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NHBC Foundation survey

 
The NHBC Foundation is undertaking a project to review the current status of cellulose based materials in the UK.
The focus of the study is to establish how cellulose based materials may or may not be suitable for use as building materials.

To be acceptable to the NHBC Foundation, it must be satisfactorily demonstrated that materials are suitable for their intended use including being able to satisfy acceptable levels of durability and not adversely affect performance when incorporated into the construction.

This survey is an opportunity for those companies that use primarily renewable or recycled materials such as hemp, flax, wood fibre, paper, and straw to highlight the effectiveness of such construction products.

We want your input into the report and hope that you will provide the following information.

Please note that we are referring to a product or system throughout the survey. If you would like to give details of more than one product/system, please fill in a survey per product/system.

1. Please give details of your company

2. Please state the composition of the cellulose-based products/systems you sell.

If you would like to give details of more than one product/system, please fill in a survey per product/system.

3. For what type of structure can the product/system be used? Please give details. If not applicable please type n/a.

4. What guidance do you provide for someone using your product/system? Please provide details.

5. Name the current certifications and/or warranties that you have for the product/system

 certification/warrantydate achieved
acoustic
durability
fire
load bearing capacity
service life
thermal performance
weathering

6. Are there any commonly used materials (including internal or external fixtures) that cannot be used with the product/system? Please give an explanation or n/a if you are unaware of any restrictions.

7. Please outline evidence on how the following issues are overcome. If any of these issues are not relevant, please state n/a.

8. When your product/system is used with a a timber frame wall what guidance and evidence do you have to substantiate that moisture will not adversely affect the timber frame? If this is not relevant to your product/system, please type n/a.

9. Please supply details of the costs in UK currency of your products/systems by m2 and m3.

10. Please rank in order of priority the attributes of your product/system with 1 the best and 4 the lowest.

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cost
low embodied carbon
weathering
durability
thermal performance
load bearing capacity
service life
fire
acoustic