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Fintan Wallace from Ecological Building Systems discusses the importance of wind tightness in ensuring a roof build-up delivers its designed thermal performance.

Passive House principles have been adopted and proven across Europe and are increasingly being employed in the UK to deliver buildings that are energy efficient, comfortable and affordable at the same time.

Peter Thompson, General Manager of ISO-CHEMIE UK, provides an insight into the trade-off between airtightness and ventilation in sealing products.

Chris Lloyd, Director of Flexcrete Technologies, discusses the most effective and cost-efficient waterproofing for basements.

Steve Cookson, Technical Services Manager at Sika Liquid Plastics, discusses the importance of prioritising health and safety during roof refurbishment schemes by considering alternatives to hot works.

At the forefront of industry research and development, a leading UK based manufacturer and supplier of premium building products, Alumasc Facade Systems, constantly strives to innovate – developing its range of facade solutions.

CMS Window Systems has completed the design, manufacture and installation of high performance aluminium windows for a stunning new purpose built office facility which forms part of Glasgow’s new £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

The application of closed cell polyurethane foams for building insulation has been around for over 30 years, but recently the availability of an open cell option has come onto the market. Architects, specifiers and building consultants may well be confused as to the merits of these different systems.

Poor air distribution will significantly compromise the efficiency of a building’s HVAC system. That’s according to Luke Bigg, Research & Development Engineer of Waterloo Air Products, who explains more here.

Guy Thompson explains how The Concrete Centre responds to the challenges and many enquiries about the sustainability performance of concrete and how the industry is committed to a holistic measure of sustainability thus enabling designers and specifiers to produce evermore sustainable solutions.

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