SUSTAINABILITY

PVC-U validation

To further substantiate the sustainability credentials of PVC-U product solutions, Eurocell worked with the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University to review an array of data sets and modelling emanating from peerreviewed publications. This would establish a life cycle assessment of the use of recycled PVC-U in the company’s manufacturing operations.

Eurocell requested the scientists interrogate the set estimates for overall CO2 savings that can be achieved from the use of waste PVC-U and determine an accurate statistic to prove the environmental benefit of using waste PVC-U within recycling operations.

Thanks to the validated scrutiny undertaken by the academics, Eurocell is confident that sharing important data and conclusions can better inform and help underpin the sustainability objectives of the housebuilding sector.

Tangible CO2 Savings

For example, a typical semi-detached house comprising seven windows and a pair of French doors will see an average weight of post-consumer PVC-U waste within the eight products plus cavity closure of 122kg. Therefore, a housebuilder constructing on average 2,500 units of semi-detached houses will save around 627 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year by specifying recycled windows and cavity closures versus product choices using full virgin PVC-U windows.

Housebuilders have access to highperforming, thermally efficient, secure, and aesthetically pleasing PVC-U products.

But crucially, they now also have the verified knowledge that a choice of PVC-U window and door solutions manufactured using recycled material is proven to reduce CO2 emissions, drive efforts to improve the future sustainability of houses and help to tackle the ongoing climate emergency.

If you have any questions or would like more information then please contact the team: Martin Benn, Head of New Build, martin.benn@eurocell.co.uk, 07721 746886