52 BUILDING FABRIC


PVCU IS ALREADY PLAYING ITS PART IN HELPING THE SECTOR MEET IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS


closure of 122 kg.


equivalent per year by specifying recycled windows and cavity closures versus product choices using full virgin PVCu windows.


recycled PVCu in the company’s manufac- turing operations. We requested the scientists interrogate the set estimates for overall CO2


savings


that can be achieved from the use of waste PVCu and determine an accurate statistic to prove the environmental benefi t of using waste PVCu within recycling operations.


Thanks to the validated scrutiny undertaken by the academics, we are


confi dent that sharing important data and conclusions can better inform and help underpin the sustainability objectives of the housebuilding sector.


TANGIBLE CO2 SAVINGS


For example, a typical semi-detached house comprising seven windows and a pair of French doors will see an average weight of post-consumer PVCu waste within the eight products plus cavity


Therefore, a housebuilder constructing on average 2,500 units of semi-detached houses will save around 627 tonnes of CO2


Housebuilders have access to high performing, thermally effi cient, secure, and aesthetically pleasing PVCu products. But crucially, they now also have the


verifi ed knowledge that a choice of PVCu window and door solutions manufactured using recycled material is proven to reduce CO2


emissions, drive


efforts to improve the future sustainability of houses and help to tackle the ongoing climate emergency.


Martin Benn is head of new build at Eurocell


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