RECYCLED denim sourced from industrial waste denim and old pairs of jeans is being used to insulate Europe’s largest straw bale panel buildings at the new £4m Inspire Bradford Business Park.
Supplied by Sheffield-based sustainable eco-product manufacturer Recovery Insulation, Inno-Therm is a thermal and acoustic insulation manufactured using fibres from waste denim.
Once the installation is complete, the two structures at the site will incorporate 700 rolls of Inno-Therm.
Recovery Insulation is a social enterprise and for every sq metre of insulation sold, the company donates a percentage of the profits to the Schools and Homes Energy Education Project in Sheffield, which supports renewable energy, fuel and money saving activities in local and national schools and community projects.
Inspire Bradford Business Park is being constructed on a brownfield site close to Eccleshill Community Hospital in the east of Bradford and the two straw bale panel buildings will house 14 serviced offices and 14 managed workspaces.
Inspire Bradford Business Park will be owned and managed by the Newlands Community Association (NCA).
Source
http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/251692-in-brief.html
29 November 2011
