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Performance & Sustainability
Performance and sustainability are intertwined: performance delivers sustainability in operation and the manner in which this performance is delivered can reduce environmental impact during construction stage and end of life. For example good energy performance delivers lower CO2 emissions during operation, and good inherent fire performance requires fewer finishes reducing material requirements and waste on site.
Masonry wall solutions typically perform well in acoustic tests. Mass provides good acoustic isolation...
The move towards zero carbon homes in recent years has seen a steady improvement in the fabric energy performance of...
Dwellings constructed from masonry can easily be designed to be flood resilient. Masonry does not absorb significant amounts of water...
Masonry is not subject to damage from rot, moisture damage, swelling, corrosion, infestation, degradation from UV...
As homes become more highly insulated, it is less easy for unwanted heat to escape during the summer months, resulting in...
The merits of building in non-combustible materials such as masonry are self evident to most...
Local manufacturing of masonry products and local sourcing of raw materials means that there is a good chain of custody...
The production industry has responded to the sustainability agenda with tangible improvements in processes and use of constituent materials. Furthermore improvements to minimise environmental impacts, and deliver economic and social benefits pre dated the sustainability agenda.
Masonry can be used to deliver the lowest carbon homes. For example the passivehaus standard which concentrates purely on energy...
Increasingly clients and their design teams are using whole-life assessments as the basis for long-term decisions.