Achieving the required levels of thermal performance, airtightness and moisture control within the building envelope is a critical part of a build. And with this in mind, Superglass is now collaborating with leading UK building materials producer Glidevale Protect to provide a collective system solution for housebuilders, specifiers and offsite manufacturers. The partnership brings together their respective expertise in insulating products for the building fabric, adding value to the construction with solutions that are tried and tested to achieve high energy efficiency and compliance when used together as a full system.
As part of this collaboration, a joint brochure has been launched which can be downloaded from both companies’ websites, effectively illustrating how Superglass glass mineral wool insulation and Glidevale Protect’s external and internal reflective wall membranes can be used together within a wall build up to help achieve low U-values and maximise energy efficiency. By including both product categories, the brochure gives housebuilders, specifiers and timber frame manufacturers the key product performance information they need in one place. It also demonstrates how they can be used together effectively to achieve the required thermal performance, airtightness and moisture control.
The two companies have both amassed decades of experience, and provide a range of technical support services covering U-Value calculations, condensation risk analysis and Psi-value calculations. Both are also fully committed to sustainability, with key product Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) providing life cycle data to help give clarity and reassurance to designers, specifiers, and housebuilders.
Tony Gordon, Head of Product Management at Superglass Insulation added: “Working with Glidevale Protect optimises the synergy between our offerings. Our products work together to insulate the wall structure and encouraging specifiers to view them as part of a system rather than as individual elements is a key part of the fabric first approach. We also have a common bond of sustainability, with live initiatives underway on both sides to reduce our carbon footprint as well as our products helping to improve the overall energy efficiency of the building fabric.”
The two companies hope that, by working collaboratively, they’ll help to reduce the performance gap and ensure new homes perform to the levels they have been designed. And the next stage of the partnership will see Glidevale Protect and Superglass Insulation come together both commercially and technically with a combined product offering to enhance a wall structure.
To download the brochure, visit Superglass.co.uk or glidevaleprotect.com
