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Spacetherm reduces CO2 emissions in 1960’s house
27% of the UK’s total carbon emissions are from residential buildings. This means there is a great incentive to improve existing housing stock to meet government target reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.
Designed to encourage innovative plans for retrofitting existing social housing, the Retrofit for the Future Competition aims to devise a blueprint for low carbon social housing refits. It is being delivered by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a government backed organisation that invests in technologi- cal innovation.
Following submission of A Whole House Low Carbon Solution for Everyday Living, Gifford’s Building Sustainability team, led by Director Glen Irwin, was selected by TSB to apply its eco- retrofit proposals to 11 Tintagel Drive.
11 Tintagel Drive, a 1960’s 3 bedroom semi-detached house in the London borough of Harrow, is typical of the social housing abundant in the borough and representative of the majority of local authority owned property in the UK.
The engineer at Gifford’s first contacted the A. Proctor Group’s technical department providing their target u-values for the eco retrofit project, and requested input on what type of insulation they could use to reach the targets. Also a concern was the thermal bridging in vital junctions, and requested a solution for doing this detailing.
With this information, the A. Proctor Groups technical department were able to provide floor and wall u-value calculations and a condensation risk analysis with options of either insulation between the joists or over the existing floor.
To achieve a u-value of 1.12W/m2K, the A. Proctor Group supplied Spacetherm PP. Spacetherm is one of the world’s best performing insulation materials, with a class leading thermal conductivity of 0.014W/mK. It is moisture and mould resistant and there is no decrease in thermal performance over 50 years. It’s ultra-thin insulation saves valuable space without altering the exterior fabric of the building. Spacetherm PP is insulation bonded to a Plywood reinforced Plasterboard for internal refurbishment of exterior walls. The plywood reinforcement allows for a direct shot fire fixing to be used making the installation quicker and simpler.
This project is already demonstrating that energy saving measures such as innovative retrofit insulation can dramatically reduce carbon emissions in existing housing stock.
The techniques and improvements applied at 11 Tintagel Drive will be monitored by TSB for 2 years to establish whether they are viable, practical and create a comfortable living environment for residents. Ultimately, these could be refined and rolled out across the country in a cost effective ‘kit of solutions’ to help the UK meet its 80% carbon reduction targets by 2050.
The Spacetherm range of products also includes options for:
Window reveals where super performing thin insulation may be required
Door refurbishment panels for upgrading the thermal performance of existing wooden doors Floors, where floor to ceiling height is critical
Of course Spacetherm’s Aerogel based insulation is not limited to just Building and Construction Applications. Proctor Group have been working on numerous engineered solutions ranging in size and complexity up to 10,000m2. Our ability to design and manufacture bespoke solutions to reduce thermal transfer has led to significant orders from some of the UK’s leading organisations in both the public and private sector.
As part of our continued commitment to provide the UK with cutting edge insulation technology we have recently invested heavily in our fabrication capabilities to enable high volume fabrication of Aerogel based insulation, traditionally considered an awkward product to process. We also have multiple encapsulation options which we can include in the design and manufacturing process.
Proctor Group is also proud to be leading the way in Research and Development with Multiple European Partners as part of an FP7 European Funded project looking at improving Energy Efficiency in Hard to Treat and Historic buildings. Couple this with the most recent Technology Strategy Board - Knowledge Transfer Partnership project we are undertaking to create ultra-thin thermal wall solutions and you have a truly innovative company.
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