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ROCKWOOL SPECIFIED FOR GREEN CHAPEL CONVERSION

A former chapel in the Medway Renaissance Area of Chatham, Kent is being transformed into a highly sustainable and energy efficient mixed use development using Rockwool’s high performance insulation, Rockwool Flexi.

The former chapel, located on Richard Street in Chatham City Centre, is being renovated from one existing single storey retail unit to include a larger retail unit and four high specification studio apartments.

The development was designed to be as energy efficient and as environmentally sound as possible. In addition to Rockwool’s high performance insulation, the building design includes a rainwater harvesting system, intensive green roofing and uses only recycled and sustainable building materials throughout.

Patrick Kennedy-Sanigar of project designers, Space Shuffle, commented on the conversion: “Space Shuffle has been building ‘outside the box’ for the last eight years. We always build to Scandinavian standards, which means our large house designs are so thermally efficient that even the smallest boiler is too big.

“Because of this, and the fact that energy efficiency is our ethos, we always make a point of specifying Rockwool for all our projects. Rockwool Flexi is specified at the Richard Street development as its cuts out on site ‘gappiness’, which is so important when it comes to both air and thermographic image testing.

“Another major advantage is that the product is non-combustible and with timber frame, which is a must to achieve level 5 and 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, using Rockwool between the studs is a ‘no brainer’!”

With phase one currently under construction, the development will perform at more than twice the requirement of current Building Regulations for energy efficiency. Phase one is hoped to be completed summer of 2009, followed by phase two, which will add a further four apartments and a town house to the development.

Rockwool Flexi is a unique insulation product with a patented flexible edge which ensures a perfect fit is maintained between the product and its supporting framework.

Flexi is designed for a broad range of applications where perfect fitting insulation is essential, such as walls, partitions, floors and roofs. The ‘Flexi’ edge allows the product to be tightly fitted between both timber and metal frames, without the need for cutting or waste.

Rockwool Flexi is manufactured using stone wool, which is one of the most environmentally friendly and energy efficient construction products available and meets the highest standards of ‘cradle to cradle’ sustainability, energy conservation and recyclability.


Rockwool stone wool insulation has a low embodied energy of 16.8MJ/Kg and has zero Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) and Global Warming Potential (GWP). Its excellent thermal properties significantly cut energy consumption in homes, reducing the need to burn fossil fuels and therefore helping to minimise harmful emissions of greenhouse gases.

Email: Nicola.Poyser@iasb2b.com 
 


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