Technology
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Aircraft plumbing design
Imagine the equivalent of a large cinema crowd needing bathroom access 30,000ft in the sky. Aircraft plumbing designers are turning to distributed systems for solutions. -
Virtual world helps solve real plumbing issues
The residents of the online community in Second Life are developing new ways of making real money. One American city engineer is helping to blur the ... -
Plumbing and gasfitting in the mining industry
Most of us understand that everything is huge in the mining industry – huge holes in the ground, huge contracts, huge dollars, huge equipment, huge environmental ... -
Bariatric care in hospitals
The growing incidence of obesity in communities around the world raises the question of how to accomodate extremely overweight people who need health care. -
Plumbing in the Antarctic
Faber Maunsell regional director Michael Maslin says supplying potable water is the most complex and energy-consuming part of living and working in Antarctica. -
Specialty toilet available for commercial use
Toilet pans manufactured around the world are mainly produced to a standardized platform, based upon the concept of an ‘average person’. -
European heat pump market
Over the past 30 years, BRG Consult has developed rapidly as a market research consultancy specialising in building products with a central focus on heating and ... -
A new era for heat pumps
As heat pump technology gains prominence worldwide, we speak to leading German manufacturer Stiebel Eltron about the future of these systems. -
Siphonic roof drainage
It is well known how a siphonic system performs when fully primed, but few had questioned what happens under part load. -
Testing toilet performance
Replicating real-life situations tests a researcher’s cleverness and patience, particularly when the subject is human waste.