Insulate Magazine Issue 12 - November 2017

The only independent insulation industry trade magazine
BREEAM Insulation Awards
Judges Deliver Verdict
Insulation Awards 2017 Preview
A
night of celebration approaches as the Insulation Industry looks forward to the inaugural Insulation
Awards supported by BREEAM on 30 th November. Hosted at the East Midlands Conference Centre in
Nottigham, the evening will recognise the very best in insulation, with eleven awards to be received on
the evening. The expert judging panel have cast their votes ready for the big announcements on the evening.
Speaking ahead of the judging day here is what Creative
Director Jamie Street had to say regarding the build up
towards the Insulation Awards and what it meant to have
such a presitigious judging panel in attendance to decide
the winners of the awards:
“The judges have come from all corners of the Country
and all different aspects of the industry. We have
representatives from different manufacturers and
associations, lecturers and speakers and we also
welcome Lord Deben. It’s a pleasure to have them here to
be involved with this first Insulation Awards Event.
We are really excited about the Insulation Awards, it’s
been a long process and a lot of work has gone on
behind the scenes. To have the judging today really brings
it all together and we’re excited to be choosing the
winners and celebrating all the good things that are going
on in the insulation industry.”
Judges Reflect
Having casted their votes here is what the judges at to
say regarding their
participation, the
importance of the
awards and the calibur
of entries received:
Mike Easdon,
MD InBuild
“Insulation is a very very
important element that
people sometimes overlook, it can be a small part of the
construction process when you are looking at energy
efficiency, you’re looking at fuel saving, liveability factors
and all these other various elements then you realise that
it comes down to a fabric first approach which is where
insulation nicely fits and the Insulation Awards is ideally
placed to promote that.”
Keira Proctor, MD A.Proctor Group
“I’ve been really impressed by the submissions, they’re
very diverse across a lot of different sectors so
commercial, residential, new build, social housing, a lot of
interesting buildings and delving into the different
properties of the insulation and how they are adding
value to the building or
to the individuals within
that building has been
really interesting for me.”
Simon Storer, Chief
Executive, IMA
“Having an Awards
Ceremony excites the
industry it’s very
important that we’re
seen not just as
providing materials, but it’s really what those materials do
to buildings and people’s lives.
There is a human aspect to it which I think is very
important, and the categories cover a whole range of
different criteria from the graduate to projects to installers
and I think that is also important because it’s that variety
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