BlueScope Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 33: February 2004 Archives Subscribe www.bluescopesteel.com.au

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Home Stay Dome Showcases Energy Efficient Design
2. Measurement Conversion Tool Download
3. BlueScope Lysaght Updated Brochures
4. Green Community A Smart Way To Live
5. Between A Rock And A Great Southern Home
6. Rainforest Sanctuary Showcases Innovation Housing
7. Verandah Sets Tone For Award Winning Home
8. Did You Know...?

This Month's Feature Article
1. Home Stay Dome Showcases Energy Efficient Design

An award winning home stay residence on the Sunshine Coast has combined energy efficient living with the style of the traditional Queenslander. The home uses a mix of steel, glass, ZINCALUME® steel and timber to create the stunning look. For more information on this multi award winning home, visit:


Award winning home

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33energy


2. Measurement Conversion Tool Download

BlueScope Steel’s latest tool, the measurement conversion tool, is now available in a downloadable version. The tool allows users to convert from one unit of measure to another and covers units of measure for acceleration, angles, area, computers, density, length, energy, flow, force, mass, power, pressure, speed, temperature, torque and volume. Download the tool here:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33download


3. BlueScope Lysaght Updated Brochures

Is roof sheeting mass data important to you? BlueScope Lysaght has recently updated three popular brochures with new mass data: LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB®, LYSAGHT CUSTOM BLUE ORB® and LYSAGHT INTEGRITY® 820. Download these brochures here:
LYSAGHT CUSTOM BLUE ORB®:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33customblueorb
LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB®
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33customorb
LYSAGHT INTEGRITY® 820
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33integrity


4. Green Community A Smart Way To Live

An architecturally designed community on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has won recognition for its green design that blends in with the coastal surrounds with minimal impact to the local environment. Each of the 150 architecturally designed villas, apartments and houses within the development feature roofing made from COLORBOND® Ultra steel in the colour Surfmist®. To find out more about this energy efficient village, go to:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33green


5. Between A Rock And A Great Southern Home

New Horizon Homes has won the 2003 Housing Industry Association's Great Southern Home of the Year award for a spectacular home in Albany, which was built around a massive boulder. The home features a striking roof - pitched at varying angles and on three different levels - made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Deep Ocean®. For more on this unique home, go to:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33southernhome


6. Rainforest Sanctuary Showcases Innovation Housing

A new approach to housing nestled among a tropical rainforest in Queensland is redefining the way people live, creating homes that co-exist with nature while providing comfort and privacy. To ensure that the home blends into the forest, only neutral colours were used; with roofing made from COLORBOND® steel and a subtle beige colour selected for the exterior. For more information on these eco-sensitive homes, go to:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33rainforest


7. Verandah Sets Tone For Award Winning Home

A Sunshine Coast home, which features a large verandah as its centrepiece, has won the 2003 Queensland Building Design Award for the Most Innovative Use Of Steel. The north east facing skillion roof made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Surfmist® is balanced by steel posts, creating a lean-to effect. Find out more about this Pelican Waters home:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=33verandah


8. Did You Know...

In conjunction with the release of the BlueScope Steel’s Measurement Conversion Tool download, the theme for facts this month is measurement. Did you know:

  • A bathometer is an instrument for indicating the depth of the sea beneath a moving vessel
  • A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
  • The metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called the Brannock device
  • A gnat's eye is a slang unit of distance. The eyes of typical gnats tend to have diameters similar in size to a hair's breadth - roughly 100-150 micrometers
  • A hogshead is a unit of volume for liquids defined to hold 2 barrels or 63 gallons. No one seems to know how this unit got its unusual name

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager


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