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Everyone’s
heard about green building,
sustainable design, renewable energy,
and preserving the planet.Yet, while buzzwords and
phrases are being
created at the speed of eco-friendly light there is
a solid foundation on which these concepts are
built – energy
efficiency.
And
that’s just where Vantage EcoTimber Windows
& Doors play their part. The next time you dream of
your
building
project or home improvement plan come to us.
As
one of the UK’s leading suppliers of
windows, doors
and conservatories you’ll discover
that you’ll be buying products and
services that’ll give you that energy
efficiency
– and a lot more.
Did
you know?
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Wood is the only 100% carbon neutral, renewable,
recyclable, reusable and biodegradable building
product we have.
•
Wood has the best thermal insulation properties
of anymainstream construction material. It is: 5
times better than concrete 10 times better than
brick 350 times better than steel
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Altogether over 90% of all the wood we use comes
from European forests.
•
Europe’s forests are growing by 661,000 ha
every year – an area greater than three
football pitches every hour of the day and
night.
•
Europe’s forests are an important and growing
carbon sink.
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On the average, everyone uses the equivalent of
a tree, 18 inches in diameter, 100 foot tall,
every year. That’s 80 cubic feet.
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Since 1955, we have all consumed twice as much
steel and wood, 4 times as much cement, 5 times
as much plastic, and 7 times more aluminium than
all of humanity before us combined.
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