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A primary school with a difference

H+H UK Ltd Hi Seven Grade 100mm and 140mm aircrete blocks have been specified for a £1.7 million project at Batheaston Primary School in Bath. The blocks have been used to build a new hall, reception, classrooms and a kitchen facility with the aim of the project to achieve U values 25% better than the current Building regulation requirements for walls.

Low carbon demo house built with H+H

Town & Country Housing Group (TCHG) in Kent decided to construct a low carbon prototype home to act as a test bed for building to level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. In the process they used the H+H Thin Joint system with large format Jumbo Bloks.

H+H and Shift Equals Sustainable Houses

H+H UK is Britain’s largest manufacturer of aircrete products and has signed up as an associate sponsor for SHIFT, joining the list of companies already in support of this nationwide sustainability initiative.

Aircrete: A viable choice for building social housing

Timber frame construction has enjoyed a near monopoly with social housing developers in the last decade, possibly as this building method is perceived to be quicker and cheaper than the alternatives. However, contractors are starting to look again at other options and coming up with some surprising conclusions.

H+H UK: Further recognition for green initiatives

The Award recognises the range of activity the company undertakes to continually monitor and improve its environmental performance. In particular, during 2009 H+H UK was the first UK company to be awarded a ‘very good’ rating at all sites for all products, under the BES 6001:2008 Responsible Sourcing Initiative from the Building Research Establishment (BRE).

Aircrete and timber frame head to head on wall thickness

Aircrete, with its inherent thermal insulation characteristics, contributes to a cavity wall width for masonry that will compare favourably with timber frame structures.

Industry calls for more green attention on refurb

500 specifiers, contractors and developers responded to the survey, with a significant majority (70%) agreeing that “too much attention is focused on new build, we should concentrate on upgrading existing buildings.”

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H+H Teaching Sustainability

The blocks will be part of a 100m² eco house, an initiative of the European funded Interreg project, Eco Fab2. The eco house is being built indoors at the Ore Valley site within the Sussex Coast College Hastings as an opportunity for students to create, design and work on a fully-sized and operational house.

Rå Build aircrete preferred to timber frame for social housing project

A Rå Build, thin-jointed solid wall aircrete masonry shell was the most cost effective solution for the Stondonfield social housing development in Essex. Principle Contractor Collins and Beckett looked at timber frame and off site methods before opting for H+H Hi-Seven 7.3N/mm2 Jumbo Bloks for the ground floor external walls of the 6 houses and 2 flats that make up the scheme.

H+H into Top Ten Sunday Times Best Green Companies

H+H UK jumped 20 places in this year’s Sunday Times Best Green Companies and into the top ten for the first time as the highest placed building materials manufacturer in the prestigious list. The UK’s leading aircrete company worked especially hard to lower its carbon footprint over the last 12 months, achieving a 6% reduction in the process, double the set target.

Multi-Plates take care

Ribbon Court, a £6.5m care home in Coventry built for Accord Housing Association was completed four weeks ahead of schedule because of the use of large format aircrete Multi Plates and thin joint Celfix mortar. H+H supplied a through-the-wall solution including all of the lintels, aircrete, ties, mortar, damp-proof course (DPC), cavity trays and bed-joint reinforcement – everything except the doors and windows.

Rå Build shaves two weeks off build time

Contractor Masonry Frame Systems completed the aircrete inner shell of 39 new build houses and flats two weeks ahead of schedule at the Pinefields development in Addlestone, despite last winter being the coldest for decades. This was made possible by using the H+H Rå Build method of construction with thin-jointed aircrete block-work.