EPDs: What you need to know

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website H+H explores how to compare the embodied carbon of different construction products. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are crucial for those who want to make informed decisions about building materials, with a focus on embodied carbon. Many contractor firms and housebuilders have already published their own ‘zero carbon’ targets, prompting manufacturers …

Meeting the Future Homes Standard with H+H aircrete

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website H+H’s unwavering commitment to energy-efficient building solutions and a fabric first approach aligns neatly with the aims of the Future Homes Standard. A fabric first approach will be fundamental to meeting the requirements of the 2025 Future Homes Standard, for which the government published its consultation on 13th December 2023. …

A masonry solution to meet the MMC demand

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website H+H Vertical Wall Panels represent a masonry MMC solution that provides the speed of offsite with the familiarity of a traditional build. Offering the ability to construct a complete house shell in just five days, these storey-high panels of aircrete are used to form the inner leaf of external walls, …

Energy efficiency pays with H+H Celcon Blocks Solar Grade

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website With buyers willing to pay more for efficient homes, using H+H Celcon Blocks Solar Grade for wall building makes more sense than ever. Energy efficiency is fast becoming one of the most desirable features of a new home, and one that homebuyers are willing to pay a premium for. A …

H+H aircrete Foundation Blocks for fast, cost-effective house building

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website There are wide ranging benefits to using aircrete foundation blocks as a groundworks solution, including helping to meet Part L. Housebuilders are increasingly turning to aircrete foundation blocks for a simplified and cost-effective method of DPC construction. Weighing just one third of an equivalent dense aggregate block, aircrete is relatively …

SUSTAINABILITY AND THE 40-YEAR MORTGAGE

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View the H+H UK Ltd entry on BPindex Visit the H+H UK Ltd website Jenny Smith-Andrews, Head of Marketing at aircrete manufacturer H+H, outlines the arguments for a building method that focuses on the long term. The arguments around what constitutes sustainable building practice continue to shift focus. Back in 2007 the emphasis was on zero carbon in use for …

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WITH MASONRY

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website Jenny Smith-Andrews, Head of Marketing at aircrete specialist H+H UK Ltd outlines the sustainability arguments for masonry buildings H+H has always seen itself as a manufacturer that supports sustainable building – but over time, the definition of the term and priorities for the building industry have shifted. It is good …

AIRCRETE: BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

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View the H+H entry on BPindex Visit the H+H website To date, aircrete from H+H has delivered over 8,000 MMC homes in the UK, making it one of the most widely used materials for the Modern Building agenda. Jenny Smith-Andrews, Head of Marketing at H+H looks at the MMC solutions on offer. There is no denying that the building industry, …

Sustainability and Significant Cost Savings with Celcon Foundation Blocks in Shrewsbury

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View the H+H UK entry on BPindex Visit the H+H UK website H+H Celcon Foundation Blocks have been used in a new residential development in Shrewsbury. Sweetlake Meadow is well under construction, where a total of 175 new homes with two, three, four and five bedrooms are being delivered. Shropshire based developer SJ Roberts Construction Ltd wanted to make sustainability a key …

Cost effective coastal erosion prevention

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View the Elite Precast Concrete entry on BPindex Visit the Elite Precast Concrete website In December 2018 Elite Precast Concrete were contacted by Richard Roseveare, owner of specialist groundwork and civil engineering company C-Shore Ltd to discuss what might be the quickest, easiest and most cost effective method of stopping further coastal erosion at a site in Cornwall. A 45m …