Insulation specialist Actis has created a video highlighting its environmental credentials.
It underlines its determination to lead the way in minimising the negative impact of construction materials manufactured across the continent.
As well as looking at the environmental pluses of the newest addition to its range – a two-in-one reflective insulation with an integrated vapour barrier, Eolis HC – its sustainability credentials also apply to its long-established Hybrid range.
These include honeycomb style insulation, Hybris, insulating breather membrane Boost R Hybrid and insulating vapour control layer H Control Hybrid.
The video examines Actis’ threefold ‘doing more with less’ approach to sustainability – using fewer raw materials, using no water during the production process and using minimal energy during manufacture.
In fact, its energy represents just two per cent of the manufacturing cost of the products.
And its carbon footprint is very low at less than 2kg per sq m of CO2.
By recycling all offcuts and feeding them back into the production process, Actis manages to create a zero waste, infinitely recyclable product. At the user end too, the flexible nature of the product, enabling it to be moulded to fit between timbers, means waste is minimised.
The fact that Eolis HC and the Hybrid products are so light – being largely made of air – means each pallet of product contains more U-value than an equivalent-sized pallet of traditional insulation. And fewer pallets equals fewer trucks, less fuel, lower road congestion and lower diesel emissions.
Additionally, Actis offsets an element of its carbon use by planting native mature plane trees along the Canal du Midi, near its manufacturing plant in south west France.
“Last year Actis, together with other tree sponsors, funded the planting of 2,400 plane trees. We do this because the Canal du Midi is part of the Actis region and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Contributing to the protection and preservation of our company’s territory and French heritage has always been part of our DNA,” said Actis UK and Ireland sales director Mark Cooper.
In terms of its impact on the health of those both installing and living with the product, Eolis HC, designed primarily for use in low headspace zones, contains no volatile organic compounds or harmful chemicals and is rated A+ for air quality.
For installers of all its products, no dust or harmful fibres are produced, eliminating the need for respiratory protection.
In fact, Actis’ zero waste policy and the 100% recyclability of all its products means Hybris has earned international Cradle to Cradle Certification for its sustainability credentials.
Mark Cooper added: “The new video is designed to show the construction industry that we are in earnest about striving for environmental excellence and to underline our mantra that, for us, innovation has always meant doing more with less.”
Watch the ‘Doing More with Less’ video here.
Find out more about Eolis HC here.
