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Armstrong Ceilings has won Materials Recycler of the Year at the National Recycling Awards. Leading UK manufacturer of interior building solutions, Armstrong Ceilings, has won its second green award in as many months. Just two months after winning the 2013 Sustainability Award from major contractor Willmott Dixon Interiors for a demonstration trial with the exemplar organisation WRAP, Armstrong has won Materials Recycler of the Year (SME) at the National Recycling Awards. Armstrong’s business development manager…

The Astley Ainslie hospital has chosen Chubb Fire & Security UK to help protect patients, staff and assets with a new fire protection system. Chubb is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). A community hospital operated by NHS Lothian, The Astley Ainslie hospital specialises in post-acute care and rehabilitation for patients who have suffered strokes, cardiac disease and brain injuries and is home to Scotland’s first…

BSI, the UK’s National Standards Body has today launched standard BS 8900 Managing sustainable development of organizations to enable businesses to embed sustainable development management in everyday decision-making. Initially published in 2006 to help organizations integrate sustainable development principles into business-as-usual in a cost-efficient and effective way. BS 8900 has now been fully revised and superseded by a two-part document: BS 8900-1 Guide BS 8900-2 Framework for assessment against BS 8900-1 – Specification For the…