Industrial door and loading bay manufacturer Hörmann will find out today if it has made the grade at this year’s UKWA Awards. A finalist in the Environment Award category, Hörmann is keen to see how its green credentials fare against the competition.

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Over the last few years, Hörmann has worked closely with industrial real estate owners and tenants to minimise the environmental impact of loading bays, while meeting the demands of increasingly busy warehouses. Hörmann’s approach to loading bay development is to offer the most energy-efficient solutions that meet the operational needs of the customer, an outlook that the manufacturer adopts within its own production facilities.

CO2 emissions across the company’s 16 factories have been reduced by 16,000 tonnes each year through a variety of measures, including the use of renewably generated energy, the installation of combined heat and power plants, and switching from oil to gas heating at some locations. Connecting production facilities with renewable power stations wherever possible has led to a 12,000 tonne reduction in the Group’s CO2 emissions alone.

As a commitment to energy efficiency, an ISO 50001 energy management system has also been introduced throughout the Hörmann Group. This includes intelligent building services management to help lower power consumption across the individual plants.

Raw materials for Hörmann’s products are, where possible, sourced from high-quality local suppliers in central Europe, reducing the impact of transporting goods to its manufacturing facilities in Germany. The benefit to customers of such stringent policies is twofold – the company can provide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its full door range, and the careful selection of materials helps to ensure its products have a long service life and low maintenance requirements.

Additionally, Hörmann’s sectional doors, rolling shutters and grilles have been independently verified for their sustainability, through an EPD by the Institute of Window Technology in Rosenheim. In fact, Hörmann was the first door manufacturer to publish such documentation in accordance with ISO 140425 and EN 15804.

Comprehensive innovation goes into all R&D for the industrial door manufacturer, resulting in products with some of the highest levels of environmental performance on the market. Its high speed sectional range was expanded in 2014, with a new generation of thermally efficient double skinned steel doors.

New 67mm panels for Hörmann’s SPU Thermo model mean energy efficiency is maximised, while profiles of the same thickness, with built-in thermal breaks, have been introduced for its ALR and APU Thermo doors.

The manufacturer has made a significant commitment to enhancing its environmental record, a move that has not only reduced its carbon footprint but has also ensured its products remain of the highest quality.

www.hormann.co.uk

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