An all-encompassing sustainable strategy
Attitudes to sustainability in the fenestration industry are changing. However, are we doing enough to clear a pathway to facilitate a sustainable future? A trip to Belguim provided some insight for Windows Active Editor John Cowie… Businesses are under all sorts of pressures at the moment. Whether it’s the escalating cost of energy, More...
Time for a long lasting insulation plan
With headlines like ‘Insulate homes or energy crisis will get worse, ministers told’ dominating the national media, those working in the home insulation sector should be staring down a pipeline of healthy More...
Smart homes are smart for business
There is a plethora of reasons why homeowners change their windows and doors. The desire to improve the aesthetics of a home remains top of the list for large numbers of property owners. Then we have distress More...
Our products deserve a proper price
The impulsive and fluctuating state of the fenestration market is causing many in the trade to suggest we are in for a prolonged period of indifference. With rising raw material prices along with soaring energy More...
Taking the heat off net-zero housing plans
We are on the cusp of a housing refurbishment revolution in the UK as the government looks to overhaul the country’s energy-inefficient housing stock with a host of net-zero plans. Much focus and most headlines More...
Many pieces of the sustainability mosaic
Two recent significant conferences may appear miles apart in their targeted audience, however on closer inspection they are very aligned on the subject of the environment and sustainability. Our industry’s More...
Is ‘just-in-time’ proving just enough?
Many manufacturing industries have become accustomed to just-in-time supply chain operations. Pioneered by Japanese firms over 60 years ago it now dominates global manufacturing. It became dominant in the plastics More...
Finding the immortal head of opportunity
The requirement for dynamism and adaptability continues as the everlasting Covid 19 pandemic is likened to the Greek mythical serpent Hydra Lernaia – when one challenge is overcome two more appear. However, More...
Positive action results in positive outcomes
We have been here before and will be here again…. There is no doubt that the ever playing record of restrictions on our lives from the Covid pandemic will remain for a good few months yet. However, the positive More...
Helping the aged and our precious planet
An ageing population and climate change are two of the biggest challenges facing the world today. They both will have significant impacts on the way we all live in the not too distant future. The built environment More...