Sustainability News

Amtico launches its first lower-carbon flooring range

British flooring manufacturer, Amtico, launches its first bio-attributed luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring. Providing a lower-carbon flooring option, Amtico Bio is available on select ranges across its portfolio. Amtico Bio is manufactured using more PVC derived from renewable biomass-based raw materials. As part of Amtico’s commitment to become more sustainable, Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and Crude Tall Oil (CTO) from sustainably managed forests for the paper pulping industry are now its two sources of biomass. These biomass sources fully replace crude oil as the feedstock in the manufacturing of its bio-attributed PVC resin, with the CO2 emissions released in making bio-attributed PVC resin reduced by more than 90%. Amtico Bio is chemically and physically identical to the company’s standard LVT and works

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Cornwall MP visits Newquay scheme with energy-saving networked heat pump system

Cornish MP, Cherilyn Mackrory, visited Coastline Housing’s Quintrell Rise development to see how networked heat pumps are being deployed to provide low-cost, energy-efficient heating. Truro-based ground source heat pump manufacturer, The Kensa Group, will provide their products for 140 new homes in Quintrell Downs, Newquay, and CEO, Tamsin Lishman, took the MP for Truro and Falmouth for a demonstration of the renewable heating system. Each home will have its own ground source heat pump connected to a shared ambient heat network, giving residents access to an effective, year-round clean heating system while saving them hundreds of pounds a year on energy bills. This significant project comes as Kensa, Britain’s leader in ground source heat pump technology, plans to deliver 70,000 heat pumps

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