RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Britplas has launched the latest version of its multi-award winning Safevent Window, the Safevent Access.

IVision from Intastop is an innovative manual vision panel that the company says ‘allows greater than 90% visibility, double what is currently available, with total blackout’.

UK architectural aluminium systems supplier, Kawneer, has enhanced its curtain wall portfolio with the launch of a ‘fast-track’, dry-glazed unitised system.

The Movastop from Primera Life is a fullheight safety rebate ‘slim enough to fit the narrowest of door frames’, and built from aluminium for strength, which ‘will not warp or twist, and doesn’t need painting’.

Gilgen Door Systems has installed 45 automatic swing door operators at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead – a specialist NHS hospital renowned for undertaking reconstructive surgery, burns care, and rehabilitation services, for people across the South of England.

Schneider Electric says its ‘smart’ Building Analytics service can evaluate energy system performance to identify elements that directly impact on an organisation’s ongoing energy consumption and equipment operation.

Spirax Sarco describes its STAPS Wireless monitoring system as ‘a quick and easy way to implement continuous monitoring of entire steam trap populations, regardless of manufacturer, reducing costs, and significantly improving steam system performance’.

Veolia has announced that its specialist combined heat and power (CHP) company, Cogenco, will be fully integrating with the UK group and adopting the Veolia name, in a move that it says will enable the company to offer its customers a wider range of CHP-based low carbon energy solutions ‘across all market sectors’.

An alternative to the hard nylon netting usually factory fitted to weather louvres, and often used to keep flies, vermin, and birds, out of areas such as hospital kitchens, is now available from RAB Specialist Engineers.

Daikin Applied (UK) Ltd has launched a new ‘intelligently-controlled, plug and play’ air-handling unit – the D-AHU Modular – which ‘keeps costs down by improving efficiency through heat recovery and reduced ecological impact’.

A new ‘value-engineered’ low surface temperature (LST) radiator has been launched by Contour, the designer and manufacturer of LST heating systems.

Camfil, the air filtration technology specialist, has launched what it says is ‘the world’s most energy efficient bag filter’, the Hi-Flo F7 50+.

A major R22 chiller replacement project at Salisbury Hospital has set what is believed to be a new industry record for underground refrigerant pipework on a Turbomiser installation.

Continuously monitoring water temperatures will improve ACoP L8 Legionella compliance in healthcare environments, immediately highlighting exceptions, and providing data upon which informed decisions can be made on how to manage these systems.

Following ‘significant demand from existing and potential customers’, Knightsbridge Furniture is set to expand its Extreme furniture collection – designed specifically for challenging environments – with the addition of Lucy Extreme and Sierra settees and chairs, ‘improving choice for care homes and hospitals across the country’.

PKL Group is now offering the Space Station for hire – a ‘neat, fully functioning, space-saving mobile servery’, designed to enable caterers to easily generate additional revenue in spaces such as atria, walkways, corridors, and entrance halls.

Power management company, Eaton, has launched ‘a user-friendly monitoring system’ for emergency lighting, which aims to ‘eradicate the cost and time pressures associated with manual maintenance checks in commercial buildings’.

Wireless nurse call specialist, Courtney-Thorne, has installed its C-T 08 nurse call system at a new £2.48 million Cardiology Day Case Unit (CDCU) at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.

Clovis Canopies has added a number of ‘interesting and distinctive styles’ to its range of canopies, shelters, and covered walkways.

Making its first appearance at Healthcare Estates – where it will show some of the products and services it provides ‘that make Falcon an integral part of healthcare kitchens across the UK’ – will be manufacturer and supplier of commercial catering equipment, Falcon Foodservice Equipment.