Ashington also houses the second Dulux
Academy, a customised training centre for painters and decorators to provide them with the expertise and know-how they need for business success. This follows the success of the first £1.4m Academy in Slough which has trained 1,600 people in its first year. AkzoNobel’s ambition is to train and upskill
10,000 UK decorators by 2020, in order to play a part in tackling the skills shortage in the construction sector, which risks limiting the UK’s house building capacity. Ashington is AkzoNobel’s second major
investment in the North East, alongside its Performance Coatings plant at Felling, Gateshead, which employs more than 800 people, out of a total UK workforce of more than 3,500 Earlier this year, AkzoNobel announced an
investment of £12.5 million in a technical innovation hub at its Protective Coatings global HQ in Felling in Tyne and Wear. The new state of the art R&D facility will enable more than 100 scientists to develop products in conditions equivalent to the world’s most extreme environments.
Dulux Trade Helping to make sustainable choices easier
CELEBRATING WORLD GREEN Building Week 2017, Dulux Trade has strengthened its position as a green market leader in the commercial sector by launching two significant developments to help specifiers achieve improved sustainability. The first is a guide on how to comply with the paints and coatings requirements in the Well Building Standard as well as extending its range of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). The Well Building Standard is the most recent Environmental Assessment Method to be adopted
by the construction industry. It has become a popular talking point as sustainability emerges as an essential consideration for every project. As health and wellbeing become an increasingly important consideration within the built
environment, the standard promotes the concept that the wellbeing of individuals should be central to the design, development and maintenance of buildings. With this evolving focus on health and wellbeing, Dulux Trade has now completed its compliance statement on how best to comply with Well Standard requirements in relation to paints and coatings. In order to recognise and encourage a healthy internal environment, the Well Building Standard
requires the use of low VOC products and intelligent use of colour. Dulux Trade has produced best practice guidelines that can be used as a reference point for specifiers looking to incorporate the Well Building Standard into their next project. In conjunction with this, Dulux Trade has also renewed and extended its Environmental Product
Declaration (EPD) offering, with over 20 available for a range of products. The EPD documents are easily accessible on the Dulux Trade website and provide extensive product information to enable specifiers to make an informed decision when improving their sustainability performance. EPD’s examine the environmental impact of 1m2
of applied paint over its full life cycle. They do not
simply outline the manufacture of the product, but also the environmental impact throughout every stage of its life cycle, including the toxicity linked to the product and the associated air emissions. These documents facilitate the production of paint specifications that have a lower
environmental impact whilst having a positive impact on building users. Duncan Lochhead, Commercial Sustainability Manager at Dulux Trade explained, “We aim to help
specifiers design smarter, more sustainable spaces. These tools not only provide useful information on improving sustainability onsite, but can also ensure specifiers comply with building standards.” The Well Building Standard compliance guide is the most recent
addition to Dulux Trade’s sustainability policies, with an array of documentation created to help specifiers make sustainable decisions.
To view Dulux Trade’s EPD range, please visit
www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk/products/datasheets or about Dulux Trade’s sustainability policies, please visit
www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk/products/sustainability-policies
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