News and features

Kingspan PowerPanel Solar PV used on Refurb Project

If you are in the business of advising people about the best ways to use renewable energy systems, it is important to practice what you preach, so when Sustainable Energy Systems Ltd (SES) came to refurbish one of their own buildings it made sense for them to take advantage of the new solar PV PowerPanel Systems on offer from Kingspan Insulated Panels. Read more »

Three Steps to Zero Carbon

Energy security and climate change – these are the two pressing reasons behind the government’s plans for all new buildings to be zero carbon in a matter of years. Not only are we facing up to the devastating effects that can be wrought by global warming, but our economy could be wrecked if there is no action to plug the energy shortfall predicted for the next decade. The good news is that solutions are already available. There are three key steps to dealing with the situation - the ‘Trias Energetica’ model – which tells us to: reduce use; use renewables; be efficient with the remaining resources. Read more »

A Composite Deck that spans 6 mtrs - unpropped!

Multideck 146 from Kingspan Structural Products provides a high performance structural steel deck for composite floor slabs – spanning up to six metres without propping. Designed to optimise composite floor construction, the system offers the longest clear span of any UK trapezoidal deck profile, eliminating the need for secondary steelwork. Read more »

envirocare® Update 72

Kingspan envirocare® Technical Services have issued Update 72, to ensure awareness of recent revisions to the Kingspan AWP, Optimo, Render, Facade FX and Complete Wall & Facade Systems and the addition of new panel thicknesses. This is also relevant to the recently introduced CurveWall and Louvre Panels. Read more »