Deceuninck has launched its new Carbon Calculator, which helps fabricators and installers to work out their carbon footprint using data they already hold. Independent research commissioned by Deceuninck and conducted by YouGov, shows that lowering their carbon footprint is a factor in purchasing decision for almost 70% of UK homeowners. Separate research by Deceuninck [...]
Deceuninck has cut CO2 emissions from its operations down from 673,095 tonnes in 2021 to 530,836 tCO2e last year – a drop of 21%. At the forefront of innovation in sustainable PVC-U window and door systems technologies, this puts Deceuninck significantly ahead of its 2022 target. Made through the Science Based Targets carbon reduction [...]
The event, set to take place on the 24th of November, at the Hilton on London’s Park Lane, celebrates excellence and innovation within the glass and glazing industry. In 2022, Deceuninck received the Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award at the G-Awards, marking a significant milestone in the company's journey, recognising Deceuninck's continuous efforts [...]
A new market sector, created by the popularity for bespoke designer homes, is driving up demand for high-end aluminium windows and doors, Deceuninck Aluminium has identified. “There is now a significant amount of work coming from this sector,” Deceuninck Aluminium’s Director Nigel Headford said. “These projects can’t be classed as newbuild because they are [...]
A strong supply chain is key to happy customers, argues Natalie Witczak, Connaught Windows’ Senior Business Manager. Bournemouth-based Connaught Windows is a family-run Deceuninck fabricator, which has discovered that a personal approach to business not only creates stability but creates new opportunities for their customers. “Since we started fabricating windows in 1994, we’ve continued [...]
Two-thirds of homeowners plan to make their homes more sustainable in the next ten years, according to NatWest. We talk to Deceuninck’s Managing Director Rob McGlennon about where windows fit in. NatWest published its ‘Greener Homes Attitude Tracker’ in July this year, which summarised homeowners’ sustainable home improvement ambitions during Q2 2023. At a [...]
Eighty customers of Deceuninck and VBH dodged the rain for the annual Golf Day at the Bowood PGA Golf Course in Wiltshire in July, with a team from Hanley Trade Frames winning the team prize. Golfers were also treated to an early evening trick shot performance by professional golfer, Dean Davis, who had previously [...]
Deceuninck Aluminium’s Director Nigel Headford has joined the board of the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), where he plans to share his experience and knowledge on modern thermally efficient aluminium window and door design while driving the sustainability agenda. CAB aims to educate and inform users, specifiers and clients of the features and [...]
Deceuninck has donated £500 to the Saints Foundation, a charity set up by Southampton Football Club to help people of all ages and abilities lead healthier, happier lives. Managing Director of Deceuninck, Rob McGlennon, presented the cheque to Michael Pearce, a volunteer football coach with the foundation who provides football courses to children with [...]
We talk to Nick Rudd, Director at Spectral Windows, about how Deceuninck Aluminium’s modern design is proving to be a winner with installers and homeowners. Spectral Windows was established during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 by Jason Wilder and fellow directors Nick Rudd, Phil Redfern and Scott McQueen, after being contacted by old customers [...]
Deceuninck Customer Day highlights the opportunities colour and sustainability will generate against the backdrop of regulatory change and shifting end-user expectations. The second of three Customer Days being hosted by the systems leader, the event in Bristol at the end of April, was opened by its Managing Director, Rob McGlennon. Starting with an impromptu [...]
Anyone supplying windows and doors into new build – including home extensions – has only days to meet tougher standards of thermal performance. The Part L new build transition period comes to an end on the 15th of June 2023. Unless a project breaks ground before the transition period ends, all windows and doors [...]
The findings of an independent survey by Deceuninck suggest that homeowners still have cash to spend, despite inflation and the pandemic home improvement boom. Revealed this month [April], the survey conducted by leading pollster YouGov, and commissioned by Deceuninck, found that only 6% of respondents brought forward their home improvement spend during Covid. [...]
Sponsored news from Deceuninck: Deceuninck customer day identifies a toughening market, but still solid demand, despite inflationary headwinds and new regulatory challenges. Held at Birmingham’s NEC at the end of March, Kevin Jones, Senior Technical Officer, GGF started proceedings by reviewing the practical implications of significant regulatory changes. This included existing changes under Parts [...]
Sponsored news from Deceuninck Aluminium: Deceuninck Aluminium has continued the rapid expansion of its product offer, with the launch of the new ultra-energy-efficient Decalu88 Flush Casement Window. Headline u-values are as low as 0.8W/m2k - a Passivhaus equivalent level of performance. Achieving u-values as low as - 1.2W/m2k with a standard unit - it’s [...]
Sponsored news from Deceuninck: Dekko turned to Deceuninck Aluminium to manufacture products that will sit alongside its high-end Räum range of windows and doors when the fabricator reviewed its options in 2022. “There are many things to consider when you choose a supplier for your flagship brand,” explained Dekko’s Sales Director Kurt Greatrex. “Yes, [...]
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