The importance of sustainable development and the construction industry's responsibility to the environment has been accentuated by the Part L consultation document.

Aircrete is one building material which provides a solution to meet increasingly stringent building requirements, and it is one that also ensures environmental compliance.

Aircrete is a product that hates waste, from the manufacturing stage through to its on-site usage. Its supremely efficient processing means that, for every cubic metre of raw material used, around five cubic metres of finished Aircrete product is created - a figure that few, if any, other construction materials can better. Any waste material from this production process is recycled back into production and ultimately into the completed product.

On-site wastage of Aircrete is kept to a minimum because special shapes and infill pieces can be easily cut with hand tools, correcting the occasional inaccuracy is relatively easy and alterations can be accomplished without major difficulty. Also, such is the accuracy of the finished product that the use of Aircrete's thin joint system results in joints of only 2mm thickness at the building stage, greatly reducing material and time costs and minimising any kind of waste.

Once constructed the qualities inherent in Aircrete continue to offer great efficiency. Its micro cellular structure offers far more efficient thermal insulation than many alternative materials and it remains a flexible and cost efficient means of helping to reduce energy consumption.

The outstanding durability of Aircrete blocks contributes to its status as a 'green' form of construction. The performance of Aircrete blocks both above and below ground is virtually unaffected by external factors such as insect attack, sulfate in the ground, frost or the presence of water, thereby greatly improving the environmental impact a building will generate throughout its life cycle.

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