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Mobilane launches innovative livepicture to UK Market
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Living Wall and Green Screen specialists Mobilane is breathing fresh air indoors and out with the launch of its latest innovation, LivePicture – a framed arrangement of plants that can be hung on either interior or exterior walls. The living ‘picture’ creates a striking, space-saving focal point, as well as offering a natural way to improve air quality. Mobilane has created LivePicture to meet the increasing demand for inventive ways to incorporate plants into commercial indoor spaces, which have long been valued by employers for the health benefits and sense of wellbeing they bring.
Each LivePicture features a specially developed mineral substrate able to support a wide variety of plant types, depending on available lighting and level of maintenance needed. Measuring 112cm wide (plus 0.5cm for the frame), by 72cm (plus 0.5cm for the frame), the frame is 10cm deep and incorporates a built-in reservoir. It weighs around 30kg and is attached to the wall with three bolts; it requires no power, no water supply or drainage system, and only needs watering once a month.
Inadequate air conditioning, ventilation, emissions from computers, printers and paint all contribute towards indoor levels of carbon dioxide and particulate pollutants, while outdoor levels
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of pollution can be exceptionally high in urban areas. To counteract this, plants can provide a pleasant humidity; remove carbon dioxide and particulate pollutants. In addition, research has shown that plants can reduce stress, improve mood and, in the case of indoor planting, increase productivity in the workplace.
Please visit
www.mobilane.co.uk
Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards 2014: Call for entries Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards
Do you know someone in the emergency services who has made a real difference? Here’s your chance to support them.
Entries are open for the first Excellence in Fire and Emergency
Awards (the EFEs). Launched by FIRE Magazine, in association with Babcock to honour the many heroes who save millions of lives and help countless others every day.
The awards acknowledge the ‘hidden’ heroics of the innovative people committed to improving safety and efficiency in the face of massive financial cuts.
Why Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards? In his review on the future of fire and rescue services, Sir Ken Knight highlighted a further £196 million savings which could be made. Emergency services cannot meet these challenges without working closely with industry and evolving partnerships, innovative working practices and outsourcing aspects of the service.
The awards will provide much needed recognition to those who have made a real difference through innovation and aims to unite suppliers and industry supporters with chief officers for even better collaboration.
All members of the emergency services (in any sector) are eligible to enter, as individuals or teams.
Who can enter?
The deadline is Thursday 31st July 2014 and an awards ceremony will be held at the prestigious Caledonian Club in Belgravia, London on October 17th.
The winner will demonstrate one of more of the following: improved safety measures which have led to saving lives and reducing injuries, produced significant cost savings or improved the provision of the emergency services.
The categories are: Innovation of the Year
The winner will demonstrate innovation and ingenuity, providing best practice and best value, and showing flexible and effective working practices.
Partnership of the Year
The winner will demonstrate one of more of the following: achieving significant efficiencies or cost savings, improving the
Supplier of the Year
lives of members of the community and helping to reduce deaths and injuries.
The winner will demonstrate transference of learning, exceptional feedback, organisational improvements directly linked to the training and innovation, and best practice.
Training Provider of the Year
The winner will demonstrate a clear efficiency saving and improvement of service to the public. In addition, the project will deliver sizeable cost savings, streamlined businesses processes, and innovation and best practice.
Project of the Year
The winner will demonstrate one or more of the following reduced deaths and injuries, significant efficiencies and cost savings, and changing and improving the lives of members of the community.
Team of the Year
Outstanding Contribution to the Fire and Rescue Service This blue ribbon lifetime award will be presented to a leading fire or emergency figure that has made a significant positive contribution to the emergency services arena over a sustained period of at least 30 years.
If you know anyone who has made a difference - large or small – please get in touch!
How to enter
Send a brief description of a team or individual, and why you think they deserve an award.
Send your answers to:
rachel.langdon@
pavpub.com. Further information:
www.fire-
magazine.com/excellence_in_fire_and_emergency_awards. Questions? Call us on 01273 434 960
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