PRODUCT INNOVATIONS Bespoke joinery
Cambridgeshire-based joinery Company, Strata Panels, is now specialising in bespoke contract furniture made to last with quality hinges and runners. Individual furniture sets, cupboards or shelving is manufactured to your specification from 18mm thick melamine faced MDF panels. Units are finished with 2mm PVC edging to all exposed edges and can be powder-coated, allowing for a range of colours or mix and match. Ideal for a designer seeking a visual impact and differentiation between rooms or areas. All items of furniture can be fire rated as required. The result is freestanding sturdy furniture is low-cost yet durable. A wide range of furniture can be tailor-made to suit individual requirements. Strata Panels manufacture in the UK and provide a national service. The family run company prides itself on its flexibility, allowing for short lead times and the satisfaction of urgent orders. For more information telephone 01487 825040 or visit
www.stratapanels.co.uk
Apollo range strengthened
Apollo Fire Detectors has introduced an Open-Area Voice Sounder and Sounder Beacon to its Discovery Voice product range. The Open-Area Voice Sounder and Sounder Beacon are designed to provide clear instructional messages within a fire system, offering six distinct messages and seven volume levels. The devices can be used in applications to ease confusion for the public, instructing them in a concise and intelligible manner on what emergency action should be taken in case of a fire. Both products offer high volume and enhanced capability of up to 15 tone/message pairs, which reduces the risk of audible alarms being ignored. Marketing director for Apollo, Richard Bramham explains: “With the pressure of modern lifestyles and the constant changing of fire regulations, voice sounders are becoming increasingly common. This is particularly the case for public buildings, tourist attractions and shopping centres, where visitors are likely to be unaware of the specific fire signals.” For more information visit
www.apollo-fire.co.uk
Start harvesting the sun’s energy
Building façades will be able to harvest energy from the sun to generate abundant supplies of hot water and space heating following the launch of a range of patented, solar thermal façade collectors for commercial and industrial applications from sustainable solutions provider, AET. By acting as an integral, renewable component of its building services system, AET’s Copper FAÇADE and Aluminium FAÇADE flat-plate solar collectors enable the façade to become an energy-saving element of a building’s architectural design. They provide a unique, aesthetically attractive way for a building to harvest solar energy and produce hot water and space heating. AET’s Camel Solar FAÇADE collectors are particularly suitable for applications where there is insufficient space on a building’s roof for a solar thermal array. They are also suitable where a building’s roof is shaded by adjacent buildings or trees, or where a roof faces away from the sun. In addition, the collectors are ideal for buildings with flat roofs in areas where planning rules or aesthetic demands exclude a roof-top solar thermal installation. The insulated units can help weatherproof a façade and improve its thermal insulation. These flat-plate FAÇADE collectors will contribute to lowering a façade’s heat losses since the collectors warm up, even at low levels of winter sunlight, reducing the temperature difference between the interior and outer wall of the building. Incorporating AET’s Camel Solar flat-plate collectors into a vertical facade helps even out the amount of solar radiation falling on each unit. During the winter months, when the sun is low in the sky and demand for heat at its highest, the FAÇADE collector’s vertical location will help maximise the take-up of solar radiation. However, during the summer when heat demands are lower and the sun is high in the sky the FAÇADE collector’s orientation helps limit the amount of solar radiation falling on the unit. For more information email
aet@flexiblespace.com or visit
www.flexiblespace.com
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