The main obstacle that currently blocks mass-market acceptance of LED lighting, both domestically and commercially, is widespread lack of understanding and knowledge to make qualified purchasing decisions. That is all set to change, ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that GoPro Founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman will deliver the keynote address at the Leaders in Technology (LIT) Dinner at the upcoming 2015 International CES®. Owned and ...
A new report has analysed the costs and savings associated with a range of sustainable building strategies and challenged the perception that sustainable buildings are more costly to construct. The report commissioned by The Building ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Work on creating BREEAM began at Building Research Establishment (BRE) (based in Watford, UK) in 1988, and the first version for assessing new office buildings was launched in 1990. This was followed by versions for other buildings ...
Tags: BREEAM, certification
The BRE National Solar Centre (NSC) has carried out a comprehensive survey of jobs in the solar sector in 2013, detailing both staffing numbers and site installation activities. Commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
When one think of polygons, one don't typically think of a cutting edge piece of clothing, but MakerBot and Francis Bitonti have changed that equation with the introduction of the Bristle Dress. The Bristle Dress is a fully 3D printed ...
Tags: Apparel, 3D printed dress, dress, Bristle Dress
The retail sector has not yet taken up LED lighting in any significant amount, according to the latest research from BRE. BRE undertook a survey of retail lighting in the Watford area in 2011. It looked at shopping centres and retail ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, Lights=
Adobe today released an update to Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC) that gives the photo-editing software 3D printing capabilities. The update allows user to build, refine, preview and print 3D designs. This includes letting 3D designers ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, 3D Printing, Packaging, Printing
The 2014 CES will be remembered as the year when 3-D printing arrived. Sure, there were plenty of grizzled veterans around who were willing to point out, as 3-D Systems' Avi Reichental did, that "3-D printing is an overnight success 30 ...
Tags: CES 2014, 3-D Printing, CES 2014 Trends
Some of the oddest items on display this week at the International CES gadget show were edible, origami-like sculptures made of sugar, their shapes so convoluted as to baffle the eye. The treats are one of many signs that we'll all be ...
The 2014 CES will be remembered as the year when 3-D printing arrived. Sure, there were plenty of grizzled veterans around who were willing to point out, as 3-D Systems' Avi Reichental did, that "3-D printing is an overnight success 30 ...
Tags: 3-D Printing, Printing, Packaging
Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
Pump industry lobbying has forced a U-turn by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) with circulator pumps set to be finally included in the Governments flagship Green Deal programme. Circulator pumps were initially excluded from the ...
Some of the changes that can be expected in the next edition of Part L of the Building Regulations have been announced at a launch event hosted by BRE in Watford. At the event, it was confirmed that the minimum luminaire initial efficacy ...
The entire daytime electricity needs of the refurbished British Gas-owned Smart Home development in Watford are expected to be met thanks to an innovative transparent solar PV glass atrium, according to the Cambridge-based company – ...
Tags: electricity, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy