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DECEMBER 05 - EFFICIENT PROPERTY UPGRADING
Tens of thousands of social housing properties could face major damp and condensation issues in the loftspace as part of their upgrading to meet the ODPM's Decent Homes Standard, warns Glidevale Ltd... more >

NOVEMBER 05 - CUT THE RISK OF FIRE
How safe is your roof? Building Regulation Part B requires that roofs, or part of a roof, are fire rated, as roof coverings play a key role in preventing the spread of fire from one property to another simply by being non combustible... more >

OCTOBER 05 - GLIDEVALE HELPS ZOO CONSERVATION
Colchester Zoo is taking conservation beyond the animals- to the detail of its buildings with as natural an environment as possible for its human visitors!... more >

SEPTEMBER 05 - ADOPTING NATURAL APPROACH TO SCHOOL LIGHTING DESIGN
A new village school, which was commended by CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) for its "coherent and well considered design" is achieving its objective to provide a "well lit and comfortable" learning environment - in part with help from Glidevale Ltd... more >

AUGUST 05 - SHEDDING LIGHT ON LEARNING
Over a thousand pupils in Wales are being given optimum learning conditions inside and an aesthetically pleasing building externally through advanced technology from Glidevale Ltd... more >

JULY 05 - SOVEREIGN HITS THE ROOF WITH GLIDEVALE TO HELP MEET DECENT HOMES DIRECTIVE AHEAD OF TARGET
Some 30+% of all housing- equivalent to 1.5million homes- falls below the Decent Home Standard, but Sovereign Housing Association is at the forefront of Government commitment to bring all housing up to standard by 2010... more >

JULY 05 - PARTNERS IN INNOVATION REPORT ON IMPROVED THERMAL AND MOISTURE PERFORMANCE OF PITCHED ROOFS NOW AVAILABLE
The Partners in Innovation project that was set up in September 2001 to investigate matters concerning improved thermal and moisture performance of pitched roofs has now published its report... more >

JUNE 05 - INCREASED MEMBRANE OPTIONS
Additions to membrane options at Glidevale Ltd mean the housing industry can source all its high performance pitched roofing and timber frame membrane requirements, from one quality source... more >

JUNE 05 - EFFICIENT PROPERTY UPGRADING
The on-going need to improve the energy efficiency of homes, and to bring some 1.5million properties up to the ODPM’s Decent Homes Standard, needs careful attention to ventilation requirements to avoid harmful condensation... more >

JUNE 05 - SHED LIGHT IN DARK ROOMS
An innovative new means of optimising natural daylight into dark areas, which can be easily fitted onto any pitched or flat roof covering and which requires no electrical connection, has been developed by Glidevale Ltd... more >

JUNE 05 - GLIDEVALE HELPS TAYLOR WOODROW ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE ON BROWNFIELD SITE
A 54-acre, £130million regeneration scheme alongside the Grand Union Canal in London will provide state-of-art eco-living with help from Glidevale Ltd... more >

MAY 05 - GLIDEVALE HELPS LIGHT UP NEW HOMES IN HISTORIC YORK
Contemporary homes in historic York are optimising space and light, energy efficiently, through use of innovative technology... more >

MARCH 05 - LIGHTING UP SALFORD REGENERATION
New light is being shed on special needs housing in Salford with the construction of innovative accommodation... more >

FEBRUARY 05 - HELPING PROTECT TIMBER FRAME
One of the UK’s largest timber frame kit manufacturers is protecting its homes from risk of condensation- and therefore the potential for rot- in the roofs, with a move to the first “third generation” roofing underlay to be launched in the UK... more >

JANUARY 05 - SALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL IMPROVES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND COUNTERACTS VANDALISM
An innovative approach to optimising natural daylight is simultaneously improving the internal learning environment, minimising energy consumption and counteracting risk of vandalism at Sale Grammar School... more >

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