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News BOUGHTON SHORTLISTED & SPONSOR FOR AWARDS February 2nd 2024 is set to be a busy day for the team at Boughton – a leading UK natural growing media supplier – as they attend the 2024 Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Awards as both sponsors and finalists. SOLAR PV CATEGORY ADDED TO UK ROOFING AWARDS AS ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2024 AWARDS EVENT NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors) has announced entries are now open and tickets are available to purchase for the UK Roofing Awards 2024, which returns to the Intercontinental London – the O2, on Friday 10th May 2024. This finalist status marks an exciting era for both Boughton and the SGD awards, with the award in question – Sustainable Product of the Year – an entirely new category introduced exclusively for the 2024 awards. Open to affiliated business partners only, the award looks to celebrate “known or innovative products manufactured with renewable or largely recycled or reused materials, which minimise or reverse detrimental environmental impact during production, and consider the product’s entire life cycle including how it is recycled / repurposed at the end of its life.” Boughton’s BLS Plus Topsoil has been submitted and has clearly resonated with the judging panel. Simon Hedley, Managing Director at Boughton, said: “It’s a pleasure to confirm our finalist status at the forthcoming SGD awards. To be shortlisted during the category’s inaugural year is an honour, but more importantly, the recognition of our efforts to bring to market soils that never deviate from our firm sustainability ethos is heartening to say the least.” Having previously sponsored the ‘Fresh Designer Landscapes & Gardens’ category at the 2022 edition of the SGD awards, the Boughton team will return once again to show its support with the sponsorship of the UK Commercial or Community Landscapes & Gardens award. www.boughton.co.uk Entries are invited for the 2024 Awards in the following project categories, which includes the new Solar PV category and the always hotly contested Green Roofs category: • Bituminous Hot Applied Liquid Waterproofing • Cold Applied Liquid Waterproofing • Fully Supported Metal • Green Roofs • Heritage Roofing • Leadwork • Multi-discipline Project (over £250k) • Rainscreen Facades • Reinforced Bitumen Membranes • Roof Slating • Roof Tiling • Sheeting & Cladding • Single Ply Roofing • Small Scale Project (Under £25k) • Solar PV – New category for 2024! In addition to these awards, one project chosen from the winners in each of the categories will win the Roof of the Year Award. The whole industry will also get the chance to vote for their winner from the shortlisted projects online in the Industry Choice Award. Individuals will also be recognised for their contributions to the industry via two additional categories: • Young Roofer of the Year • Health and Safety Individual of the Above: LRL Roofing Solutions and Bauder won the Green Roof award at the UK Roofing Awards 2023 for the stunning project at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. Year Award. Firms can enter now via the dedicated Awards platform. As well as roofing and cladding contractors, NFRC encourages manufacturers, architects and others in the supply chain to enter projects. James Talman, NFRC CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce that the UK Roofing Awards will return for 2024, on Friday 10th May. “In addition to the well-established award categories, we are pleased to announce the launch of our new Solar PV classification, which in addition to the existing Green Roofing category will see firms recognised for innovative and well-executed use of green technologies. This change reflects the fact that roofs play a crucial part of the UK’s transition to net zero. “As ever, the Awards is a brilliant opportunity for hardworking teams to have their efforts recognised. We look forward to welcoming colleagues from across the industry to the Intercontinental London – The O2, to reunite with old friends, network, and above all celebrate excellence in roofing and cladding.” Find out more: https://nfrc. awardsplatform.com/ 8 GREENSCAPE WINTER 2023 • www.greenscapemag.co.uk
GREENSCAPE 30 UNDER 30 AWARD WINNER Green-tech is celebrating after their key account manager has been named as a winner of the Pro Landscaper ‘30 under 30’ - The Next Generation Initiative. 29-year-old George Barton has been selected as a winner in the industry awards that look to discover 30 of the most impressive young people within the arboriculture, garden design, horticultural, and landscaping sectors. George started at Green-tech in 2018 in the warehouse where he learnt about the business from the ground-up. Demonstrating a hunger to progress and a keen interest in sales, George moved into the sales department where he flourished, and his career has gone from strength to strength. He has secured several promotions and is today one of only five key Account managers at Green-tech. He is also an ambassador for BALI GoLandscape, and visits schools and colleges to inspire the next generation into the industry. George explained: “I am absolutely delighted to be a winner of the Pro Landscaper’s 30 Under 30. I have worked my way up in Green-tech to the position I am in today and I’m so proud that my achievements have been recognised outside of my organisation. This is a fantastic industry to work in and these awards reflect the high standards that we work to.” www.green-tech.co.uk George Barton (l) with Kris Nellist, Green-Tech MD AXTER PARTNERS WITH LOCAL CHARITY TO HELP POWER HOMELESS PODS Axter Ltd has partnered with local homelessness charity, Emmaus Suffolk, to make their two new modular housing units for vulnerable people energy billfree, through the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The new Emmaus pods were opened on 10th October by campaigner Sir Terry Waite, a patron of the charity, at an event marking World Homelessness Day. Axter says it has been supporting Emmaus Suffolk, a charity that works with homeless and vulnerable people in the county, over the last year. Learning about Emmaus’s ambition to create two pods, funded by Hopestead, to offer accommodation behind its Community Hub in Ipswich, the Axter team recognised that they could help support the charity by transforming the modular building’s flat roofs to generate electrical energy via a photovoltaic array, producing sustainable electrical energy to power the pods. The initial specification called for 0.7 kilowatts per roof, but Axter exceeded this by installing nine panels across the two roofs. The system now generates 3.2 kilowatts, which is over double the planning requirements. Extra power generated will lower the cost of electricity bills and the carbon footprint for this fantastic charity, including an adjacent building used for offices and the community café. Axter donated nine Solar PV units, and provided design and specification, whilst covering the cost of installation by Tamaris Roofing. The modular building units were funded by the East of England homelessness charity, Hopestead. The Axter team also sponsors Emmaus Suffolk’s One Pot Wonder scheme, which aims to tackle food poverty by providing low-cost hot meals from the charity’s Royal Oak Community Café. Claire Staddon, CEO at Emmaus Suffolk, said: “We had no idea the kind of scale that this project would involve, just buying two modular units premade seemed like a simple option, but there’s a huge amount of additional work getting the utilities set up. “It was fantastic that Axter offered us the opportunity to install solar panels so they can be essentially net zero. We can now house two vulnerable house individuals in a real home setting, each with the dignity of their own front door. “Local businesses that care about the community, like Axter, make such a difference. I can only applaud them and thank them for their ongoing support.” Charlotte Saunders, Axter’s Head of Marketing & Communications and Climate & Community Manager, commented: “Having been a Suffolkbased business for 30 years, we are part of the community and partnership with Emmaus is one way we’re working to make life better for people across the county. “Mental health issues and homelessness are key concerns in the construction industry, yet another reason this project meant so much to the team. This work is part of our Climate and Community initiative, which puts our passion for the environment and the local community into action. Working with Emmaus, and our five other charity partners, we not only financially support these charities, but also lend our specific expertise where we can – as we have in this project.” www.axter.co.uk www.greenscapemag.co.uk • GREENSCAPE WINTER 2023 9
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