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Launched in the 1940s by the Shirley Institute, the Shirley Togmeter is the standard apparatus for rating thermal resistance of textiles, commonly known as the Tog Test. This apparatus, described in BS 4745:2005 [ 8 ] measures a sample of textile, either between two metal plates (for underclothing) or between a metal plate and free air (for ...
It also developed the tog as an easy-to-follow measure of the thermal resistance of textiles, as an alternative to the SI unit of m 2 K/W. The BCRA merged with the British Rayon Research Association to form the Cotton, Silk, and Man-Made Fibres Research Association in 1961.
For Fitch, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB− or higher. Bonds rated BB+ and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds. [104] Fitch Ratings typically does not assign outlooks to sovereign ratings below B− (CCC and lower) or modifiers.
Home energy performance rating charts. Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are a rating scheme to summarise the energy efficiency of buildings. [1] [2] The building is given a rating between A (Very efficient) - G (Inefficient). The EPC will also include tips about the most cost-effective ways to improve the home energy rating.
The TOG 2, officially known as the Heavy Tank, TOG II, was a British super-heavy tank design produced during the early stages of World War II for a scenario where the battlefields of northern France devolved into a morass of mud, trenches, and craters as had happened during World War I. When this did not happen, the tank was deemed unnecessary ...
Although carbon emissions from housing have remained fairly stable since 1990 (due to the increase in household energy use having been compensated for by the 'dash for gas'), housing accounted for around 30% of all the UK's carbon dioxide emissions in 2004 (40 million tonnes of carbon) [1] up from 26.42% in 1990 as a proportion of the UK's total emissions. [2]
The Office Group (TOG) is a shared office space operator, with over 70 locations totalling 3.1 million sq ft across London, Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Bristol, Leeds, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. The buildings are operated through the Fora brand, which offers a mix of private offices that house from one person up to 2,000 with coworking ...
British Board of Film Censors 'U' certificate for Berlin Airlift (1949) [9]. The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors, under the aegis of the Incorporated Association of Kinematograph Manufacturers, [10] by film trade associations who preferred to manage their own censorship than to have national or local government do it for them.