EnviroBuild selected as Finalists for the 2022 London Construction Awards
EnviroBuild is thrilled to announce that it has been chosen as a finalist for two separate categories at the London Construction Awards.
The building products company's latest indoor flooring design, Sisu LVT, has received a nomination for "Product Innovation of the Year", while the business as a whole has been selected as a finalist in the "Excellence in Sustainability" category.
The London Construction Awards (LCA) take place once a year to highlight and celebrate the achievements, developments and innovation across London's booming construction industry. Featuring a wide range of categories for solution providers, suppliers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, developers, local authorities and more, the LCA offers a great opportunity for businesses big and small to gain recognition. The awards are impartially judged by a panel of industry-leading experts.
This year, the ceremony will take place on the 23rd of September at the Leonardo Royal London Tower Bridge Hotel where the winners will be announced. The spokesperson for EnviroBuild, Dr Aidan Bell, expressed his excitement for the upcoming event,
"We are delighted to have been selected for not one, but two different awards at this year's edition of the London Construction Awards. The work we've put into lowering the embodied carbon of our Sisu LVT range can hopefully help new projects hit ambitious net zero targets, and we're honoured to have been recognised for such a prestigious prize. While winning either of the categories would be a huge achievement for EnviroBuild, we are also looking forward to seeing the other finalists and what they have to show."
Thanks to their persistent and ongoing commitment towards a greener environment, it is no wonder that EnviroBuild has been selected as a finalist for the "Excellence in Sustainability" award. Ever since its inception, EnviroBuild has been committed to building a more eco-friendly future, making it their mission to remove the compromise between quality and sustainability commonly found in the construction industry. For example, their continued work with Rainforest Trust UK (donating 10% of all company profits to the charity) has helped EnviroBuild protect more than 300,000 acres of rainforest since it was formed in 2015. In 2021 EnviroBuild invested in conducting full cradle to grave Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) on all Composites, Sisu flooring and Manticore products, helping them to identify and tackle sustainability gaps in every one of their products. Since then, the business has transitioned to using 100% wind energy in all of its manufacturing processes. This has allowed EnviroBuild to get ever closer to becoming a truly carbon neutral business; a total of 1,420,600 Kilograms of CO2e was saved through last year's changes alone.
The fact that EnviroBuild is the first company in the UK to publish the environmental impact of its composite products with an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) shows just how committed the business is to a sustainable future. EnviroBuild is also a proud member of World Land Trusts Carbon Balanced Programme, to offset their unavoidable emissions related to their general operations.
EnviroBuild's Sisu LVT indoor flooring continues the brand's ethos of environmental sustainability. Its latest range of Sisu Luxury Vinyl Dry-Back Tiles are now the most sustainable LVT on the market in terms of Global Warming Potential and have been designed and manufactured using fully sustainable wind energy. Sisu is made using 100% recycled PVC that would otherwise go to landfill, therefore accounting for 12-23% of the total product being truly recycled (rather than post industrial waste offcuts). Dr Aidan Bell is very pleased to hear that the vinyl flooring has been nominated for "Product Innovation of the Year", stating,
"We're always looking to bring in more sustainable practices in our work at EnviroBuild, and our latest changes to Sisu LVT production is just the start. We're working towards a totally carbon neutral workplace in the near future by looking into all the possible channels to employ sustainable and renewable practices throughout our products and supply chains."
Sisu LVT flooring's nomination for "Product Innovation of the Year" can also be attributed to the plethora of other innovations that the new flooring design brings. As well as being durable, light and easy to install with award-winning Ultrabond Eco adhesive, Sisu is both water-resistant and sound absorbing with a soft and warm underfoot, which is perfect for indoor applications. The flooring also comes with a 35-year residential warranty against wear-out, staining and fading (10-year for commercial use).
To receive a free same-day quotation and expert advice on installation of Sisu LVT flooring, contact the company by following this link: https://www.envirobuild.com/pages/get-in-touch
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Envirobuild Backgrounder
Quality sustainable building materials without compromise
EnviroBuild is the UK's leading builders' merchant for sustainable building materials. They apply the latest technological innovations to provide highly engineered and lasting environmentally friendly solutions over traditional building materials. With over 60 years of experience in the construction industry, EnviroBuild are leaders in their field, and providing a quality experience for customers is at the core of their values. Their highly trained expert team are on-hand to help customers at every stage of their project, from take-off to completion.
Most recently, EnviroBuild launched new composite decking boards to join the Pioneer and Frontier lines in the highly successful Hyperion range. Hyperion Explorer has on one side a luxury, authentic textured wood grain effect and on the other a traditional grooved finish, giving homeowners the choice for their garden project. The game-changing Hyperion decking boards, in addition to the cladding and fencing ranges of the same name, are now produced using renewable wind energy as well. These latest changes to the production method mean that Hyperion composite decking boards will now produce a whopping 59.67% less carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) across its lifetime than maintained timber deck boards.
Within the high-rise construction industry, EnviroBuild is not standing still either. The new 150 Aqua Channel aluminium decking system is their newest revolutionising non-combustible system on the market complying with the newest fire legislations. The decking boards can be installed alongside built-in drainage for effortless upkeep. Its modern take on decking means a flush insert can provide a smooth and continuous look or be removed to create a more traditional look of gapped individual boards. This ensures 150 Aqua-Channel caters to all preferences and can be used to create versatile designs.
Given the innovative nature of these materials and others EnviroBuild supplies, it is no surprise that the products are distributed across thousands of homes in the UK and are increasingly becoming the first choice for contractors, architects, landscapers, and construction firms. In 2020 alone, EnviroBuild brought on six new commercial projects during lockdown including Taylor Wimpey's new homes development at Innsworth and CALA homes construction in Cheltenham. EnviroBuild also featured in the Guardian and on ITV. Their garden furniture collection - Galleon - was also recommended by the Independent and in 2020 saw a massive 250% increase on 2019 sales.
The business turned over £13 million in its last financial year and in quarter two of 2020 EnviroBuild reported a 45% increase in revenue on 2019's figures and that increased even further in quarter three with a 51% rise in revenue via the retail sales division.
Above all, EnviroBuild's mission remains to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the construction industry by providing high quality products that are consistently the better environmental choice over current traditional products on the market. For every product EnviroBuild sells, a pragmatic approach is taken to manufacture a commercially viable product with significant environmental benefits; whether using high levels of recycled material, renewable energy in production or intelligent design to reduce input material in finished goods without compromising a long operational life.
These careful assessments naturally resulted in several awards highlighting the company's sustainable efforts. In 2018, EnviroBuild had been awarded the Federation of Small Business London Ethical and Green Business of the Year awards, and was presented with the Golden Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice within the "Building & Construction, Innovation" category at the International Green Apple Environment Awards. Most recently, they won the West London Business Award in the "Green Circular Economy Business of the Year" category at the start of 2021.
EnviroBuild also dedicates 10% of profits to sustainable causes, which is unmatched in the industry. From the beginning they have been supporting Rainforest Trust in their mission to protect endangered rainforests and species. They recently celebrated their 5th year of donations to the organisation and with those contributions protected nearly 250,000 acres equating to over 62million trees across Africa, South America, Central America and Asia.
EnviroBuild are true industry leaders in progressing the sustainability and environmental impact within the construction industry.