Pro Installer December 2015 - Issue 33 | Page 22

22 DECEMBER 2015 PRO INSTALLER PRO NEWS www.proinstaller.co.uk DRIVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY BY ACHEVING A++ WER GGF Appoints New Health, Safety And Facilities Manager The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Phil Pinnington as Health & Safety and Facilities Manager. With over 18 years’ experience working within the charity, energy and transport sectors, Phil has a been successful in developing and implementing Health and Safety strategies within diverse organisations to nurture positive perspectives on Health and Safety In addition to his experience, Phil holds qualifications from NEBOSH (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), British Safety Council, IOSH (Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, and BSI (British Standards Institute). On Phil’s appointment Giles Willson, GGF Managing Director commented: “I am delighted that Phil has joined the Federation as our new Health, Safety and Facilities Manager. With his solid experience, qualifications and skills, I am sure he will bring a huge amount to this very important role within the GGF.” Phil’s remit will include working on consolidating the expertise within the GGF Health and Safety Committee, growing the subscription to GLASS Charter, developing the GGF’s library of Health and Safety publications and working in partnership with HSE (Health and Safety Executive) on industry issues. On his new position, Phil commented: “I am excited to have joined the GGF and look forward to combining my practical approach to health and safety and broad experience to support GGF Members.” For further information go to: www.ggf. org.uk Modus is one of two systems from Eurocell to achieve the BRFC’s most recent and stringent Window Energy Rating (WER) of A++. Modus designs with the new A++ rating include casement, reversible and tilt and turn, together with the Eurologik 70 casement. These windows are among the first to achieve the ‘A++’ band in England and Wales for WERs since the British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) launched the new rating in May 2015. A++ is only given to those windows with an energy index value equal to or greater than +20. “Achieving the ratings band underlines the fact that Eurocell is driving forward energy efficiency innovations,” said Ian Kernaghan, Product Design Manager. Among the first PVCu window and door systems in the UK to offer a 12-year guarantee, Modus features a 75mm six-cham- ber profile system so it can achieve a U-value as low as 0.7 W/m²K using triple-glazed units. It is available in nine solid and woodgrain effect colours, all offered with white internal finishes, while more than 40 solid and woodgrain effect finishes can also be ordered, with colour both internally and externally. The range consists of 50% post-consumer recycled PVCu as standard, and so has a smaller carbon footprint than products made or recycled outside the UK. www.eurocell.co.uk A WIN WIN for Thermoseal Group Thermoseal Group, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of warm edge spacer systems and supplier to the insulated glass (IG) industry was announced winner in two categories at the Glass and Glazing Industry’s prestigious G15 Awards event at the London Hilton on Park Lane on Friday 27th November 2015– ‘Component Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Training and Development Initiative of the Year’. Thermoseal Group’s Managing Director, Gwain Paterson commented: “I am absolutely delighted to have ach ieved both of these awards and am particularly pleased that the hard work and dedication of the whole Thermoseal Group team has been recognised in both of these categories. As a leading component supplier to insulated glass manufacturers, this award is ideal for us and we will be sure to publicise our win as a mark of the high quality of the products and service that we supply to our customers. “The ‘Training and Development Initiative of the Year’ award is testament to our spacer bar manufacturing sites in Wigan where we have built a bespoke operation which has required a strong emphasis on training and development to ensure the high quality of our products. At these sites, we operate a Kaizen method of lean manufacturing where every single member of our teams have either completed or are currently enrolled in external training courses. All staff are also part of a mentoring system. Our dedication to training has had a real impact on productivity and reduced wastage.” Call +44(0)121 331 3950 or visit www.thermosealgroup.com