KÄHRS FSC-CERTIFIED OAK HAMPSHIRE

9 December 2008
KÄHRS FSC-CERTIFIED OAK HAMPSHIRE

KÄHRS REFLECTS GREEN CREDENTIALS AT ECOTECH HOME

KÄHRS FSC-CERTIFIED OAK HAMPSHIRE AND OAK VERONA FSC HAVE BEEN INSTALLED WITHIN ECOTECH’S PIONEERING ORGANICS HOME. LOCATED AT BRE INNOVATION PARK, IN WATFORD, THE ECO-FRIENDLY CONSTRUCTION COMBINES THE LATEST GREEN TECHNOLOGY WHILST FULFILLING THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE URBAN DESIGN. KÄHRS WOOD FLOORS – WHICH ARE CRAFTED FROM SUSTAINABLE TIMBER AND FEATURE AN ECO-FRIENDLY MULTI-LAYERED CONSTRUCTION – COMPLEMENTED THE HOME’S GREEN CREDENTIALS, WHILST PROVIDING A STYLISH AND EASILY MAINTAINED FLOORING FINISH.

SHOWCASING THE LATEST PRACTICAL AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION INNOVATIONS, THE PARK AT BRE FEATURES A SELECTION OF DEMONSTRATION PROPERTIES. THEY INCLUDE EXAMPLES OF MMC (MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION), NEAR ZERO-CARBON HOMES AND OVER 200 DIFFERENT INNOVATIVE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. BUILT USING OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION METHODS, ECOTECH’S ORGANICS HOME CAN BE MASS-PRODUCED AND CONFIGURED TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS AND HOME-OWNERS’ NEEDS. IT PROVIDES A LIFETIME ADAPTABLE LIVING SPACE THAT’S AFFORDABLE, LOW-MAINTENANCE AND ECO-FRIENDLY.

REFLECTING ECOTECH’S USP, KÄHRS RANGE HAS A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, IN ADDITION TO FSC-CERTIFICATION, AND TO THE ECO-CONSTRUCTION WHICH FEATURES THROUGHOUT. A GLUELESS WOODLOC® JOINT ALLOWS THE FLOORS TO BE LAID WITHOUT ADHESIVE AND RELOCATED IF NECESSARY, WHILST A SOLVENT-FREE SATIN LACQUER PREFINISH PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL DURABILITY WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES. AFTER YEARS OF WEAR, THE FLOORS CAN BE SANDED, AT LEAST TWICE – AND, JUST AS KÄHRS USES WASTE WOOD TO PRODUCE BIO-FUEL DURING MANUFACTURE, THE FINISHED FLOOR IS ALSO COMPLETELY RECYCLABLE.