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Gain a competitive advantage with a holistic approach to fire test report data, says Rachel England. The building safety landscape has changed fundamentally. The Building Safety Act 2022 – the most significant overhaul of building regulation in over 50 years – has redefined accountability across the design and construction process. Fire test reports are at […]

Steven Heath, Technical Director for Knauf Insulation, Northern Europe, looks at the likely objectives of the upcoming Warm Homes Plan. The Warm Homes Plan is promised in spring and the objectives can be guessed: home interventions that deliver warm, affordable-to-run homes; bills must not go up if moving a home to low-carbon heating (ideally, they […]

Knauf Insulation has welcomed the new version of RdSAP – version 9.92, which now includes consideration for heat lost through uninsulated party wall cavities for existing homes. The move comes following research headed by Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University), MIMA (the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers’ Trade Association) and Knauf Insulation, which found that […]

Knauf Insulation’s innovative ThermoShell® Internal Wall Insulation (IWI) system has been installed to a terraced cottage built in 1893, as part of a Green Deal project undertaken by one of Knauf Insulation’s approved installers, Energy Friend. Colin Robinson, CEO of Energy Friend – a company that can provide homeowners, tenants, landlords and businesses with solutions […]

Knauf Insulation’s innovative ThermoShell® Internal Wall Insulation (IWI) system has been installed in a pre 1919 hard-to-treat property, as part of a retrofit project carried out by St Vincent’s Housing Association to provide a ‘Cosy Home’ learning centre for the community, and has helped to reduce utility costs by 75 per cent. In conjunction with […]