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The Future is Modular… and the future needs Tyvek®
Membranes from DuPont to enhance energy-efficiency in buildings
30 Oct 2019
Modularwise chooses Tyvek®
The Future is Modular… and the future needs Tyvek®
The multiple benefits of modular development, from cost to sustainability to efficiency, are playing a valuable part in addressing not only the housing shortage but also the impact of climate change. DuPont? Tyvek® membranes and systems are also playing their part in this new housing story, as the perfect partner to offsite construction.
For a new 73-unit housing development under the Homes for England scheme on a brownfield site in Blackburn, Modularwise Ltd of Powys worked with client Places for People to create the optimum, easily replicable solution. This consisted of two types of home: a number of detached four bedroom houses plus multiple three bedroom models. The three bedroom homes combine four distinct modules, with the bedrooms and bathrooms located in the duo pitched roof. Mike Rutland, Business Development, Professional Body Accreditation and Compliance Manager for Modularwise explains, ?In terms of reducing the carbon footprint of the development throughout the chain, material choices were very important. This is primarily an off-site timber build on a steel frame floor, with a brick slip or rendered finish 90% applied off-site, then complet...