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Uponor TAB: Thermo-Active Construction Systems

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 80)

Text by Tati ana Ushkova, photos provided by Uponor Great attention is paid today to arrangement and maintenance of optimum habitat. This requires consideration of climate and the landscape, situation and orientation of a structure, materials of walls and floors, water-supply and air conditioning systems, energy sources. Heating and cooling of office and habitable spaces are believed to be the important components of comfortable residence. The way of reaching maximum comfort with minimum energy consumption is being clarified by Alexei Bazhukov, manager on water supply and the heating systems at Uponor.

BIO SKIN: Cool Island in the Hot City

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 84)

In March 2011, construction of Sony’s new R&D office building was completed near the West Gate of Osaki Station (Shinagawa City, Tokyo). In this building, an innovative exterior system called the BIO SKIN, newly developed by Nikken Sekkei with several partners, has been adopted. The BIO SKIN enables reduction of the heat load inside the building and helps reduce the urban heat island effect.

Efficiency House Plus with Electromobility

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 90)

The construction sector possesses one of the greatest development potentials with regard to sustainable economics and climate protection. After all, buildings represent more than one-third of energy consumption, being the largest energy consumer in the public sector and therefore one of the sectors responsible for CO2 emissions. Solving the task of creating a new generation of houses, the University of Stuttgart with the Werner Sobek Office realized the concept for environmentallyneutral buildings, trying to create possibilities to combine highly efficient homes with the futureoriented technology of electromobility.

Energy Distribution – the Key to Savings

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 98)

Introducing DEC, an innovative, Canadian engineering corporation working at the leading edge of sustainable systems design and construction. Embracing the concept of energy conservation and sustainability, DEC fields a uniquely gifted team of bright, experienced engineers, technologists, and designers dedicated to the optimal use of recoverable and renewable energy for the heating and cooling of buildings, from single structures to entire communities.

Warm House in All Weathers

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 102)

A necessity to raise energy efficiency in the Russian housing and municipal sector (firstly in the field of heat supply) doesn’t give rise to doubt. A reform continues some years but both professionals of the sector and consumers of heat energy don’t have clear idea about the efficiency of different energy saving measures and their realization sequence. Many consider that it is enough to apply, for example, an automation of heat units in residential houses. Consumers very often believe that the heat supply is a synonym of heat insulation; and the heat system modernization is only an installation of general house counter.

Gardens of Babylon

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 106)

“We dream of grass, grass near by the house, of green, green grass” – goes the popular song. But these words may be paraphrased – the grass now grows not only by the house but also on the roof. Green roofs have gained popularity in many countries and become part and parcel of eco-buildings. Sometimes real gardens are created on the roofs, where you can relax in the shade of trees, but most often only grass is planted. Such a lawn has a practical rather than aesthetic value – it creates a special microclimate in and around the building, thus protecting the environment.