Wavin Plastics - Wavin sees good ECO opportunities
Wavin Plastics, the UK’s leading provider of water
management solutions, has welcomed Prime Minister Gordon
Brown’s plans for building 100,000 new eco-homes.
In a bid to reduce carbon emissions and protect the
nation’s Green Belt, Mr Brown has announced plans to
redevelop many of the UK’s brownfield sites using
natural, recycled or reclaimed materials.
Wavin Plastics has demonstrated its commitment to long
term sustainability through a number of products,
launched recently and designed specifically to meet the
needs of people working in our ever changing
environment. These include OSMA Underfloor Heating,
Trigon – a barrier pipe system, SiTech – a low-noise
push-fit soil system and a 6 Boss Manifold.
Denise O’Leary of Wavin Plastics, said: “Our commitment
to producing solutions which tackle and satisfy the
concerns we all have over the environment and
sustainability remains as focussed as ever. Energy
efficient and environment friendly products are key to
cutting back on carbon emissions, safeguarding the
planet and the population.”
Wavin recently supplied its OSMA Underfloor Heating
system to the Zero Carbon House Project in The
Shetlands. The project aims to show how a holistic
approach to renewable energy can eliminate household
carbon emissions that would normally result from running
a family home. OSMA UFH was chosen because it is simple
to install, does not require specialist tools and keeps
running and maintenance costs to a minimum.
Allowing water to be carried safely across formerly
contaminated land, Wavin Plastics also created the
Trigon barrier pipe system. It has been specifically
designed for areas of contaminated land unsuited to
conventional plastic pipe products. These are typically
urban brownfield sites where there are known
contaminants in the ground.
Denise comments: “A safe and dependable water
distribution system to any development is essential and
even more so when working on a historically contaminated
site.”
OSMA SiTech meets the increasing demand for low-noise
pipe installations which combat the issues surrounding
internal drainage and more specifically, daily flushing
in multi-storey apartment buildings, hospitals, court
buildings and libraries. Understanding that unwanted
noise can easily transmit to adjacent rooms, Wavin
Plastics launched OSMA SiTech for a quieter life.
The new soil system is considered an innovation which
makes fitting and installation easier and less
time-consuming while retaining the high quality and
noise reduction required by the market.
One other innovation is the company’s 6 Boss Soil
Manifold – a newly designed solution which avoids some
of the old complexities of installing soil and waste
connections in confined environments.
“Plumbers are increasingly working inside tighter
spaces, so compact design is important,” continues
Denise. “With the trend towards high density housing
here to stay, the pressure to connect multiple waste
runs to the soil stack will continue.
“The benefits of the Manifold are clear - it is
easy-to-handle, simple to install, durable and
cost-effective. There’s a reduced need for bends and no
upstanding bends or special boss adaptors required.”
UK wide research conducted by Wavin Plastics has
revealed that 75 per cent of plumbers feel they have a
critical role to play in educating customers and raising
awareness of the issues associated with sustainable
water management, and Wavin provides the product
solutions for them to be able to do this.
Denise concludes: “It’s an evolutionary process. There’s
no denying that the change in market demands is
accelerating, especially from a drainage point of view.
What we need to keep in mind is that managing water is a
cycle made up of different stages starting with catching
rainwater and ending with reusing it. It’s no use having
some solutions that are sustainable and others that
aren’t because each stage of the cycle must work in such
a way that the whole system is sustainable.”
Email:
steve@watermarkpr.co.uk
Arundel Jones Associates Ltd
Hill Farm, Linton Hill, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AL
Tel : 01622 745333
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