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DOOR CODES FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES
Doors from leading manufacturer Garador can contribute towards a property achieving accreditation from the Code for Sustainable Homes.
As both effective security and carbon efficiency are key areas that can ensure Code compliance, both Garador’s FrontGuard front doors and Secured by Design Guardian range of garage doors can add valuable points to a proposed project. Simon Hipgrave, managing director of Garador, said: “The Code works on a points-based system. Installing our FrontGuard front doors, or doors from the Guardian range, can lead to a property achieving more points and therefore an improved level of sustainability.” FrontGuard, a stylish range of steel entrance front doors, is one of the highest thermally insulated doors in Europe. The door panel itself, the frame, and the door seals are all specially designed to minimise the loss of heat, leading to
significant energy savings. Garador’s Guardian Range is the only up and over garage door product to be included in the police scheme, ‘Secured by Design’ which is specifically referenced in the Code. “Ensuring a project complies with The Code for Sustainable Homes, means ensuring it is a project that is built to last. With sustainability standards becoming more and more important to housing associations, building firms and developers alike, specifying Garador’s FrontGuard and Guardian range products can ensure your project stands out as being both sustainable and responsible,” said Hipgrave.
www.garador.co.uk
HIGH FIBRE FROM STEICO
STEICO has expanded its range of wood fibre sarking boards with new products for applications in both new build and renovation projects. STEICO universal dry is produced using a modern dry process and has a thermal conductivity of 0.043 W/m*K. With thicknesses available from 35mm to 160mm, STEICO universal dry is predominantly for new build projects. STEICO has also extended its range of sarking boards for renovation projects with STEICO special dry, which can be used for energy efficient roof renovations from the outside and is available in standard thicknesses up to 200mm and upon request to a thickness of 300mm. Due to its low thermal conductivity of 0.041 W/m*k renovations to Passive House level can be achieved. Alongside its existing range of wet process boards offering excellent sound insulation and summer heat protection, the new dry process boards are lightweight; have high durability and offer reduced thermal conductivity. STEICO’s new range of wet and dry process boards means that the company now offers the largest selection of wood fibre sarking boards on the market.
www.steico.co.uk
ONLINE U-VALUES
A free web simulator enabling developers to estimate a project’s U-value almost instantly and then include the findings in a planning application has been devised by Actis to complement its new dual tested insulation range. The ‘real life’ thermal performance of the three mix and match hybrid products matches their declared performance and helps address the DECC recognised performance gap. The products – the honeycomb structured insulation Hybris, vapour control layer HControl Hybrid and breather membrane Boost’R Hybrid – have been fully certified in the UK and Europe by accredited bodies and are suitable for use in new build and refurbishment projects, following both lab testing and on-site verification. The online simulator enables builders and architects to select a combination of the new products in each of four scenarios to estimate the likely U-value in pitched roofs, ceilings, masonry and timber frame walls.
www.insultation-actis.com
COMFORT FOR SCOTTISH STUDENTS Leading insulation manufacturer Saint-Gobain Isover has announced the UK winners of its design competition for architecture students. The annual Isover Multi-Comfort House student contest provides a showcase for British talent at undergraduate and post-graduate level and is internationally acclaimed by industry professionals. This year’s competition tasked students with presenting a vision for the development of the Gluckstein Quartier in Mannheim, Germany, with a specific brief to design buildings with the highest degree of comfort and the lowest possible energy consumption. All entrants were required to adhere to Isover’s Multi-Comfort House principles, which focus on delivering the highest thermal comfort and reduced CO2 emissions within a visually stimulating setting. They also combine the highest standards of acoustic comfort, internal air quality and fire protection and safety. University of Dundee students Dean Crosley and Ruaridh Nicol took first
prize at national level for MacroMicro, which centred on very low energy and zero- carbon building design. Evin Loftus, Emmett MacNamara and Dan Shanahan of the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture proposed to build Europe’s first 3D printed development, securing them second place. Guillermo Guzman Dumont, lecturer at the Department of Architecture & Built Environment at the University of Nottingham and a competition judge, said: “As a learning opportunity, this contest ticks all the boxes. It introduces students to Multi-Comfort House and Passivhaus principles, encourages the exploration of a fabric first attitude and inspires a future proofed approach to architectural design.”
www.isover.co.uk
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