Rockwool, (www.rockwool.co.uk) the world’s leading manufacturer of non-combustible stone wool insulation, will be exhibiting at the Chartered Institute of Housing Annual Conference and Exhibition: Housing 2010. The CIH exhibition is the must attend event for those involved all matters concerning social housing and will take place between the 22nd to the 24th June at the Harrogate International centre.
Rockwool will be attending the exhibition to demonstrate how it can help social housing stock holders reduce energy costs and carbon emissions through refurbishment of the building fabric. This includes the selection of the appropriate insulation measures such as external wall and loft insulation systems. Rockwool is also able to identify how to match such work with available subsidies through a variety of funding schemes such as CESP and CERT.
Rockwool has a variety of solutions for treating older, solid wall buildings by the selection of the appropriate external wall insulation system. This includes Rockshield; an insulated render system, and the recently launched brickslip clad insulation system BrickShield™, a joint venture with Ibstock Brick. Rockwool will also be presenting details of its new pebble dash external wall insulation system.
BrickShield™, has been developed by two of the UK’s market leaders, Ibstock and Rockwool, is a new insulated external wall cladding system, which allows solid wall constructions to be upgraded, while still maintaining the traditional brick finish characteristic of Britain’s built environment.
The new system has been specifically designed for the renovation and thermal insulation of both domestic and commercial existing buildings. It combines an attractive real clay brick slip from Ibstock with a highly durable insulation board from Rockwool to give the appearance of traditional brick, while improving the U-values to as low as 0.25 W/m²K or better and eliminating cold bridging.
The addition of BrickShield™ to Rockwool’s product range perfectly compliments its render finish external wall system: Rockshield. Rockwool can now provide a complete package of external wall insulation measures to ensure that refurbished homes are able to become attractive and desirable places to live as well as achieve reduced energy costs and carbon emissions.
For loft applications, Rockwool will be showing Rockprime® a new granulated, blown loft insulation system.
Rockprime® is a new mechanically installed blown loft insulation which offers a quality, super fast installation and total flexibility for the complex nature of the loft area within old and new houses. The process of pumping the insulation into the loft space is done with minimal disruption to the household occupants as it does not require carrying large quantities of rolled insulation through the building.
The traditional means of insulating a loft is to use some form of rolled insulation which takes time and can be cumbersome working around the hard to treat lofts such as those with low pitched roofs, intricate nooks and crannies or the complex nature of modern trussed rafter roof constructions.
Rockprime® can be installed to any specific thickness to suit required U-Values. The granulate nature of the product means that a good coverage between and over obstacles such, as joists and pipework is easily achieved, even into difficult to reach eaves, thus minimising thermal bridges.
Rockwool has decided to exhibit at the CIH exhibition because it provides access to a wide spectrum of professionals involved in the running, maintenance and build of social housing stock. The renovation of existing social housing through additional insulation measures is critical to ensure that carbon emission reduction objectives are achieved. Rockwool has a wide range of products and systems that can help deliver the results.
Visit Rockwool at the CIH exhibition 2010 on stand number 296 in Hall M2 to find out more about the systems and solutions that Rockwool offers and to discuss any particular project requirements.
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