NFA MAGAZINE - JUL22

NFA MAGAZINE - JUL22

DIGITAL MAGAZINE

COMPETITION HOTS UP! TEMPERATURES SOAR AS SOME CATEGORIES STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL! Vote for free online at - www.fenestrationawards.co.uk/vote

Voting closes on Friday 7th of October 2022 (One vote per person, only votes from the fenestration industry will count)

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NFA NEWS

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Your NFA Voting update The National Fenestration Awards voting phase is still well underway and in just 2 months of voting we have received a record 17,000 votes. We want to say a huge thank you to our industry for taking time out to vote in our awards, we are thrilled with all the reactions and engagement. Finalists’ social media posts have been brilliant, and we hope to see more and more as our winner’s event gets even closer. Winners will be announced in the Garden Suite of Doncaster Racecourse where attendees will be able to enjoy an exciting day of racing, dining, networking, and entertainment. You will be met with a champagne reception on arrival, and then will be able to enjoy a full race card at the Virgin Bet November Handicap this is the final chance to enjoy turf flat racing anywhere in the UK this year, so an exciting atmosphere is anticipated.

Tickets for this event can be purchased by anyone in the fenestration industry here: www.fenestrationawards.co.uk/2022-winners/. There are just over 11 weeks to go until voting closes on 7th October 2022. Visit our voting page to choose your winners. www.fenestrationawards.co.uk/vote/

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THIS MONTHS KEY ARTICLES

PAGE 06 CAN IT BE TOO HOT TO WORK?

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PAGE 44 BUSINESS PILOT - A STEP AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION The platform has its own set of features and benefits that greatly helps with the day to day management of a business. PAGE 40 WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO LEARN TO SELL AGAIN Prising money away to pay for new windows is about to get a lot harder. We’re going to need to learn to sell again. EUROCELL’S WORLD CLASS SUPPLY CHAIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FABRICATORS Eurocell reports it has been successfully performing at almost 100% on deliveries for the past three months.

There is no legal limit on how hot temperatures have to be in order for work to stop. But could the hot weather stop work anyway?

PAGE 22 LEKA LAUNCHES NEW ECOTECH ROOF SYSTEM Leka Systems, have launched their new ecotech roofing system giving fabricators and installers even more opportunities to add value to their portfolio. PAGE 12 WHY FIT IN WHEN YOU CAN STAND OUT? Exhibitions can be pretty formal and lacklustre, with visitors just ambling around and not having much to stimulate their interest. FENEX is different!

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GQA PARTNERSHIP WITH ‘NOBODY LEFT BEHIND’ INITIATIVE GQA Qualifications is lending its support to a progressive and life-changing initiative for young people called ‘Nobody Left Behind’.

NEW TRUCKS FOR NEW SITES FOR WINDOW RECYCLING CNC Recycling are delighted to have taken delivery of the first of two new brand new IVECO S-way tractor units...

NATIONWIDE UPVC WINDOW RECYCLING CNC Recycling offers a national UPVC

JULY EDITION 03

CLIPPINGS & MUSINGS

Despite all the innovation and the focus on hi-tech new design, urban areas are among the UK’s worst climate offenders.

Globally, the way we heat, cool and power many existing office spaces, homes and factories all combine to make up for 27% of energy-related CO2 emissions. Whilst we are building new properties and high rise buildings, these all cost huge amounts in terms of building products including, steel, cement and yes, glass. The construction industry, landlords and consumers don’t necessarily have a great record on key issues still facing us in respect of climate change. Today, there is only a very small proportion of properties that are carbon neutral, and based on current figures it is going to take nearly 100 years to decarbonise every single home and building.

So is there a dirty building storm on the way? Well, some gauge that our cities will need to build 13,000 new buildings every day until 2050 in order to keep pace with the global population growth. While some buildings need desperately to be retrofitted, there are many others that simply need to be razed to the ground. A huge problem regarding the speed of reclaiming the planet and reducing carbon emissions is of course caused by Governments who are really letting the side down and failing miserably in their endeavours to quickly turn things around. Although the pandemic lockdowns have re-written the rules regarding work they have not destroyed the working world in general. While many commute today or at least have very flexible working hours now, cities continue to be important and the desire to reach higher and higher with stunning glass designed skyscrapers has not diminished. Penchant for these concrete marvels of engineering continues unabated. Pretty much every city you visit will house a skyline of cranes all working hard to create shiny new landmarks. Yet, the desire to build more housing has not been restricted to urban areas with some predicting that soon, floor space comparative to the size of New York City will be built across the world, every month until 2060.

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FROM HELEN DUVAL 2022

“Consumer prices are rising ridiculously quickly - we are now at the highest rate since the 1980s.”

As buildings currently generate 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions, with homes alone accounting for nearly 20%, it is clear we all need to do a lot more. We talk of carbon neutral when in fact the scientists have been focussing on carbon negative for some time. Property emissions include the day-to-day running of a building: eg: energy used to light up, heat or cool homes, office blocks as well as shopping malls. The carbon produced in this way accounts for 27% of all annual carbon emissions globally. Embodied carbon on the other hand, relates to emissions caused by the building and maintenance processes and this is responsible for around 10% of annual emissions. Consumer prices are rising ridiculously quickly and we are now at the highest rate, year on year since the 1980s. Of course, it would be brilliant if The Bank of England could help convince us that reducing inflation is a serious objective. I fear that is really going to take some doing to help the situation, particularly as Huw Pill is now intimating as The Bank of England’s Chief Economist that inflation will return back to its 2% target - this, irrespective of the challenges brought about by the rising cost of living and a fall in GBP. So, more interest rate hikes are clearly on the way. Electricity has become a serious commodity through all this, with many house builders in the SE experiencing delays in connection to the grid, with 2027 and 2030 being the dates offered for connection. Apparently,

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