Category Archives: Sustainability

Pen-Y-Dre High School Becomes First Carbon Neutral Refurbishment School in Wales. Renowned for its high standards of discipline, behaviour and achievements, Pen-Y- Dre High School isMerthyr Tydfil’s award-winning education centre. The school caters for the educational and developmentneeds of 800 … More >>

Macmillan Academy Adds Another Green Initiative. Set up as a City Technology College in 1989, Macmillan Academy strive to improve the economic prospects and social opportunities for the 1600 pupils who attend. Registered as an Eco-school over 15 years ago, … More >>

Winner of the NFRC 2022 Scottish Roofing Awards – Reinforced Bituminous Membranes. The best of roofing projects in Scotland were celebrated at the NFRC Scottish Roofing Awards on 28thOctober 2022 at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. The judges rewarded … More >>

Alumasc Replaces 13-Year-Old EPDM Roof Short of its Declared Lifespan Since 2004 upon what was once Belfast City’s Gasworks, overlooking the River Lagan, James House hasbeen home to office accommodation for various government agencies. Originally complete in the earlyaughts on … More >>

Client Brief and Design Alumasc Roofing’s understanding of the client brief is evident at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust who needed help towards becoming carbon neutral and more sustainable. Maintaining NHS Trust property of roughly 28.4 million square … More >>

Sensitively designed to keep a low profile in its exceptional surroundings, the new Conwy Culture Centre has recently opened its doors to the public. A Blackdown extensive sedum green roof completes the low-lying, single storey centre, helping it to become … More >>

East London’s Whitechapel Station, which will eventually become one of the stations on Crossrail’s brand new Elizabeth Line, has taken advantage of its canopy roof area and transformed it into a valuable environmental asset. An extensive sedum NatureMat® green roof … More >>

A place that seeks to find the perfect balance between work and play, The Old Vinyl Factory is home to a large, young community and provides them with commercial and leisure facilities, restaurants, shops, cafes and bars. But this isn’t … More >>

One of the busiest buildings at the University of Dundee was able to benefit from a complete replacement of its waterproof roofing with Alumasc Derbigum Olivine roofing membranes. The August 2018 project ran for six weeks and was completed on … More >>

New legislation from the Welsh government, which came into effect on 7 January 2019, stipulates that all new developments of more than one dwelling or where the construction area is 100m2 or more should have Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in … More >>