Foreword
Heating of homes in the UK is
one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions, and while decarbonisation
of the heat sector is underway, reducing demand through improved energy
efficiencies is one way to simply reduce those emissions. Insulation is vital
for the improvement of a building’s energy efficiency, and as well as the savings
in carbon emissions, there are also the financial savings to be had from a
reduced energy bill.
There are a variety
of insulating materials that can be used in buildings, some more effective than
others, and some of them biobased. Natural fibres such as wood and hemp can be
used as insulators as an alternative to such as polystyrene, which is the more
commonly used material, and although effective, has a high environmental
impact. Given the scale of........
Other News this Month Includes:
Markets
- Partnership for speciality chemicals development
- Carbon fibre materials JDA
- Biopromotions use ‘I'm Green’ PE in mask strap
- Series B funding for RWDC
Research & Development
- Performance comparison of biobased insulation materials
- BIC maps European biobased potential
- Biobased carbon content of surfactants
- Starch based plastic review
Polymers
- Biobased electronics film
- Stretch films commercialized
- Sulzer advances PLA technology
- TerraVerdae funding boosts product development
- Evonik expands biomaterial production
Chemicals
- Towards commercialisation of vanillin
- Biofungicide launched in Europe and Latin America
- Ester technology from Kraton
- New biobased and renewables team at Sulzer
Consumer Products
- Fabric certification for DuPont
Patents
Events
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