INTERBUILD REVIEW
DRAKA LAUNCHES NEW emitting 30% less CO2 than the NEC is the only
GENERATION CABLING conventional system. exhibition venue to
SOLUTION With the average UK household boast its own mainline
Draka’s new Saffire Derby-based cable producing over 4 tonnes of CO2 per year - station.
OHLS high performance
cable.
manufacturer, Draka, has with space and water heating accounting for 4. Use less paper -
launched a new generation of over 70% of this - the Ecodan boiler can The Exhibitor Manual
OHLS - Zero Halogen Low Smoke - cable make a significant contribution to reducing a was online, reducing the
that, it claims, sets a new and higher level of home’s carbon emissions. Quieter and need to print everything off. The Interbuild
fire safety performance. Draka’s new Saffire smaller than previous air source heat pump press office also encouraged material to be
cable complements the company’s award- boilers and with a typical annual operating supplied on CD wherever possible.
winning Firetuf range of performance cables efficiency of 350%, the Ecodan is easy to 5. Offset your carbon footprint -
that today embraces low voltage [cables up install, requiring only in/out water and single Interbuild encouraged people to consider
to 1kV] building wires and power cables that phase electrical connection. The system can getting their company involved in a scheme
are available throughout the UK, Ireland also prove a major asset to developers and to offset its carbon footprint to, from and
and the Middle East. house builders looking to achieve Level 3* of during the show. Visit the Energy Savings
This latest Draka development will, the the Code for Trust for help and advice
company says, enable consultants to specify Sustainable Homes. www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
cable that provides enhanced safety in line *Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable www.interbuild.com
with the latest fire safety legislation, and Homes: Introduced in 2006 as part of a
greatly assist building control officers to growing body of legislation aimed at H+H UK PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE
easily identify that superior fire safety is reducing CO2 emissions, the Code sets BUILDING SOLUTIONS
being incorporated into the building. Saffire national standards for the sustainable design H+H UK promoted the unique RÂ House
will also provide contractors with a new and construction of homes. system and the sustainable properties of
bench-mark brand for third-party approved www.markgroup.co.uk Celcon aircrete products on stand 05-
fire safety cabling. K135/l130 in the Offsite Solutions Zone at
The launch of Saffire extends the safety INTERBUILD ROLLS OUT THE ‘GREEN’ Interbuild (NEC, 28 October - 1 November
benefits of OHLS cables to a much wider CARPET 2007).
marketplace. OHLS cables do not emit Interbuild 2007 is the first UK trade RÂ House is a combined product and
halogen gases and burn without producing exhibition to use completely recyclable labour package which produces a robust
large amounts of dense smoke. By carpet. aircrete masonry envelope in a build time
comparison, under fire conditions, the Visitors to the five-day event (28 October comparable to frame systems. It uses
standard PVC cables used widely in the - 1 November) received the ‘green’ carpet Celcon Plus blocks with the Thin-Joint system
construction industry emit hydrogen chloride treatment as just one of a series of steps for the external and internal walls, with
gas, which has a suffocating odour that is taken to show Interbuild is serious about proprietary intermediate floors and a
detectable in even very low concentrations. sustainability. Energy efficient lighting also weather-tight roof ready for tiling. Well-
Burning PVC cables also generate featured across the board. practiced teams of Expert Installers are able
hazardous volumes of debilitating or Furthermore, visitors, exhibitors, to build the envelope in extra-quick time and
disorientating smoke that can easily increase contractors and suppliers were called upon ensure a superior build quality. The concept
the likelihood of panic and make safe to play their part in Eco Interbuild. offers similar build speed to frame systems
evacuation much more difficult to achieve. “As the UK’s biggest building show it’s but without the lead-time required for
www.drakauk.com our duty to encourage the trade to take a manufacture, and offers greater design
stronger stance on environmental issues,” flexibility.
MARK GROUP TURN UP THE ‘GREEN’ says Interbuild Event Director, Gordon The Celcon Flooring System and Celcon
HEAT ON MARKET RIVALS Thomas. “Recycling bins were located Foundation blocks can form part of the RÂ
Mark Group looked to turn up the ‘green around the NEC and we also suggested House package.
heat’ on their market rivals at this year’s stand shells should be made from reusable The Housing Corporation and English
Interbuild with the launch of a new carbon materials.” Partnerships accept H+H UK’s Thin-Joint
reducing boiler system. In support of these initiatives, organisers System as a Modern Method of Construction
The Ecodan heat pump boiler - compiled the following five top tips to enjoy (MMC). Using aircrete blockwork for
manufactured by environmental technology a more eco-friendly exhibition experience: foundations, external walls, ground floors
company Mitsubishi Electric - was the hot 1. Hire a light pen - Light pens are and partitions boosts a scheme’s chances of
new exhibit at the centre of the Mark Group available to all exhibitors and are by far the achieving ‘A’ ratings (under the BRE’s Green
stand at the Interbuild exhibition at most efficient and accurate way to collect Guide to Specification). An inner leaf of
Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre at data. Thin-Jointed Celcon aircrete blocks with a
the end of October. Gathering over 70% of 2. Recycle - Ensure all printed material is filled cavity of 100mm or less can
the heat energy it needs from the recycled at the end of the show. achieve a U-value of
surrounding air, the Ecodan system is 3. Share lifts - Interbuild encouraged 0.25W/m≤ K, which should
significantly more efficient at providing merchants to get involved in its popular enable a Celcon aircrete house to
heating and hot coaches scheme by registering on-line at comfortably achieve level 3 under
water than www.interbuild.com; organisers subsidised the recently introduced Code for
modern 50 per cent of the cost of a coach, up to a Sustainable Homes.
condensing gas maximum of £250. Show-goers could also marketing@hhcelcon.co.uk
boilers - share lifts or better still come by train - the
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