GTEC Aqua Board Installed In Crossway Eco-House
Lafarge Plasterboard’s latest innovation in gypsum boards, “GTEC Aqua Board” is being installed in a new Zero Carbon Passive House to be featured on TV in the New Year.
The four bedroom house, named Crossway, hides within the rural landscape of Kent and uses a variety of recycled and locally sourced materials, from top to bottom.
Heating and energy supply comes from the UK’s first use of a revolutionary Photo Voltaic Thermal (PV-T) system and the world’s first salt Phase Change Material thermal store backed up by an 11kW biomass boiler.
The eco-house includes triple glazing and is insulated throughout using recycled newspaper.
GTEC Aqua Board from Lafarge is being used in vulnerable wet areas such as the outside car port, as well as the bathrooms and wet room. The high performance gypsum board was developed as an alternative to cement boards for wet and high humidity applications.
“This is why we developed GTEC Aqua Board,” said Lafarge Plasterboard’s Business Development Manager - Innovation Simon Scrase. “The board underlines our commitment to sustainability – one of our core values – and this is now being reflected in its use in pioneering pro-environmental projects such as Crossway.”
GTEC Aqua Board offers superior water, mould and fire resistance, plus sound insulation and impact protection qualities. It is suitable for both internal and external environments, and can be left on site directly exposed to all weather conditions for up to six months.
Architect Richard Hawkes, of Hawkes Architecture, is passionate about the Crossway project and its minimal impact on the surrounding environment.
“At Crossway, we are exploring the uniqueness of place, through the building's form and palette of local materials,” he said. “We believe in an ethical, holistic, sustainable, one planet living approach to building design.”
The project is due for completion in December 2008 and will be on TV in March 2009.
The four bedroom house, named Crossway, hides within the rural landscape of Kent and uses a variety of recycled and locally sourced materials, from top to bottom.
Heating and energy supply comes from the UK’s first use of a revolutionary Photo Voltaic Thermal (PV-T) system and the world’s first salt Phase Change Material thermal store backed up by an 11kW biomass boiler.
The eco-house includes triple glazing and is insulated throughout using recycled newspaper.
GTEC Aqua Board from Lafarge is being used in vulnerable wet areas such as the outside car port, as well as the bathrooms and wet room. The high performance gypsum board was developed as an alternative to cement boards for wet and high humidity applications.
“This is why we developed GTEC Aqua Board,” said Lafarge Plasterboard’s Business Development Manager - Innovation Simon Scrase. “The board underlines our commitment to sustainability – one of our core values – and this is now being reflected in its use in pioneering pro-environmental projects such as Crossway.”
GTEC Aqua Board offers superior water, mould and fire resistance, plus sound insulation and impact protection qualities. It is suitable for both internal and external environments, and can be left on site directly exposed to all weather conditions for up to six months.
Architect Richard Hawkes, of Hawkes Architecture, is passionate about the Crossway project and its minimal impact on the surrounding environment.
“At Crossway, we are exploring the uniqueness of place, through the building's form and palette of local materials,” he said. “We believe in an ethical, holistic, sustainable, one planet living approach to building design.”
The project is due for completion in December 2008 and will be on TV in March 2009.
11 December 2009
