Packaging

Kawneer Makes A Stand On Sustainability

Tuesday 01. February 2011 - A guide for architects and specifiers on how its products help them meet sustainability criteria has been launched by leading UK architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer.

The Cheshire-based manufacturer has unveiled an electronic sustainability brochure which explains over a concise 12 pages how it plays a major part in being one of the world’s top sustainable and low-carbon pioneering companies.
The brochure explains how systems supplied by Kawneer in the UK enhance energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and being weather-proof, corrosion-resistant and immune to the effects of UV rays, offer optimum performance over long periods. They also improve comfort levels for the building’s occupants, through natural ventilation, direct access to daylight and improved outdoor views.
Examples of such systems range from the AA3610LS linked sash vertical sliding window for optimum ventilation, and thermally efficient ‘A’ Rated window systems* like the AA541 casement and AA542 pivot windows, through AA120 sunshades which reduce solar heat gain to the AA201 unitised (or off-site) curtain wall.
The sustainability brochure also provides information on how such products were used on UK projects to achieve Eco Homes and BREEAM “Very good” or “Excellent” ratings in case studies on City Campus East at Northumbria University, No 4 and The Hub at Piccadilly Place in Manchester, Islington Wharf in Manchester, Headingley Carnegie Pavilion at the Headingley Carnegie cricket ground in Leeds, Cardiff Central Library, and University Place at The University of Manchester.