The environmental benefits of Superglass Insulation

The environmental benefits of Superglass Insulation
At Superglass we’ve always been passionate about sustainability. It’s a principle at the very heart of our business and it’s intrinsic to the way we think and act. But sustainability in construction is more than just adding insulation to our homes. It’s about thinking about the bigger picture, about how we can do things better and have less of an impact on our world.
In other words, thinking like Superglass.
So, to make every environment better, think like Superglass
Our insulation naturally saves energy in use, helping buildings retain heat to create more comfortable living environments. In fact, over its lifetime our glass wool insulation saves far more energy than is used in making and transporting it. And while that will undoubtedly help the UK reach its target of being carbon neutral by 2050, we’ve already gone further than that…much further.
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Climate positive thinking
Whereas many businesses aspire to be carbon neutral, we prefer the term ‘climate positive’. We don’t just want to cancel out the effect we have on the planet; we know we can do so much more. So we’re always looking for ways our products and our working practices can actively have a positive effect on the climate.
Made from up to 84% recycled materials
Being climate positive starts with the raw materials we use. All our glass wool insulation is made from consumer waste glass, which reduces waste and saves valuable resources. But then we go a step further by carefully grading the glass to reduce the amount of energy expended during the manufacturing process.
Our finished products are then compressed to significantly cut down the packaging needed, saving space and weight to increase transportation efficiency and reduce delivery miles.
The Glass Science inside Superglass Insulation
Glass is classed as an insulator – a material that’s a poor conductor of heat. In glass, electrons are packed close together with no free electrons to conduct heat. Air is an excellent insulator which is why brick-built properties are typically constructed with cavity walls. But cavity walls aren’t perfect – circulating air continues to draw heat out of the building.
Superglass insulation reduces heat conduction in two ways:1) Glass is an insulation material; and 2) the fibres are structured to create millions of cells of trapped air.
Available in rolls or slabs, the latest generation of Superglass insulation products create Intelligent Environments using our innovative approach to glass chemistry: THINKTECH, smarter technology for every building.
All Superglass products are manufactured in accordance with ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental Management Systems (EMS), contains no ozone-depleting substances or greenhouse gases and have a generic BRE Green Guide Rating of A+.