Knauf Insulation provides comprehensive sector guides
20 Dec 2005
Knauf Insulation has published the Health Sector Guide, the
first in a series of comprehensive design manuals that provide a
compendium of information about the use of insulation in specific
types of building. The guides explain the insulation requirements
and design considerations that apply within a particular building
‘sector’ and recommend the appropriate solutions to meet them.
Three similarly themed guides covering education, commercial and
industrial premises are to follow.
The new Sector Guide series complements Knauf Insulation’s existing
range of ‘solution-based’ literature perfectly. Whereas the current
range gives solutions on a construction-element basis, the new
guides bring together and summarize everything a designer needs to
know about insulation within a specific type of building.
Designed to provide key information and an immediate, practical
understanding and working knowledge of the subject, the guides are
divided into sections covering thermal, acoustic, fire protection
and HVAC insulation and examine them from two perspectives. The
first – ‘design requirements’ – looks at the relevant Building
Regulations, legislation, standards and thinking that influence the
use of insulation within the type of building being reviewed. The
second – ‘design solutions’ – introduces the appropriate insulation
solutions that can be considered and explains how their use meets
the expected design requirements. The heavily illustrated guides
also contain case studies, a bibliography of publications and a
list of additional reference material.
Created to give designers, building professionals and other members
of the design team a focus on insulation as a subject, the guides
make essential reading prior to ‘calling in the experts’ – Knauf
Insulation, of course! – for more in-depth, project-specific advice
and assistance with developing the specification and the inevitable
calculations.
As the UK’s only manufacturer and supplier of three types of
insulation material – glass and rock mineral wool and extruded
polystyrene – Knauf Insulation is in a unique position from which
to recommend the best solution for a given insulation
application.
For a copy of the Health Sector Guide, please call the enquiries
hotline on 08700 668 660 quoting KR 514 05.
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Editor's Notes:
Knauf Insulation is a multinational
manufacturer of insulation products with operations in the UK,
Europe and the USA. Knauf Insulation Limited is insulation market
leader in the UK and employs around 500 people at its four
manufacturing plants at St. Helens, Queensferry, Cwmbran and
Hartlepool. The company manufactures a wide range of insulation
products to meet the growing demand for energy efficiency and
acoustic performance in both new and existing homes and commercial
buildings. Products include glass mineral wool, rock mineral wool,
expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene marketed under the
trademarks Crown®, Rocksilk® and Polyfoam®. Knauf Insulation is
committed to the environment: its products use recycled and
naturally abundant materials.