The National Association of Rooflight Manufacturers has relaunched as The Rooflight Association to widen its membership to installers, specificiers, distributors and others in the industry.
Chairman Ian Weakford explained: “Our mission is to support best practice and to ensure growth and sustainability in all sectors of our industry. To continue fulfilling this role in today’s landscape – and to truly be the voice of the UK’s rooflight industry as we claim – we need to embrace all aspects of rooflighting, from design and specification, through to installation and beyond”.
The Rooflight Association will build on its illustrious past as NARM, expanding its work in serving member companies; shaping standards & legislation; supporting safe roof working practices; and providing authoritative, independent technical information for designers and specifiers.
It has also restructured to offer four membership categories: Manufacturer, Associate, Installer and Individual, and launched a new membership prospectus titled Tools to Build a Brighter Future.
Each category has been assigned a package of member benefits, including representation on influential industry committees and working groups, early access to legislative changes, marketing ,and profile building, learning opportunities, networking with like-minded businesses and individuals and ‘the ability to play a role in shaping the rooflight industry’.
The Association itself a member of the Construction Products Association and has long played an role commissioning, analysing and publishing research to inform legislators and standards organisations. Its work in the field of daylight and energy saving has been put to use in Approved Document L of The Building Regulations. It has also been instrumental in driving improvements in safety for roof workers, through a working partnership with ACR, the Advisory Committee for Roofsafety. As a member organisation of European rooflighting trade association Eurolux, close ties have been maintained with the European market for rooflights.
