Windows Sustainability Action Plan supported

 

The Council for Aluminium in Building’s chief executive, Justin Ratcliffe, recently presented aluminium’s current and future sustainability plans and targets at the launch of Defra’s ‘Windows Sustainability Action Plan’.

The report, launched at BEST 2010, provides a robust action plan for all the major framing materials to improve the sustainability of windows across their respective life cycles and supply chains.

The Action Plan or roadmap has been developed by the Windows Sustainability Partnership (WSP) which includes representatives from across the windows supply chain, including CAB, as well as relevant government departments, regulatory bodies and delivery bodies.

Speaking at the Education Hub at BEST 2010, Justin explained both CAB’s direct and collaborative work, with the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and the European Aluminium Association (EAA), on aluminium and sustainability in the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

He made specific reference to a UK project on the durability and service life of windows and a worldwide Responsible Aluminium scheme currently in its scoping stage. Justin also outlined how the global aluminium industry, through the IAI, has established a number of global sustainability objectives including energy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Progress relating to the global objectives is reported annually and will be disseminated widely to those in the aluminium windows supply chain.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/products/roadmaps/index.htm
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