airtightness Archives

Talon | Energy efficiency, sealed in

|Date: 24 November, 2023

Talon | Energy efficiency, sealed in

Dean Heathfield, Commercial Director of Talon, explains how sealing around pipes and boiler flues properl ...

Dean Heathfield, Commercial Director of Talon, explains how sealing around pipes and boiler flues properly can improve the energy efficiency of your housing stock and buildings portfolio. With budgets ...

24 November, 2023
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Glidevale Protect | Maximising offsite with fabric first

|Date: 17 November, 2023

Glidevale Protect | Maximising offsite with fabric first

John Mellor from Glidevale Protect explains how adopting a fabric first approach and drawing on specialis ...

John Mellor from Glidevale Protect explains how adopting a fabric first approach and drawing on specialist hidden protectors in the building envelope can further enhance the benefits of offsite to cre ...

17 November, 2023
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A. Proctor Group | Performance measurement and efficiency

|Date: 15 November, 2023

A. Proctor Group | Performance measurement and efficiency

A. Proctor Group provides a fabric first approach to improving performance and efficiency in social housi ...

A. Proctor Group provides a fabric first approach to improving performance and efficiency in social housing. The treatment and design of retrofits are critical in the drive to meet the net zero target ...

15 November, 2023
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EnviroVent | Break the mould

|Date: 10 November, 2023

EnviroVent | Break the mould

James Kane, Regional Sales Manager – Social Housing at EnviroVent, looks at the results of the recent Eng ...

James Kane, Regional Sales Manager – Social Housing at EnviroVent, looks at the results of the recent English Housing Survey, which demonstrate why indoor air quality should be a priority for local au ...

10 November, 2023
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Focus on Sustainbility with Glidevale Protect

|Date: 30 October, 2023

Focus on Sustainbility with Glidevale Protect

With a product range specifically developed to improve the operational energy efficiency of buildings, le ...

With a product range specifically developed to improve the operational energy efficiency of buildings, leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has launched several initiatives to reduce the environment ...

30 October, 2023
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Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus primary school to use CLT structure

|Date: 9 October, 2023

Doors open at first Scottish Passivhaus primary school to use CLT structure

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CL ...

The first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland to be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) has opened its doors in Edinburgh. The £3.2m, two-storey extension to Sciennes Primary Schoo ...

9 October, 2023
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Glidevale Protect | Construction membranes help One Manchester set the standard for energy efficiency

|Date: 8 September, 2023

Glidevale Protect | Construction membranes help One Manchester set the standard for energy efficiency

Construction membranes from Glidevale Protect have been installed throughout a flagship low carbon new-bu ...

Construction membranes from Glidevale Protect have been installed throughout a flagship low carbon new-build development for social housing provider, One Manchester, helping meet stringent airtightnes ...

8 September, 2023
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A. Proctor Group | Improving airtightness in buildings

|Date: 24 April, 2023

A. Proctor Group | Improving airtightness in buildings

A. Proctor Group discusses how the installation of vapour permeable air barriers can improve airtightness ...

A. Proctor Group discusses how the installation of vapour permeable air barriers can improve airtightness in education and healthcare buildings. The importance and need for improving airtightness with ...

24 April, 2023
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Roofing Insights with A. Proctor Group | Simplifying the roofing detail

|Date: 10 April, 2023

Roofing Insights with A. Proctor Group | Simplifying the roofing detail

In the first in a new series of articles from A. Proctor Group, we look at the true cost of simplifying t ...

In the first in a new series of articles from A. Proctor Group, we look at the true cost of simplifying the roofing detail. Traditionally in pitched roof construction in the UK, a ventilated cavity wa ...

10 April, 2023
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Domus Ventilation | Changes to Part F of the Building Regulations

|Date: 6 March, 2023

Domus Ventilation | Changes to Part F of the Building Regulations

Paul Williams, Product Manager at Domus Ventilation, discusses the revised Building Regulations Part F, h ...

Paul Williams, Product Manager at Domus Ventilation, discusses the revised Building Regulations Part F, highlighting what specifiers should be doing differently and why. The world is a very different ...

6 March, 2023
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