BUILDING materials producer Glidevale Protect has announced a collaboration with Superglass Insulation to provide a collective system solution designed to strengthen the offering for housebuilders, specifiers and offsite manufacturers.
The new working partnership between the businesses brings together their expertise in the areas of thermal performance, airtightness and moisture control within the building envelope, with both manufacturers offering insulating products for the building fabric.
As part of the collaboration, the firms have launched a joint brochure, which illustrates how Glidevale Protect’s external and internal reflective wall membranes and Superglass Insulation’s glass mineral wool insulation can be used together within a wall build up to help achieve low U-values and maximise energy efficiency.
John Mellor, head of marketing at Glidevale Protect, said, “For a home to be energy efficient and meet the required regulations it’s important for the individual materials specified as part of the building envelope to complement each other as a system and enhance the overall thermal performance. Working collaboratively with manufacturers like Superglass Insulation is key to helping to reduce the performance gap and ensure new homes perform to the levels they have been designed. We like to work closely with manufacturers such as Superglass Insulation and this joint initiative was a natural fit in particular as we align on several important areas including our commitment to sustainability and technical transparency.”
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 next stage of the partnership will see Glidevale Protect and Superglass Insulation work both commercially and technically with a combined product offering to enhance a wall structure.
