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PHS Waterlogic to support<br />
West-African WaterAid project<br />
PHS Waterlogic, the<br />
UK’s leading supplier<br />
of mains-fed drinking<br />
water dispensers, has teamed up<br />
with the charity WaterAid to help fund their<br />
vital work in providing water and sanitation to<br />
some of the world’s poorest people. Over the<br />
next few months PHS Waterlogic will be raising<br />
money for one of WaterAid’s key projects<br />
in Burkina Faso, West Africa.<br />
Over a billion people in the world do not have<br />
access to clean, safe water, and more than two<br />
million people die every year from preventable<br />
diseases related to the lack of safe, accessible<br />
drinking water. WaterAid has been working to<br />
alleviate these problems since 1981 for the<br />
world’s poorest people across Africa and Asia.<br />
PHS Waterlogic will be making a substantial<br />
donation towards helping to set up a WaterAid<br />
project in Burkina Faso, which is one of the ten<br />
poorest countries in the world, where average<br />
life expectancy is just 43 years. Less than 45%<br />
of the population has access to clean water and<br />
just 29% to sanitation.<br />
The project will establish water and sanitation<br />
infrastructure in six urban areas, and aims to<br />
Pilkington cleans up with<br />
Activ at its Liverpool branch<br />
When it came to re-glazing more than 30 windows<br />
at its Liverpool branch as part of a<br />
£75,000 refurbishment project, Pilkington<br />
wanted a cost effective product that would<br />
not only reduce the need for cleaning, but<br />
would also provide clearer, smarter-looking<br />
windows, and where better to look than to its<br />
revolutionary self-cleaning glass Pilkington<br />
Activ.<br />
With its worldwide success and excellent customer<br />
satisfaction testimonials, Pilkington<br />
Activ is becoming the first choice glazing product<br />
for many residential and commercial developments;<br />
and using its own proven self-cleaning<br />
system to revamp its commercial office further<br />
underlines the confidence Pilkington has in its<br />
products.<br />
Pilkington Activ has a unique dual-action coating<br />
that reacts with ultra-violet rays and rainwater.<br />
The ultra-violet rays present in natural<br />
help over 40,000 people<br />
gain access to water, sanitation and hygiene<br />
education in Burkina Faso by 2009. Working<br />
with local partners and community groups, the<br />
WaterAid project will build and manage communal<br />
tap stands, toilets and washing facilities.<br />
David Matthews, Managing Director of PHS<br />
Waterlogic, said “We are proud to be supporting<br />
WaterAid’s vital work in providing water and<br />
sanitation to those most in need. PHS<br />
Waterlogic will be raising money for WaterAid<br />
through a number of routes, including direct<br />
donation, sales promotions and activities with<br />
partners, and we are hopeful that these activities<br />
will make a big difference to people’s lives<br />
in Burkina Faso.”<br />
Duncan Wilbur, Corporate & Events Officer from<br />
WaterAid said “We are delighted that PHS<br />
Waterlogic will be supporting WaterAid’s work<br />
as a corporate partner. Their donation will<br />
make a significant contribution to successfully<br />
establishing the project in Burkina Faso. Thanks<br />
to PHS Waterlogic’s support the people in the<br />
project area will have a lasting supply of water<br />
and access to safe sanitation. The first steps in<br />
alleviating poverty .” RR No.: 85059WA05<br />
daylight react with the coating to<br />
start a photocatalytic process,<br />
which breaks down and disintegrates<br />
organic dirt. To further<br />
minimise the need for maintenance,<br />
Pilkington Activ(tm) is<br />
hydrophilic which means that<br />
when rainwater hits the surface,<br />
it is spread evenly over the pane<br />
and, as it runs off, takes the dirt<br />
with it. Compared with conventional<br />
glass, the water also dries<br />
off very quickly without leaving<br />
unsightly drying spots.<br />
All of the windows were replaced<br />
with double glazed units comprising<br />
Pilkington Activ and<br />
Pilkington K Glass, which reduce<br />
noise penetration and increase energy efficiency,<br />
in addition to maintaining a ‘just cleaned’<br />
appearance.<br />
Commenting on the project, General Manager<br />
George Davis said: “Pilkington has occupied the<br />
building since 1976 and this is its first major<br />
refurbishment. We are in a regeneration area<br />
and there are a lot of improvements going on<br />
locally in anticipation of Liverpool being the<br />
European City of Culture in 2008. Using<br />
Pilkington Activ for our windows has not only<br />
saved on maintenance costs but is also the best<br />
possible way of proving to our customers that<br />
the product works and that we believe in it<br />
totally.”<br />
The project also included the installation of a<br />
refurbished cutting bench and renovation of the<br />
kitchen and washroom areas. Further redecorating<br />
is planned for later in the year.<br />
Reader Reply No.: 85105/0418<br />
news...<br />
Intelligent<br />
lighting<br />
controls for<br />
new hospital<br />
Simmtronic Ltd has provided an intelligent<br />
digital lighting control system for the new hospital<br />
at Romford. The £260m PFI hospital is<br />
being built by Bovis Lend Lease for Barking,<br />
Havering & Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust and<br />
the use of this technology represents a new<br />
approach to lighting control within hospitals,<br />
providing an opportunity for significant energy<br />
saving.<br />
Commissioned by contractor T. Clarke Plc to<br />
provide an intelligent digital lighting control<br />
system for this large new hospital, Simmtronic<br />
has taken on some design responsibility for engineering<br />
a high-reliability system capable of<br />
delivering this complex project whilst providing<br />
the energy efficiency demanded.<br />
As part of the lighting control scheme, dimming<br />
functions have been widely employed throughout<br />
the hospital - in both wards and consulting<br />
rooms. Simmtronic has also designed and supplied<br />
a special lighting control interface with<br />
the nurse call system to provide patients with a<br />
personal bedhead control featuring on/off and<br />
dimming functions.<br />
The extensive use of presence detection in nonclinical<br />
areas will deliver energy savings by<br />
ensuring lights are automatically switched off<br />
when these locations are unoccupied.<br />
Romford’s new state-of-the art healthcare facility<br />
will have a large cancer and renal dialysis<br />
unit and comprise over 4800 rooms in a 1million<br />
sq. ft. building with a footprint the size of 12<br />
football pitches. The ground and first floors are<br />
being dedicated to outpatient services and A &<br />
E. Inpatient accommodation will be provided in<br />
circular towers with a total of 939 beds in 4-bed<br />
wards and single rooms. This circular design<br />
shortens movement distances for both staff and<br />
patients.<br />
Simmtronic has provided T. Clarke with a highly<br />
effective lighting control system which combined<br />
with the modular power distribution system<br />
has made installation and commissioning<br />
quick and simple.<br />
Reader Reply No.: 85087<br />
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