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News Release from: Interbuild - The Building Show | Subject: Complete Solar Roof
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Solar innovation wins Interbuild Award
An innovative Complete Solar Roof has won the prestigious Overall Best New Product Award at Interbuild 2006.
An innovative Complete Solar Roof has won the prestigious Overall Best New Product Award at Interbuild 2006 solarcentury took the title for its fully integrated solar roof - a world first which features the award winning C21e solar electric rooftile
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 12 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company, which is based at Waterloo in London, received the coveted award in the New Product Showcase at Interbuild 2006, the UK's premier construction exhibition.
Michael Ankers, Chief Executive of the Construction Products Association, led the panel of judges and he said: "I found it particularly encouraging to see the extent to which innovations are now focusing on sustainability issues and energy concerns.
"solarcentury has been leading the way in the use of solar power in building for quite some time and won the overall award because it continues to improve and innovate.
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It has taken solar power to the next level.
The Complete Solar Roof is the logical extreme of this, with the entire roof generating heat and energy." It offers a unique patented combination of solar thermal, C21t and solar photovoltaic, C21e tiles.
Together, these integrated tiles replace existing roofing tiles to generate hot water and electricity respectively - even in cloudy conditions.
The roof, which overcomes challenging requirements in the planning system, offers significant savings on energy bills, as well as being easily installed to an existing building without the need for redesigning.
A typical system will generate more than 60 per cent of the hot water requirements for a three-bedroom home from the C21t tiles.
Mr Ankers added: "Interbuild 2006 has once again proved itself as a great place to launch new products and it was a joy to judge the awards.
It is clear that many of these new products are destined to have a big impact in our industry over the coming years and are a credit to the building sector.
"Many of the best ideas are often the least complicated ones.
I find it very encouraging that you don't have to have a nuclear physics degree to come up with a time and cost saving innovation".
The Interbuild New Products Awards scheme was expanded to include nine different categories - plus the Best Overall Award - for the 2006 show and Mr Ankers added: "This year's New Product Awards was certainly no exception with some exciting innovations on display, really proving the vibrancy of the UK's building sector.
"With various London 2012 projects and the building boom in the south east, it is a fantastic time to be involved in construction. Request a free brochure from Interbuild - The Building Show ...
Without innovations from our industry many leading edge schemes would simply not be possible.".
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