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Chemical Emissions from Plastic Bottle Labeling and the Indoor Air Quality Occupational Risk to Bottle Workers - Extract All
Last updated: 01/09/2019
It may be difficult for Americans born in the last few decades to imagine a time when drinking beverages out of a plastic bottle, purchased from stores and vending machines,...
Humidifiers Help Combat Winter Air Health Conditions
Last updated: 01/09/2019
After a long tug of war between fall and winter, the Northeast winter has finally settled in. It appears as though the cooler air is here to stay for awhile. Along with the...
Best Websites to Help Create a Bird Friendly Garden - Plants Map
Last updated: 01/09/2019
Best Websites to Help Create a Bird Friendly Garden /in Articles , Journal Journal /by Tracy Blevins For me, a garden is not a garden without a few feathered friends. The more...
January garden tasks - The English Garden
Last updated: 01/09/2019
Tamsin Westhorpe, gardener at Stockton Bury gardens in Herefordshire shares some gardening tasks that are a priority in January. One of the first January garden tasks is to...
environment conscious building
Last updated: 01/09/2019
Retrofitting insulation into houses improves comfort, reduces running costs and saves CO. REALcosting software allows users to try out retrofit measures and see the impact on...
PHIUS+ 2018: Getting to Zero : Passive House Institute
Last updated: 01/09/2019
In 2014, under a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and in partnership with Building Science Corporation, PHIUS set out to develop the first and only climate...
Alpha’s powerful new boiler brings hot water on demand for homeowner | Heating & Plumbing Monthly Magazine (HPM)
Last updated: 01/09/2019
When a busy family of six based in Buckinghamshire needed to upgrade their boiler, improving efficiency and performance was key. As a result, Alpha Heating Innovation’s E-Tec...
Kent homeowner plumps for Alpha boiler again | Heating & Plumbing Monthly Magazine (HPM)
Last updated: 01/09/2019
When Helen Lawson’s old Alpha boiler came to the end of its life, she knew she wanted to replace it with another Alpha so opted for the E-Tec combi boiler, which was installed...
Plumbers are invited to test their knowledge and music skills for prizes | Heating & Plumbing Monthly Magazine (HPM)
Last updated: 01/09/2019
In celebration of its historic 200-year anniversary, Armitage Shanks has launched a free-to-play quiz to test the plumbing nation’s knowledge of bathrooms, the brand, and...
THE SWEET INTENSITY OF SHAKESPEARE’S GARDENS
Last updated: 01/09/2019
I have badly wanted to visit the houses and gardens of Stratford-upon-Avon since reading Frank Lawley’s inspirational book on the making of his exquisite Northumberland garden,...