KNAUF INSULATION ADDS A WINNING SMILE TO HAPPY DAYS - 26.07.10
Knauf Insulation and Bob the Builder have awarded Happy
Days Nursery (Penair) an energy efficient renovation including
external wall insulation, as part of Project: Renovate, a national
campaign aimed at teaching nursery age children the benefits of
being ‘green.’
Knauf Insulation partnered with HIT
Entertainment and popular children’s character Bob the Builder to
launch Project: Renovate in February 2008 and has been advising
children about environmental issues ever since. The initiative,
based around Bob’s three R’s: reduce, re-use and recycle, provides
nursery practitioners and children with information on the steps
they can take to make the learning environment more comfortable and
sustainable.
As part of the scheme, nurseries across the UK
had the chance to win one of three energy efficient renovations
worth up to £15,000 each, supported by competition partners Knauf
Insulation and installed by Mark Group. The judges, including
Catherine O’Dolan, Editor of Junior Magazine and Jackie Harding,
Founder of TV4Parents, assessed the numerous entries the
competition received and were looking for evidence of the nursery’s
commitment to Bob’s three R’s and how it would make the most of the
renovation if successful.
Due to its strong ambitions for energy
efficiency, Happy Days Nursery (Penair) in Truro was awarded one of
the top prizes and received external wall insulation to boost the
thermal efficiency of the building and reduce its carbon
footprint.
Paula May, Manager of Happy Days Nursery
(Penair) said: “Winning this competition has enabled us to reduce
our energy consumption, which we struggled with before. Knauf
Insulation and Mark Group have done an amazing job of insulating
the outside of our nursery. The renovation will not only keep
us warmer, but the Nursery now looks refreshed and welcoming.”
For more information please visit http://www.knaufinsulation.co.uk/
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