Carbon Trust accredited

The Camden Group is working with the Carbon Trust to establish a ‘Carbon Trust Footprint Label’ accreditation on its A-rated windows, which will demonstrate Camden’s commitment to environmental sustainability.

A team from the Carbon Trust visited the company’s 42-acre site in Northern Ireland to find out about Camden’s environmental and manufacturing processes, including the on-site recycling plant.

The plant currently recycles approximately 160 tonnes of old PVCU frames every week that would normally go to landfill. The 80% of the recycled material is then used in the inner core of the company’s own multichambered window profile called ‘Inliten’. The outer side of the profile is manufactured from virgin material to guarantee UV stability.

If successful, Camden will be able to place the footprint label on all of its window products later this year.

Keith Rimmer, group commercial manager at Camden Group said: “Camden is committed to cutting our carbon footprint further, with plans to install a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system on the site, which is a highly efficient process that captures and use the heat that is a by-product of the electricity generation process.”

He continued: “The industry is changing, and Camden Group is best placed for this change.”

Camden Group also manufactures Thermocill, a new product made from 100% recycled plastic waste, which can be fitted retrospectively in any existing home or to new builds on windowsills, above radiators. The device redirects the rising heat, warming a room many times quicker, therefore saving on fuel bills.