Introduction

Retail

Corporate identity is the number one requirement for the Retail sector. Following this, investors and retailers demand cost-effective, sustainable buildings that combine architectural statement with function, flexibility, operational energy efficiency and low carbon emissions. The sector has a strong preference for construction methods that offer rapid build speed, earlier completion and faster income stream.

Kingspan's systems and solutions meet the retail sector's specific requirements through innovative, high performance insulated roof & wall panels, rainscreen façades, insulation, raised access flooring and renewable energy systems that provide optimised, energy-saving, low carbon (CO₂), future-proofed buildings.

Bluewater

Project :	Bluewater
Product(s) :	Kingspan Purlcrete® Chevron Insulation Board Kingspan Styrozone® Insulation Board Kingspan RMG600 and DRF600 Access Floors
Location :	Greenhithe, Kent, UK

Key requirements

Extensive product ranges provide:

superior lifetime thermal and air-tightness systems that deliver energy saving, low carbon, environment-protecting buildings
robust methods of construction - 60 year overall life
- Loss Prevention Council Board (LPCB) and Factory Mutual (FM) Insurer approved fire engineered systems
off-site manufacturing methods facilitate rapid, safer, high quality on-site assembly allowing earlier project completion and income stream
low- and zero-carbon technology integration
market leading Insulated Panels and Facades steel support systems
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and water conservation products

Environmentally sustainable buildings

Cradle to cradle - Kingspan systems significantly contribute to achieving green and sustainability points/credits for environmentally sustainable buildings, from design through to deconstruction (end of life).

The Kingspan portfolio of systems is compliant with the highest rating classifications published by the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) and the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System^TM.

1. Embodied energy is the quantity of energy required to manufacture, and supply to the point of use, a product, material or service.
2. Operational energy refers to all energy required to run a building, i.e., energy use for fixed building services including heating, hot water, lighting, pumps and fans and all other appliances.
3. Deconstruction is the selective dismantlement of building components, specifically for re-use, recycling, and waste management.

Delivering low energy, low carbon buildings today

The focus of today’s governments, property owners, designers and constructors is to build environmentally sustainable buildings. Improving the thermal performance of the Insulated Panels and Facades is the easiest, most immediate and cost-effective way to reduce running energy costs and carbon emissions. Kingspan have the capability to deliver Insulated Panels and Facades, including building integrated renewable power and heat technologies that exceed existing and meet future ‘zero-carbon’ legislative requirements, across global markets.

The chart below shows indicative future energy and carbon emission targets over and above current building codes, to zero-carbon.