CMS praised for work on the wild side
Staff at the CMS Group have been praised by the John Muir Trust wildness charity for their work helping wildlife to thrive at the company’s main manufacturing
The company’s ‘EnviroChamps’ have achieved the John Muir...
New retrofit plan to tackle ‘blight of inappropriate work’
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...
New white paper provides a guide to calculating embodied carbon
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 backs customers with EPR packaging initiatives
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...
Glass people gather for net zero 2050
Professionals from across the glass supply chain and wider have come together to discuss the industry’s aim to achieve net zero by 2050.
More than 120 delegates joined British Glass to support the development of...
Freefoam retains EcoVadis Silver with top 9% score
Freefoam Building Products has been assessed by the sustainability rating platform EcoVadis to be in the top 9% of companies worldwide for its environmental practices, and granted the manufacturer continued use of its Silver...
Pilkington reveals second hydrogen furnace breakthrough
Pilkington has taken another step in replacing fossil fuel in glass production with the announcement this week that it has run a furnace for a whole five-day period using a blend of hydrogen and...
Sternfenster goes for more solar
Lincoln-based trade fabricator Sternfenster has invested a further £400K in photovoltaic panels that is estimated to produce 490,000kWh per year provide - more than a fifth of the energy the company consumes, and offsetting...
New Carbon Calculator from Deceuninck
Deceuninck has launched a new Carbon Calculator, which allows window companies to work out their headline carbon footprint using their existing metrics.
Managing director Rob McGlennon said: “The Deceuninck Carbon Calculator allows you to input...
Securistyle renews EPDs
Securistyle has renewed the Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for several of its key products.
The Sterling Lock for windows, the Parallel Plus window hinge, the Sterling Advanced Detachable Restrictor, the Sterling window hinge and the...