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There were over two thousand homes left without power after a fire had broke out as at local electrical substation in Leyland. On Sunday at around 8.40pm, fire fighters were called to the incident on Thornhill Road, Broadfield. It is believed that the insulation which surrounded the 11,000 voltage cable had deteriorated, which then later caused Read more...

The City of New Westminster are considering 2 options for a heating system to supply renewable source heat to Royal Columbian Hospital as well as a 35 acre residential and commercial development at Sapperton Green, which will enable greenhouse gas emission to be reduced by up to 84%. There is a feasibility study currently being drawn up that Read more...

Are you thinking of selling or buy a home in the United States after the New Year? – If so, it is important for you to note that there is a new law that will be going into effect as from January 1st 2014, which will require all older homes to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Carbon monoxide poisoning usually occurs whenever Read more...

Streetlights which are currently installed in the Oswestry area are to be converted to the ‘Part-night lighting’ scheme which means that they will switch themselves off between midnight and 5.30am. There will be 12,500 streetlights across the county which are maintained and serviced by Shropshire Council are now under the process of being Read more...

There is nothing subtle about Britain’s Craziest Christmas Lights, a document which is to be shown this morning on a breakfast show on channel 5 and on Christmas Day. The show is a paean to ‘a hardcore of festive fanatics’ who spend all year round planning how to decorate every inch of their house even better than the previous. In Read more...

There is a possibility of a new lighting and sound system being on the cards for Watson Hall Tewkesbury, due to receiving a £30,000 grant from Gloucestershire Environmental Trust. Gloucestershire Environmental Trust provides grants for environmental projects in the county from money which is generated by the Landfill Communities Fund. At a town Read more...

There is one school district in Cedar Rapids, which is now availing of their building entry system which monitors and records who makes it in and out of school buildings. It is a way of ensuring that our members of staff and pupils are kept safe as well as to stop anti-social behavior says officials at College Community School District. The Read more...

The Corner Brook Museum and Archives and the City of Corner Brook have partnered to make any necessary improvements to the museum’s heating system. City councillors voted at Monday night’s meeting to approve the execution of a Prime Consultant Agreement with I.B. Storey Professional Energy Solutions for the engineering work associated with Read more...

A mother along with her two children were left for more than a week living in freezing temperatures after an electrician who was working for her housing association turned her boiler off. Anne Marie Gibbins, of Underhill Court, High Barnet, spent 9 days battling with her housing association Barnet Homes to try and solve her heating problem before Read more...

A small study shows that poor lightingcould be one of the reasons why older people who suffer with glaucoma, have more problems with their vision at home than when they have an eye test in a clinic. What do we know already? Most of us would expect our eyesight to be as good at home as it is when we go to the opticians to have our eyes Read more...