After becoming the first glass manufacturer in the world to fire up its furnace with hydrogen last year, Pilkington, the ‘founding father’ of float glass has made history once again by becoming the first to run on bio-fuel.
The St Helens based company successfully powered its furnace on a fuel made from organic waste materials for four days, and made 165,000ft2 of the lowest carbon float glass ever produced.
The trial, which is part of a multi-million-pound project led by research organisation, Glass Futures, represents an important milestone as the industry moves towards a more sustainable future.
And Pilkington isn’t the only glass manufacturer that has unveiled new innovations recently. In this week’s newsletter we also have more details on Guardian’s ClimaGuard Neutral 1.0, which has been developed specially to help meet the new Part L regs.
According to Guardian, it offers improved aesthetics and a Ug-value of 1.0 W/m2k.
On the topic of new rules and regs, Part F of Building Regulations continues to generate a huge amount of debate – and confusion – on the use of trickle vents.
In addition to advice from trade associations, such as Certass and GGF, hardware specialist Carl F Groupco has also produced guidance on Part F, which is due to come into force on 15 June.
Click here for more details.
Pilkington goes green
After becoming the first glass manufacturer in the world to fire up its furnace with hydrogen last year, Pilkington, the ‘founding father’ of float glass has made history once again by becoming the first to run on bio-fuel.
The St Helens based company successfully powered its furnace on a fuel made from organic waste materials for four days, and made 165,000ft2 of the lowest carbon float glass ever produced.
The trial, which is part of a multi-million-pound project led by research organisation, Glass Futures, represents an important milestone as the industry moves towards a more sustainable future.
And Pilkington isn’t the only glass manufacturer that has unveiled new innovations recently. In this week’s newsletter we also have more details on Guardian’s ClimaGuard Neutral 1.0, which has been developed specially to help meet the new Part L regs.
According to Guardian, it offers improved aesthetics and a Ug-value of 1.0 W/m2k.
On the topic of new rules and regs, Part F of Building Regulations continues to generate a huge amount of debate – and confusion – on the use of trickle vents.
In addition to advice from trade associations, such as Certass and GGF, hardware specialist Carl F Groupco has also produced guidance on Part F, which is due to come into force on 15 June.
Click here for more details.
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