2007-09-05
Vent-Axia Ltd has launched Vent-Axia Lo-Carbon™, an innovative new range of energy efficient ventilation products, to help significantly reduce carbon emissions thus minimising individual’s carbon footprint.
The Building Regulations Part F & L have recently signalled a big shift towards energy efficient buildings and have set the standard for the maximum carbon dioxide emissions for whole buildings. This performance-based approach offers designers the flexibility to choose suitable solutions which allow for adequate means of ventilation for people in the building, and which are energy efficient, cost-effective and practical.
Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon™ range highlights exactly how much carbon is emitted over a year, based upon average daily use. This simple calculation is crucial to identifying the size of your carbon footprint and gives people the information needed to work out just how much CO2 emissions they will be saving by using Vent-Axia Lo-Carbon™ products. The comprehensive energy efficient range includes everything to satisfy any air quality factors, from innovative heat recovery systems to modern extract fans.
Having already successfully applied LoWatt technology to a wide range of domestic and commercial fans, Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon™ range complements this already established brand. The new range cements Vent-Axia’s position as the market leading energy efficient HVAC provider by firmly placing Vent-Axia at the forefront of the drive for low energy products as demanded by the latest edition of Building Regulations Documents Part L -‘Conservation of Fuel and Power’.
A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced. This equation is measured in units of carbon (in tonnes) and this information details the precise environmental damage each of us causes.
A study by the Government-funded Carbon Trust puts the annual carbon footprint of the average Briton at 10.92 tonnes of CO2. The importance of minimising carbon emissions from our homes is also reinforced by the figures which show the average British citizen contributes 1.49 tonnes (nearly 15%) of CO2 a year through the heating and ventilating of their home.
Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon™ range helps meet the energy target set out by the British Government. The Government aims to move beyond the CO2 emission levels set out in both the Climate Control Levy (CCL) and the Kyoto agreement. To reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2010 and 60 percent by 2050, action needs to be taken quickly. The Vent-Axia Lo-Carbon™ range already supersedes key CO2 targets, which are currently being agreed as Part L for the next Building Regulations earmarked for 2010.
The national emissions targets, the Home Energy Conservation Act and the Government energy initiatives have meant that housing has indeed been upgraded from an energy saving perspective with new homes featuring a high standard of energy efficient ventilation.
This performance-based approach offers designers the flexibility to choose suitable solutions which allow for adequate means of ventilation for people in the building, and which are energy efficient, cost-effective and practical. However, the revisions to Part L have raised performance standards to a level that has provided a strong incentive to designers to consider low carbon systems, not least the development of the SAP Appendix Q.
In addition, in reaction to global warming concerns and the consequent drive to reduce CO2 emissions, Vent-Axia have created a new generation of easily installed, durable Lo-Carbon energy efficient ventilation products. The Building Regulations F & L have signalled a big shift towards energy efficient buildings and have set the standard for the maximum carbon dioxide emissions for whole buildings, giving individuals the information to work out their carbon footprint.
Kevin Sargeant, Managing Director of Vent-Axia comments, “This new range shows our commitment to providing energy efficient products to help reduce people’s carbon footprint. Our belief is that climate change will only be addressed if each and every one of us takes responsible steps to reduce their CO2 emissions and we our proud to be providing these tools”.
Kevin also comments, “We have to ventilate, so why don’t we ventilate with the environment in mind”.
For more information on Vent-Axia Lo-Carbon™ please email info@vent-axia.com or call 01293 530202.
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Vent-Axia Ltd
Fleming Way
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9YX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1293 526 062
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Source: Vent-Axia Website- 29/08/07 |
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