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StormBank rainwater recycling equipment for toilet flushing saves on mains water usage for Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission’s Birches Valley Forest Centre, in Cannock Forest near Rugely, Staffordshire, provides a host of educational and recreational opportunities, including hike trails and orienteering routes, fishing ponds and high quality mountain biking routes. The new, 347 m2 Environmental Classroom Block is constructed from renewable timber sources and has 2 classrooms accommodating 60 students in each plus a lobby with display space, s... [more]
Balfour Kilpatrick wins £1.1m contract to provide HVAC services for Howard Park Community School
Balfour Kilpatrick has won a £1.1m contract to provide HVAC services for Howard Park Community School, which will comprise a new primary school and children’s centre in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire for client Morgan Ashurst. The ultimate client is Kirklees Metropolitan Council. Balfour Kilpatrick will design, supply and install services for the school and children’s centre including both natural and mechanical ventilation, under floor heating ... [more]
Herd of rhinos benefits from Wilo rainwater technology
A Wilo AF 150 rainwater utilisation system has been installed to supply water to the ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s new rhino pool. The system collects rainwater in a 30,000 litre underground tank which is fed into the pool to provide clean water for the rhinos to shower and bathe in. During periods in which there is insufficient rainfall to maintain the required supply, the level is automatically replenished with potable water from the mains, meaning t... [more]
Electronic drain records for Edinburgh City Council
The Pitt Report on the UK's flooding problems recommends that Local authorities must take a stronger overall lead on flooding in their area and should prepare definitive electronic maps of all drainage, ditches and streams, making it clear who is responsible for maintaining them. With an Avanquest solution already in place, Edinburgh expects to be able to comply with the Pitt review recommendations within a few months. In 2007 the City of Edin... [more]
Un-climbable Guttermaster rainwater down pipes for prisons
The prison crisis is creating an urgent demand to expand accommodation that is giving rise to innovations in building techniques. A key security objective is to prevent prisoners accessing the roof. The Ministry of Justice, working with steel framed building specialist Britspace, has developed a speedily erected modular cell building that is fabricated off-site. Key components from Guttermaster include concealed gutters, deeply overhanging fa... [more]
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