Legal threat forces startup out of heat-loss measurement market

A small British startup has withdrawn from the market for measuring heat loss from new homes after legal threats from a subsidiary of one of the world’s biggest insulation manufacturers. In November, Saint-Gobain Isover, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, threatened to serve Redbarn Group with an injunction, and to sue for damages and costs, unless the startup agreed to withdraw Veritherm, its heat-loss measuring system. (more…)...
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Reasons to be fearful

This article was first published in New Scientist, 27 July 2013. DOOM-MONGERS of the climate variety might want to look away now – we apparently have more time to save the planet. A recent study published in Nature Geoscience suggests it will warm more slowly than feared, perhaps buying an extra decade for action. (more…)...
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