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    HOME-DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT AGAZINE ~y WianuaRy 2020 vicaima Ay $ As a new decade commences, professionals everywhere are seeking fresh inspiration for interiors, whether for commercial spaces or residential living. Corea Secs his desire for innovative r performance and trend setting designs is most nolable when it comes. to interior doors, whose influence upon a room can have a marked effect on the surrounding décor lifting and invigorating adjacent space. Bringing arity to this process is Vicaima, wha have just launched their 2020 interior Door Selector. Packed with ideas this brochure is an essential tool for every specifier Now an annual and eagerly anticipated event, the 2020 edition of the Vieairna Interior Door Selector has aver 100 pages filed with doors and doorsets that suit a mutitude of applications, tastes and budgets. Is simole to navigate layout has been designed to make the selection process straightforward, with at a glance guides to form, function and fre, or indeed other desired performance criteria, Every range also shows a simply Price Indicator, allowing easy comparison between potential options for that perfect specification. New for 2020, Vicaima have introduced some pioneering products that are certain to.gain wide appeal. These include: Primed 2Go, a revolutionary, polymer faced door for painting that requires no surface sanding o priming saving ime and money on site. Deep Textured Finish, creating the authentic touch of an open grain in a matt frish that can be applied to a selection of veneered and stained veneered doors ‘An extension to the Visual Sensation foil door range, introducing 4 new malt finishes and new horizontal grain ‘options in both the Naturdor Stained and Dekordor SD. Foil ranges, ‘Naturally at Vicaima it’s not just about great design and trend setting aesthetics. As specialists in performance products, Vicaima set the benchmark for fre certification, coupled with security and acoustic solutions, With a (rowing market awareness ofthe needs of providing peace of mind when it comes to fire safety specifiers gain Confidence from a supplier like Vicaima, vito achieved 54 minutes during recent MHCLG testing oftheir 30-minute door assemblies. This coupled with Secure By Design approval and FSC environmental certification, makes Vicaima the obvious choice for demanding locations. Download a copy of the 2020 Interior Door Selector today by visiting the Vicaima website wwwyicaima.com, Alternatively call 01793 532333 for further inspiration. ee eee eee as TT oY] va GT ant - a o 0 8 Landscaping 4 Outdoor Living INDUSTRY NEWS: This Zero-Energy Strategy Combines Solar with Propane With strict new home energy codes set to start in 2020, pros in California are finding that combining solar power with propane space heating, water heating, and power generation is a model for success. Calera wil give the zero net energy (2NE) home market a huge kickstart in 2020, when a new state home energy Code takes effect. The codes performance path, used for compliance on most projec, will get 50 percent tougher, requiring homes to be ZNE~in other words to produce as much energy 2s they consume. ‘Although California wil be the fst state to mandate ZNE home construction interest in ZNE homes is expanding across the country. survey performed by Harris Insights & Analytics for the Propane Eciucation § Research Couneil (PERC) found that 83 percent of homebuyers and £89 percent of builders are likely to consider 2 ZNE home for their next purchase or build. So it pays for builders and architects nationwide to study how pros in California are approaching the new regulations While Californias new energy code is tough to meet, it offers alot of flexibility says David Knight, founder of Monterey Eneray Group. a residential mechanical engineering frm based in Carmel, Calf ‘And, he says, the strategic use of pronane for space heating water heating, and power (generation offers a model for meeting the code that's likely to be successful and popular with cients in the years to come. Propane or Heat Pump? Knight says he probably gets the question 100 times a month" it more cost- effective to go with propane furnaces and propane water heaters or heat i a pumps? The answer in almost al parts of California, he says, is that is almost aways mare costeffective to go with propane. Compared with Calfomnia’s eqpensive ard power the operating costs of propane fumaces and water heaters are lower, and the features are signincartly better. Modeling atypical welkinsuleted house for energy compliance shows the impact of switching to propane for space heating. When Knight plugs ina cuctless heat pump asthe heat source, the house is 48 percent below the eneray performance needed io comply with the cade Simply switching toa propane furnace, wth no ther changes, jumps the compliance margin to posiive 16 percent Ducted heat pumps perform better, but vera, the energy code is more postive for