The Sustainable Energy Association is delighted to welcome Kingspan as its latest Executive Member.

Kingspan, a leading global provider of products and services with sustainability at their core has joined the Sustainable Energy Association to further boost its already active role in shaping the future of the industry and the policy framework that supports it.

Key facts about Kingspan:

• Established in 1965 by Eugene Murtagh, Kingspan Group is a major manufacturer of sustainable building products and solutions for the construction industry including high performance insulation, building fabric, and solar integrated building envelopes
• Operates in numerous countries around the world across Europe, North America and Australasia
• Fully committed to developing products that are sustainable throughout their lifecycle and that deliver less energy, less cost and less carbon, reducing the impact buildings have on environment
• During 2011, the Group embarked on its own Net Zero Initiative, which  aims to have all facilities running on entirely renewable power by 2020
• Kingspan’s high performance insulated envelope systems can save up to 40% of the building’s energy consumption
• The Sunday Times Best Green Companies 2011 – Placed 1st in Wales and 29th overall (Holywell)

Richard Burnley, the Managing Director of Kingspan Insulation, said:

“Kingspan has a great deal to contribute to shaping policy as we approach and move beyond the next General Election. Energy measures in buildings are by far the most effective way of meeting a range of energy policy goals, but can only do so against a long-term, stable and predictable policy framework. We are pleased to be part of the SEA to join a growing public consensus promoting the economic opportunities available from insulating our buildings properly, controlling the energy we use in them better, and producing more of our energy sustainably from buildings themselves”

Dave Sowden, Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy Association:

“We are delighted to welcome Kingspan to the ranks of our Executive Members. Through its varied divisions, Kingspan is a well-known and significant global manufacturer of products and building services solutions ranging from insulation through to solar panels, as well as novel heating and ventilation solutions for both the home and non-residential buildings.

“The addition of a company with depth and breadth on this scale will be another boost to our key message – namely that there is a significant economic prize available if we focus our energy policy first on our buildings.

“We look forward to working with Kingspan and the rest of our members to continue to get this key message across and develop a long-term, stable policy framework for investment in building-level energy measures”.