Environment

A new White Paper providing a guide to calculating the levels of embodied carbon in aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling systems has been published by Reynaers Aluminium. This new report considers at what stage...

Era has strengthened its support for customers in complying with the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation on packaging waste and sustainability. The hardware supplier is working with its customer base to help identify their...

A seriously muddled perception of plastics in the environment has emerged from a new poll where homeowners seem to be seeing PVC windows in the same light as plastic bottles and other single-use plastic...

partner companies can now use the VinylPlus product label to promote their green credentials to consumers since the group has undergone the organisation’s certification process. The sustainability label was developed by, the European PVC industry's...

The Low Carbon Homes retrofit conference returns to Manchester next week as an online follow-up to its in-person event in 2019. The event, hosted by Manchester City Council, and supported by Manchester Housing Providers Partnership...

Window Widgets has marked its first year of zero waste to landfill with the announcement that it has diverted over 42 tonnes of PVC waste away from being dumped. The manufacturer has also recycled 10...

DLHC ministers have published new plans they say will remove barriers to owners of older properties making energy efficient improvements ‘without the blight of ugly or inappropriate retrofit damaging these properties. The Government has published...

The role of glazing in the road to Net Zero was taken straight to the heart of government when the heads of the GGF went to Number 10 to meet PM Rishi Sunak’s political...

Pilkington UK owner NSG Group has been upgraded in its CDP environmental rating following the introduction of its low-carbon Mirai glass. The not-for-profit charity (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has upgraded the group’s Climate Change...

Liniar has become a member of the Future Homes Hub. The Hub brings together all those involved in home building to help to achieve the climate and environmental goals for the sector linked to the...