Category: Construction Industry Today | Subscribe to Construction Industry Today Feed Published Wed, Sep 14th 2016 Ingeny has teamed up with property developer Chartwell Land & New Homes to install a smart building solution at The Whispers Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday Ingeny, a division of
Accord Mortgages has announced this morning that it has cut 65% LTV fixed rates by up to 0.12%. According to the lender, they are now offering borrowers looking to remortgage a two-year fixed rate at 1.87% at 65% LTV with no product fee, and a choice of either £250 cashback
A health, wellbeing and productivity CPD from Armstrong Ceilings is now RIBA-approved. Information on the market drivers and impact of building design and construction on occupant health, wellbeing and productivity are contained in a new RIBA-approved CPD from Armstrong Ceilings. The “Health, Wellbeing and Productivity” CPD meets the RIBA CPD core
Category: Construction Industry Today | Subscribe to Construction Industry Today Feed Published Wed, Sep 14th 2016 Ingeny has teamed up with property developer Chartwell Land & New Homes to install a smart building solution at The Whispers Posted via Industry Today. Follow us on Twitter @IndustryToday Ingeny, a division of Interphone, has teamed up with property developer Chartwell Land & New Homes to install a smart building solution at a new luxury five-bedroom house in Oxted, Surrey. The Whispers, a prestigious development offering superior specification, required sophisticated home automation that could monitor and manage a wide range of systems to meet exact entertainment, communications, comfort and security requirements. The Ingeny solution will provide complete control from a dedicated touchscreen, as well as via an app on any smartphone or tablet, making it possible to access and use both in the home and remotely. It has been designed to integrate familiar technology, so complementary systems work seamlessly together. As a result, the new homeowner will be able to centrally-operate lighting, zoned heating, CCTV, entrance gate and garage doors throughout the house. Meanwhile, a distributed audio system with in-ceiling speakers has been installed throughout the ground floor and in the master suite to provide a multi-room sound system. The house has also been comprehensively pre-wired, so the home automation solution can be tailored to incorporate future requirements including expanded WIFI network, UHD video distribution and home cinema. Andrew Fenning, Design and Construction Manager at Chartwell Land & New Homes commented: “We pride ourselves on our attention to detail united by a desire to innovate and deliver the finest quality. With this in mind, we recognise the importance of incorporating the latest technology solutions into our properties to add value and exceed the expectations of the homebuyer. Utilising Ingeny’s longstanding expertise, we have installed a home automation solution that provides added simplicity, convenience and enjoyment to the everyday lives of any future residents of The Whispers.” Julian Synett, Managing Director of Interphone said: “We have created an advanced home automation system that delivers smart control throughout the house. It has been professionally designed and installed in line with Chartwell’s precise requirements, while possessing the flexibility and scalability to meet the personal tastes of prospective owners. By working closely with Chartwell at the concept and planning stage we have ensured that the home and building controls are part of a fully integrated system embedded in the building infrastructure.” Contact information Source link
Accord Mortgages has announced this morning that it has cut 65% LTV fixed rates by up to 0.12%. According to the lender, they are now offering borrowers looking to remortgage a two-year fixed rate at 1.87% at 65% LTV with no product fee, and a choice of either £250 cashback on completion and free standard valuation, or free standard valuation and legal fees. Also available is a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 1.94% at 65% LTV for house purchases. There is no product fee and the mortgage comes with £250 cashback on completion and free standard valuation. David Robinson, National Intermediary Sales Manager at Accord, said: “We are always looking at ways to offer borrowers value for money and we believe that these mortgages will prove very attractive thanks to the highly competitive rates and choice of incentives. We hope brokers looking for competitive deals on house purchases and remortgages will welcome these new rates and pass them on to customers.” Source link
A health, wellbeing and productivity CPD from Armstrong Ceilings is now RIBA-approved. Information on the market drivers and impact of building design and construction on occupant health, wellbeing and productivity are contained in a new RIBA-approved CPD from Armstrong Ceilings. The “Health, Wellbeing and Productivity” CPD meets the RIBA CPD core curriculum subjects of designing and building it (design, construction, technology and engineering) on a general awareness knowledge level. Designed to explain how to integrate user-centered interior design to positively impact the health, wellbeing and productivity of occupants, the CPD presents the cost to major economies of not getting it right, with acoustics being a major bugbear alongside lighting, air quality, temperature and décor. Armstrong’s CPD suggests user-centered design as an evolution of conventional design where the project is divided up into small parts, with individual team members only really looking at their own part and not always considering the whole project and how people interact with it. Whereas the user-centred integrated approach is designed by a whole team at the same time so all options can be considered and improved. It also presents the results of surveys on indoor air quality, where the use of low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) materials can improve the environment, and on thermal comfort, where the use of PCM (Phase Change Material) ceilings can optimise the internal temperature of spaces using passive energy-saving materials. With acoustics being a main irritant, consideration is given to solutions for spaces with varying acoustic requirements, while the part ceilings can play in harvesting natural light is explained as part of improving productive working via enhanced visual comfort. The CPD also explains how ceilings systems which deliver solutions for a variety of user comforts can also deliver green building credits such as BREEAM, LEED and Ska, with the ability to recycle old ceiling tiles adding further credits in all three schemes. Case studies also quantify the return on investment for using ceiling solutions to deliver improved wellbeing in education and healthcare environments. To book the new “Health, Wellbeing and Productivity” CPD please contact Armstrong on Freephone 0800 371 849 or by email at sales-support@armstrong.com All of Armstrong’s CPDs are available to preview on http://www.armstrong.co.uk/commclgeu/eu1/uk/gb/RIBA_seminars.html?intcid=promo_en-gb_RIBA-SeminarsHP_2014Feb ENDS Source link