propane fumaces than for air-source heat pumps. Similarly, propane tankless water heaters otfer a step up from electric heat pump water heaters, Knight says. "Ifyou put in a the right number af ther, you can get plenty of domestic hot water. With proper maintenance, they can be plenty reliable. Theres no question propane water heating isa significantly better choice than electric” Working with Solar ‘On mary new homes Knight works on, hes installed large solar systems with batteries, which can help to smooth out tme-o-use price premiums when grid electricity is more expensive. Solar power s still not quite as cost-effective as propane or gas ‘or domestic hat water and space heating, but it may become closer if solar power continues to become more affordable Infact, many of Knight's cents are considering going off grid using inexpensive solar a battery backup system, and, most importantly a good backup generator, Knight says. “For afew dolars more, ‘especially compared tothe costs of a new hookup ora sightly adjusted hookup trom ‘he utility you can be of grid pretty damn ‘ast with every creature comfort you'd ike tohave” ‘The National ZNE Conversation For Knight's Caforia markets, comiring an efficient propane furnace a propane ‘water heater, and a propane backup ‘generator creates a ZNE hore package ‘that's popular with cients-and can serve 8a roadmap for bulkier and architects nationwide. INDUSTRY NEWS—— Trade association flies the flag for British furniture manufacturing with new brand design A trade body, which champions Britain's furniture makers, has developed a new brand design to help clients identify products made by its members. ritish Furniture Manufacturers ri (BFM) has implemented a bold new look across the organisation to fly the flag for the sector. Featuring the red, white and blue colours of the Union Jack, the new branding has been developed to capture the quality, safety, comfort and professionalism associated with British-made goods. Nick Garratt, BFM's MD, said: “Our approved members are proud to say their products are made in Britain. “As an association, we are stronger together. In the challenging times we face ahead, it has never been more important for our industry to come together and display the array of talent we have across the nation to the contract sector.” The BFM has represented the interests of Britain's furniture industry for more than 65 years Its members cater for a wide range of environments, in both the public and private sector. Specifers looking to source products made in Britain can visit the BFM website and log onto the online directory to hnd a member at www.bfmorg.uk UZ BFM > BRITISH FURNITURE q MANUFACTURERS INDUSTRY NEWS: Public sector beats private when it comes to tackling housing damp Renters with private landlords are more likely to suffer due to damp and mould than those with public sector landlords, according to a YouGov poll. he survey of 1,154 tenants, ‘conducted earlier this year on behalf of eading damp-prooting and vwaterprochng technclogy specialist ‘Safeguard Europe, revealed that 55% of those wih prvate landlords had experienced camp {and mouki compared to 46% of those in local ‘authority or housing association properties. The good news is that anew law, the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, which came into force at the end of March this year coffers way for tenans to take action against regigent anciords. The Act gives tenarts the ably to take their anclords to court they on't do so something that wes virtualy impossible under previous existing legisation Currently, the best legal recourse for tenants is topursue a statutory ruisance notice with local authority environmental heath offers, but often the landlords response is to begin evictan proceedings. Consequently people are deterred from complaining. However 2s the pol righighted, awareness among renters oftheir powers under the new legislation is relatively low with only 35% aeare ofthe Act. Having ‘been told by the researchers about the new law, 42% f those surveyed sold that they would be rmexe likely to complain about problems such as cdampin the ght ofthe act. Damo in properties is commonly caused by rising dain, ran ponetration faking pipes or gutters and condensation Damp and mould arent just unsightly they can lead ta heattn protlems. According to the NHS, derty people and ciloren are particularly alrisk as are those with existing respiratory problems such as asthma alleraies or sk problems such as eczema Commenting onthe fact that privately rented properties seemed to have more issues than publicy-owner ones, Hudson Lambert, T: +44 (0)1825 764737 E: info@appeng.co.uk Www.appeng.co.uk ot jons Engineering Ltd, 16 Horsted Square, Cea eRe ei Zee Ze} DUAL PORT FIRE SPRINKLER VALVE SET 6. APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING LTD ‘Safeguard's managing director said: “The reason forthe dscrepancy could be down fo the fact that previous effets to improve the

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