Quooker Introduces it’s Nordic Design Series

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Quooker_20130308-124419_1After 25 years of successfully delivering 100°C boiling water to Europe’s best designed kitchens, Quooker has embarked on the launch of its new Nordic series; an innovative designer range, evolving from the world’s first, and still the only dedicated 100°C boiling water tap.

These new boiling water taps break new ground by blending with both traditional and contemporary kitchens, giving consumers the ultimate choice over the fine details of their homes.

When engineer Henri Peteri was working on the development of instant soup for an international food company thirty-five years ago, he realised that soup would never be “instant” without boiling water on tap. From that moment on he was captivated by this idea. He left the company he was working for and – working out of the cellar in his own home – started developing an appliance that would dispense boiling water instantly.

“We’ve taken plenty of time to ensure that the products that we were developing in the Nordic range were right in every detail and the most user-friendly we could make them. Building on the exclusive features, the 100°C boiling temperature, rise and fall and 360° rotation that all our taps routinely provide, we wanted to help kitchen designers with some great new aesthetics, while adding even more, highly inventive, safety features, says UK managing director Stephen Johnson.

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Rodney Cartwright presented with Honorary Fellowship

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Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering’s board of trustees chairman Rodney Cartwright has been presented with an Honorary Fellowship by the Society of Public Health Engineers.

The award was presented to Prof Cartwright at SoPHE’s 10th anniversary dinner, which took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London on 7 November. It was in recognition of his contribution in safeguarding and protecting public health.

Prof Cartwright said he was a passionate believer that high standards of plumbing and public health engineering are essential for good public health. He has been the medical adviser for many water companies and the independent medical advisor to the government’s Drinking Water Inspectorate.

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Japan’s National Effort to invest in Clean Renewable Energy

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The $280 million project is part of a national effort to invest in clean, renewable energy as the country continues to grapple with the fallout of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant, built by the electronics manufacturer Kyocera, boasts postcard views of Kagoshima Bay and Sakurajima volcano. It’s also Japan’s largest, with a capacity of 70 megawatts. That’s enough to power some 22,000 Japanese homes. The country’s new feed-in tariffs have made it one of theworld’s fastest-growing solar markets.

This sort of sprawling solar-panel farm is hardly the most efficient form of power generation in terms of either cost or the amount of land required. Still, it makes more sense when you consider that Japan has been dealing with soaring energy prices in the wake of a disaster that threw into question its entire nuclear-power program.
While solar is clearly more expensive than nuclear power, the Washington Post noted in June:

Most consumers think that sacrifice is worthwhile, and they say nuclear power has hidden cleanup and compensation costs that emerge only after an accident. Fossil fuels, meanwhile, release harmful greenhouse gases and must be imported from Australia, Russia, Indonesia and the Middle East.

In other words, this gorgeous solar plant is what happens when a country comes face-to-face with the full societal costs of more traditional power sources.

To promote the project’s beauty, Kyocera has opened it to the public, offering tours and building a circular viewing room with sweeping vistas and science exhibits. AsCnet’s Tim Hornyak notes, it isn’t the country’s first solar-themed attraction: There’s also Panasonic’s Solar Ark, which turned recalled Sanyo solar cells into a stunning display of how photovoltaics could be incorporated into a building’s design.

The United States, meanwhile, is building some impressive solar projects of its own. Brightsource’s Ivanpah plant may not be quite as aesthetically pleasing as the Kagoshima project, but at 377 megawatts  it’s more than five times as powerful.

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On The Level Team Up With Geberit

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On The Level, one of the leading manufacturers in the UK in concealed wet floor shower trays have been working with Geberit to make a unique wet room system.

On The Level have designed and developed a range of special “formers” (underfloor shower trays) to complement the new Gebreit Duofix drain system, which ended up in an ultra smooth wet room design.

The Duofix from Geberit is a new shower element which integrates the drain neatly into the wall, eliminating the need to have a drain in the standing area of the wet room. The Geberit Duofix is simple to install which has its advantages in terms of easier installation of underfloor heating systems and tiles.

 

The benefits of the new On The Level former for the Geberit Duofix are:

  • It is only 24mm thick.
  • It is manufactured in the UK from birch ply, one of the most dimensionally stable plywoods available.
  • It is suited to most types of floor construction, including timber floors, TJI joists, cassette, block and beam and many other types of floor construction.
  • Install with an On The Level tanking kit for complete peace of mind.
  • There are no preformed fixing holes; it can be secured by the installer wherever required.
  • It can be trimmed easily on three sides up to 50mm.
  • It can be scribed into any awkward angle.
  • It is builder friendly / user friendly / environmentally friendly. The birch is sourced from suppliers backed by a PEFC comprehensive certification.
  • It has a lifetime guarantee.

The former designed by On The Level have specially designed a three-way fall which will make sure that the wet room functions perfectly, this is manufactured from high quality birch plywood in the UK which has a PEFC certification. This is available in a choice of five sizes to complement any wet floor shower area.

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