2004 July



Cassettes teamed up with ductable outdoor units
VDT lighting without dark ceilings

Smarter than the average actuator

Daikin upgrades its fan-coil units

Socket strainers for plastics pipes
Eliminating pluming from condensing boilers


WRAS approval for stainless-steel products

Cost-effective testing of portable appliances

Condensing boilers have stainless-steel heat exchangers

Sola’s flexible approach to daylight in buildings

Chillers designed for long life and low maintenance

KSB sets up online shop for pumps and spares

York extends Sonata chiller range

LG enlarges range of cassette air conditioners
Electrolytic water treatment for cooling towers

Keeping Center Parcs in hot water


ABB drives help boost energy efficiency of new hospital
Fire-rated ductwork in Docklands
Apreco helps Hong Kong hospitals fight SARS


Lighting that meets the energy-efficiency challenge

Exploiting the economic benefits of heat pumps


London development becomes largest office PV system

LG promotional activity races away
GSH swells its apprentice intake
Production boost for flexible piping



Management buyout for Beeston Heating
CIBSE announces Carbon 60 winner

HBOS extends interest in GSH for three years
Extended opportunities for apprentices


Move back to wet cooling boosts BAC Balticare sales


Skills shortage or skills gap?

Speculative flexibility and reliability

Improved dry pocket for SpiroTrap and SpiroCombi
Spirotech has improved the dry pocket of the magnetic dirt separator in its steel SpiroTrap and SpiroCombi units, making them even easier to maintain.
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