Penryn College in Cornwall is now nearing completion and has proved to be one of the most ambitious, eye-catching, and elaborate College Projects completed by Monodraught so far!  A total of 9N° 4m x 2m ridge back terminals were installed, together with 30N° other Windcatchers and supporting SunPipes installed to the main College building. Monovents were installed to the Sports Pavilion.  The complete Contract was carried out for Carillion being the Main Contractor and Mitie Engineering being the M&E Contractor, with the ultimate Client being Cornwall County Council.

We have been blessed with the arrival of a new Advertising and Marketing Guru team, Dennis and Simon Cantillion, and we have much pleasure in setting out above their new adverts, which I hope everyone will agree offers a fresh and exciting new angle to Monodraught’s advertising and business promotion.

so watch this space for even better ideas!

We are delighted to say that our 750mm diameter Diamond dome SunPipes are now available and are now already being specified by major Supermarket chains throughout the UK, as well as major utility companies, Schools and Colleges.  The 750mm diameter Diamond dome SunPipe has been specially developed following the phenomenal success of our smaller Diamond dome SunPipes, but the 750mm Diamond dome produces approximately twice as much light as the 530mm diameter system, and is therefore ideally suited to buildings of more than 7m in height.  Calculated to produce approximately 1000 lux at floor level, the 750mm Diamond domes are now being considered for complete Supermarket Retail Sales areas, as well as for Warehousing and high bay Stores generally.  For Supermarket applications, the 530mm and 450mm Diamond domes are being specified extensively for such areas as Restaurants and Staff Rooms, whereas 300mm diameter SunPipes are being used for corridors, offices, and wash rooms. Diamond domes are also being put to good use for internal stairways, where an abundance of natural light, without any reliance on external fenestration is proving most popular.  There is a worldwide movement now to eliminate the unnecessary use of electric lighting during daylight hours, so as to save energy and the environmental impact but what University Reports are also showing is the adoption of natural lighting to Supermarkets, since its proven to improve Sales, whereas natural lighting in Schools has been shown to improve students’ learning, where it is seen that they progress 20% faster on Maths test and 26% better on reading tests in one year.  The benefit to all parties is, therefore, considerable, so it is little wonder that Supermarkets have now cottoned on to this same reason for adopting this new daylighting technology.

2008 has been quite a turning point for Monodraught with many new faces joining the Design Team, with now 12 Designers working on natural ventilation and natural daylight designs for Projects literally in every corner of the world.  From the Bahamas to Korea and from Mexico through to Australia, the strong desire for sustainable technologies throughout the world is growing at a rapid pace.  Our launch of Sola-boosts and SunPipes in Ghana has proved to be a great success and our workload in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain, is quite unbelievable.  We also now have 10 directly employed Installation Teams operating from High Wycombe and these are supported by a further six Specialist Installation Teams operating from home in more far flung corners of the UK.  Our “Who’s Who” section will be updated next week to show all these new people – so watch this space!

We are delighted to say that as a result of our continued expansion, we are opening a new Northern Office at Bradley House, Bradley Fold, Bolton.  The office will be run by Phillip Payne, who has now been with the company for 15 years, and will initially have two full-time Installation Teams operating from Manchester and this will be supported by general office and administration staff.  We will also shortly be appointing a new Sales Manager for the North to handle the increased workload and Phillip will be responsible for all site administration and Contract liaison in the North East and North West areas. 
The telephone number of the new Northern Office is 01204 366800.