Christmas displays and themes 2014
Here is a preview of some of our Christmas decoration themes available this year. Along with our range of artificial and real Christmas trees, we have a wide away of outdoor and indoor lighting.For...
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New UN Targets on Indoor Air Pollution Aim to Save Millions of Lives Each Year
12 November 2014 The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today highlighted the dangers of burning fuels like unprocessed coal and kerosene in the home, and issued targets for reducing emissions of health-damaging pollutants from domestic cook stoves, space heaters and fuel-based lamps.
According to WHO, nearly 3 billion people worldwide still lack access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, heating and lighting.
And an estimated 4.3 million people worldwide die every year from indoor air pollution emitted by rudimentary biomass and coal cook stoves. They die from strokes, and heart and pulmonary diseases, such as childhood pneumonia and lung cancer. Women and children are particularly vulnerable.
These diseases are primarily caused by high levels of fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide released by the burning of solid fuels such as wood, coal, animal dung, crop waste and charcoal in inefficient stoves, space heaters, or lamps.
Ensuring cleaner air in and around the home is fundamental to reducing the burden of disease from air pollution, especially in low- and middle-income countries, says Dr. Maria Neira, WHO Director for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.
The new WHO guidelines aim to help countries introduce cleaner technologies, improve air quality in poor households, reduce pollution-related diseases and save lives.
The guidelines include emissions targets for different kinds of domestic appliances.
The targets are the result of years of review of the health impacts of household air pollution emissions and careful examination of the levels by which emissions would have to be reduced in order to meet WHO guidelines for air quality.
If the new emission targets are met, then some 90% of homes globally will meet WHOs air quality standards, said Dr Neira.
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A FIRM of architects has been fined for safety failings in the construction of a new timber frame care home in Middlesbrough.
Teesside Magistrates Court today (November 26) heard that Mario Minchella Ltd had not given contractors relevant information about the flammability of the timber frame used in the construction of the new building in October 2012.
An inspection of the work by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector found that the separation distance between the new timber frame building under construction and an adjacent occupied care home was insufficient.
As a result, had the timber frame caught fire there was a serious risk that the radiant heat would cause the fire to spread to the care home, putting the lives of residents and staff inside at risk.
HSE found that there was nothing in the design specification produced by the company to alert construction workers erecting the timber frame to the additional fire risk it created, and the need to take action accordingly.
The court was told that it would have been reasonable for the architects to have specified in its design that fire-resistant timber be used or that it considered the sequence of construction so that the timber frame of each floor was clad before the next one was constructed, reducing the amount of timber exposed at any one time.
Mario Minchella Ltd, of Swallow House, Parsons Road, Washington, Tyne and Wear, was fined 1,500 after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. The company was also ordered to pay 816 costs.
Speaking after the case, HSE inspector Andrea Robbins said: There was a real danger here that had there been a fire it could have spread to the adjacent care home, putting the lives of the residents and staff inside at risk.
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A firm of architects has been fined for safety failings in the construction of a new timber frame care home in Hemlington.
Mario Minchella Ltd did not give contractors relevant information about the flammability of the timber frame used in the construction of the new building in October 2012, Teesside Magistrates Court heard today.
A routine inspection of the work by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector found that the separation distance between the new timber frame building under construction and an adjacent occupied care home was insufficient.
As a result, had the timber frame caught fire there was a serious risk that the radiant heat would cause the fire to spread to the care home, putting the lives of residents and staff inside at risk.
HSE found that there was nothing in the design specification produced by Mario Minchella Ltd to alert construction workers erecting the timber frame to the additional fire risk it created, and the need to take action accordingly.
The court was told that it would have been reasonable for Mario Minchella Ltd to have specified in its design that fire-resistant timber be used or that it considered the sequence of construction so that the timber frame of each floor was clad before the next one was constructed, reducing the amount of timber exposed at any one time.
Mario Minchella Ltd, of Swallow House, Parsons Road, Washington, Tyne and Wear, was fined a total of 1,500 after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. The company was also ordered to pay 816 costs.
Speaking after the case, HSE inspector Andrea Robbins said: Timber frames will burn faster and more completely when the panels are incomplete and not yet protected by the usual internal fire-resistant plasterboard and external cladding.
When burning, exposed timber frame structures generate a lot of radiant heat and there have been a number of large and serious fires which have affected neighbouring properties with devastating consequences, though thankfully without loss of life.
There was a real danger here that had there been a fire it could have spread to the adjacent care home, putting the lives of the residents and staff inside at risk. Mario Minchella Ltd failed to consider this risk in its design and failed to provide sufficient information to the contractors to enable them to carry out the construction safely.
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Five-star class: An artist's impression of Pullman Sydney Airport.
A new Pullman hotel will open in Sydney as part of the planned $100 million development in Mascot, near the airport, that will include retail and offices.
Goodman Group is developing the O'Riordan Street site, in one of the biggest mixed-use projects in the area for some years. Accor will mange the new five-star hotel as part of the expansion of its Pullman chain.
The deal comes hot on the heels of the NSW government's plans to build a freeway from Sydney Airport to the south as part of a $20 billion infrastructure strategy.
Accor Pacific chief operating officer Simon McGrath said the project would be a key development for Sydney, and workers and residents near the airport.
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He said the key driver was the forecast growth in domestic and international tourism and also the rise in use of retail offerings near airports.
"It's not just about travelling, but also people who work and live in the area, where apartment blocks are replacing offices and warehouses in South Sydney," Mr McGrath said.
"Airports are no longer considered transport hubs; they are transforming into complete entities where hotels, conference centres, retail and office spaces co-exist."
Colliers International's head of retail, Michael Bate, said airports and other less traditional shopping areas were gaining traction from consumers.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 1.4-acre site just across S. 4th Street from the newest University of Louisville student apartment complex could be redeveloped next year as a restaurant, retail space or even another apartment building.
Louisville investor Jack Dulworth, a former chairman of the Louisville Metro Planning Commission, bought the site at 2400 S. 4th Street for $1 million in August through a company called University Point, property records show.
Dulworth said he's still considering what to do with the site, which is at the corner of Industry Road and S. 4th Street, directly across the Grove student apartment building.
Dulworth said the old building on the property, which was built as a Kroger in the late 1950s and has had a number of other uses since, could be converted to a restaurant -- sit-down, fast casual or fast food -- or retail space.
Dulworth said he's also considering razing the building and constructing a mixed-use development with retail on the first floor and apartments on upper floors.
We're kind of looking at different options right now; there is a lot of interest in it, Dulworth said. It's obviously a prime location for university-related activities as well as a commercial corridor.
The continued growth of students living on or near U of L's Belknap campus is driving investment around the university, Dulworth said.
Obviously the university is growing at record speeds, and any sizable commercial property in that area is considerably valuable, he said.
The 16,000-square-foot building was a Kroger until the 1980s, then a restaurant called the Luau Room until the 1990s, and has also been a daycare and a nightclub, Dulworth said.
Dulworth said he will continue to test interest in the site until after the first of the year, when he will decide what to do.
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