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Oxford Photovoltaics (Oxford PV) was named the winner of the Solar Award for Excellence: BIPV Innovation at the 2013 Solar UK Industry Awards.
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Three months after a blaze in a glass facade building claimed four lives at Andheri, the fire department and BMC have come out with a fresh set of guidelines for such buildings.
After last year's fire incident in a Bandra-Kurla Complex building exposed the helplessness of firefighters, civic body draws up fresh guidelines to safeguard human life and property.
After four years, ift Rosenheim had to terminate the cooperation with the OTI test laboratory in Istanbul.
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