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 | | HAMBLESIDE’S ROOFING PRODUCTS GAIN GREEN-IT AND WRAP SUSTAINABILITY APPROVAL | | | Hambleside Danelaw Ltd | | 31/10/2008 | | | Hambleside Danelaw’s award-winning Insulator rooflight has become the first and only British rooflight to be labelled as an energy-efficient construction product under the EU’s GREEN-IT scheme.
Specifiers, especially those for public sector new build projects, will also be interested to learn that the Group’s tile roof ventilator range has been added to the WRAP procurement guide for construction materials that incorporate recycled content and help to reduce waste.
The latest seal of approval for Insulator’s capacity to save on end-users’ energy bills and cut their carbon emissions comes as BRE makes a renewed push to promote the GREEN-IT database as a tool for UK specifiers. The WRAP guide is used by government departments and local authorities to stop 8 million tonnes of waste materials from the household, industrial and commercial waste streams going to landfill.
Hambleside Danelaw’s almost unrivalled track-record in the sector for developing sustainable products has been further boosted by a report from the independent consultancy dcarbon8 which shows that the company slashed its carbon footprint by over 20% in 2006-07.
Commenting on these latest announcements, Robin Jeffery, Hambleside Danelaw’s vice-chairman, said: “Earlier this year a committee of MPs criticised procurers in the public sector for their lack of a sustainable approach in building new schools and hospitals. Schemes like GREEN-IT and WRAP with approved product databases easily accessible on the internet will make their job much easier in helping to meet the Government’s latest commitment to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Hambleside Danelaw is aiming to have more of its products on these lists.”
Hambleside Danelaw also announced today that its next generation of Insulator rooflights with a unique further energy-saving innovation will be unveiled at the Ecobuild show in London on 3-5 March 2009.
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Notes to editors
1. Insulator rooflights achieve significant energy savings - with U-values as low as 0.8W/m2K now possible - depending upon the level of insulation that is specified, they provide real benefits to the building occupier. This results in carbon emission reductions substantially in excess of the requirements in the Approved Documents L2A and L2B of the April 2006 Building Regulations and a considerable contribution to the compliance requirement that the building must demonstrate a 25% reduction in CO2 emissions, when compared to the same notional building constructed to the 2002 Regulations. Insulator rooflights also provide an excellent non-fragility status and service life of between 25 to 45 years. A rooflight area of up to 15% for industrial buildings is now a feasible, realistic and cost effective proposition for improving levels of natural daylight and reducing the daytime need for artificial lighting.
2. Hambleside Danelaw is the UK market leader for its GRP flashing products, which includes the Dry Fix (Mortarless) system and mortar fix GRP flashings for roof and wall applications. Other products include Slate and Tile Ventilators, Dry Fix ridge systems, Eaves and Soffit, Cavity and Underfloor Ventilation products. The Group provides full technical and merchandising support and production methods used within the manufacturing process include the latest injection moulding processes meeting the criteria of the Carbon Trust for energy efficiency. Hambleside’s Tile Ventilator range can be used with Marley, Redland, Sandtoft, Russells and Quinn tile ranges. For more information about Hambleside’s products and the Group’s membership of dcarbon8, visit: www.hambleside-danelaw.co.uk .
3. Information about the GREEN-IT and WRAP schemes can be found at:
http://www.bre.co.uk/page.jsp?id=875
http://www.wrap.org.uk/ | |
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