Construction Resources aims to make available the best building products and
systems from throughout Europe and further afield, selected to strict environmental
criteria. The long-term aim is to build up a market for these products and encourage
UK companies to start manufacturing them locally.
- Natural, non-toxic raw materials, from renewable resources wherever possible,
extracted or harvested by environmentally-sound methods
- Maximum use of recycled materials
- Lowest possible energy embodied in the product’s manufacture
and transport
- Non-polluting manufacturing process, safe to workforce involved
- Safe, non-toxic installation or application of the product
- Ergonomically-sound working methods, equipment and tools for installation
- Safe, non-toxic use of building after construction
- Lowest possible energy requirement for running the completed building
- High level of internal comfort in the completed building
- Imaginative, effective use of modern technology combined with maximum
simplicity and reliability of systems
- Recyclability or safe disposal at end of building’s or component’s
lifetime
