What is an acoustic trickle vent?
An acoustic trickle vent (Dutch: susrooster) sits in a window frame or glazing, lets in fresh air and damps outside noise. With tips on choice, fitting and upkeep.
What is an acoustic ventilation box?
An acoustic ventilation box (Dutch: suskast) above a window or door lets in fresh air while blocking outside noise, for example next to busy roads.
What is a Surform?
A Surform is a rasp-plane with a perforated steel blade full of tiny cutting edges, handy for rough shaping of wood, plasterboard, insulation and plastics.
What is the superposition principle?
The superposition principle says you may add the effects of separate loads together, as long as the structure behaves in a linear-elastic way.
What is a superplasticizer?
A superplasticizer is a high-range water-reducing admixture that makes concrete very fluid without extra water. It is the basis of self-compacting and high-strength concrete.
What is supermodernism?
Supermodernism is an architectural movement of the 1990s with neutral, smooth buildings suited to a globalised world, named by Dutch historian Hans Ibelings.
What is Superdutch?
Superdutch is the collective name for the young Dutch architecture of roughly 1990 to 2010 that drew international attention with bold, conceptual designs.
Home battery in winter: cold, solar output and backup power
Why a UK home battery may charge less in winter, how cold affects some models, when off-peak charging can help, and what backup power really requires.
Should you build a bird table? A safer garden feeding project
Before building a flat bird table, read the RSPB’s updated advice on disease risk. Make a simple hanging-feeder station and keep it clean.
What is suburbanisation?
Suburbanisation is the move of residents, and later businesses, from the city to surrounding towns and suburbs; in the Netherlands it was steered by policy.