Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

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07 February 2022

Recofloor reaches major 6,000-tonne milestone

Posted on by Max Banner

An incredible 6,000 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring has been collected through Recofloor, since the scheme was founded in 2009 by leading flooring manufacturers Polyflor and Altro.

  • 07 February 2022

Hemsec

07 February 2022

Live the sustainable dream by using Hemsec SIPs for garden rooms

Posted on by Max Banner

During the lockdown of spring 2020, a Hemsec customer, experienced in brick and block renovation, wanted to use SIPs for a new garden room.

  • 07 February 2022

Kingspan

04 February 2022

Kingspan QuadCore 2.0 offers increased recycled content and two hour fire resistance

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest development of Kingspan’s unique, self-blended insulation technology, ‘QuadCore 2.0’, demonstrates that innovation and product performance enhancement do not need to come at the sacrifice of our planet.

  • 04 February 2022

28 January 2022

Granada secondary glazing lowers carbon footprint of historic Museum of London

Posted on by Max Banner

Derelict market buildings in the Conservation Area of Smithfield, central London have been converted to create a warmer, quieter and more secure environment to house the new Museum of London, thanks to Granada’s secondary glazing. 

  • 28 January 2022

BMBI

27 January 2022

BMBI reveals strong builders’ merchant November sales

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that merchants’ year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors were 17.4% higher in November 2021 compared to the same month in 2020.

  • 27 January 2022

27 January 2022

Building a dream eco-SIPs garden room for the first time with Hemsec

Posted on by Max Banner

This case study from Hemsec outlines a builder’s first experience of building a thermally efficient SIPs garden room during the lockdown of Spring 2020.

  • 27 January 2022

DCA

26 January 2022

Entries are now open for the new Digital Construction Awards

Posted on by Max Banner

On the evening of Tuesday 12 July 2022, representatives from across the built environment industry will gather at The Brewery in Central London for the new Digital Construction Awards.

  • 26 January 2022

REHAU

25 January 2022

REHAU supports district heating development with launch of modular tees

Posted on by Max Banner

In an effort to offer greater flexibility to contractors in the supply and installation of district heating networks, polymer pipework specialist REHAU is launching a new range of modular tee fittings.

  • 25 January 2022

AkzoNobel

25 January 2022

AkzoNobel: New Interpon Futura Collection marries beauty, science and sustainability

Posted on by Max Banner

AkzoNobel Powder Coatings has launched its much-anticipated Interpon Futura Collection for 2022 – 2025, revealing three brand new, on-trend colour palettes.

  • 25 January 2022

Senior

24 January 2022

Senior’s established window solution for Part L compliance

Posted on by Max Banner

With the new changes to Part L of the Building Regulations set to come into effect in June 2022, leading aluminium fenestration solutions provider Senior Architectural Systems is ahead of the game.

  • 24 January 2022