builders and specifiers who may have been given misleading information on Part L compliance, with a dedicated field specification team and a heating design team who regularly provide guidance over the phone. Don Newman, Dimplex heating design manager, says: “Part L compliance is no more difficult to achieve with electric heating than with any other fuel. In many cases, we talk directly to the SAP assessor and in one phone call we can show them how to achieve a pas... [more]

CAB air curtain: Dimplex air curtains keep warm air in at Belfast designer shopping centre

(18/03/2008)

The Outlet designer shopping centre in Belfast has chosen Dimplex air curtains to provide an invisible barrier of air to keep either warm or cold air in when doors are frequently opened. The shopping centre, which opened in April 2007, attracts high footfall from a wide catchment and many of the stores needed assistance to improve indoor air quality. Julian Graves, the UK's largest independent specialist natural food and ingredients retailer, the luxury British brand Jaegar and Regatta outdoo... [more]

CM Zone wireless control system: Honeywell Wireless CM Zone aids eco-friendly home heating system

(10/03/2008)

Dr Michael Lamperth is an ambassador for energy efficiency as a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. His powertrain research is expected to have profound global significances in the design of energy-efficient electric and hybrid vehicles. Meanwhile he has striven to ensure that his four-bedroom family home, built in 1900 and doubled in size in 1980, uses as little energy as possible. Dr Lamperth is not only a world-renowned developer of energy e... [more]