For building professionals an easy way to cut the carbon is to use stone – for cladding, walling, hard landscaping, flooring, kitchens, and bathrooms.
Natural stone is naturally low carbon. It is dug out of the ground, sawn and shaped – no high temperature fossil fuel-fired kilns required. Even engineered quartz, porcelains and sintered stones are low carbon as the manufacturers work towards Net Zero by installing solar panels, wind turbines and water recycling plants, and increasingly using recycled materials.
It is a fast-moving sector and there’s no better way of keeping up with the latest developments than by visiting the Natural Stone Show & Hard Surfaces exhibitions at ExCeL London, 6-8 June.
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Choose from over 150 companies to meet the build requirements of your next development…
For cladding…
- Stone Cladding Systems (Stand F25) offer Aztec – a non-combustible, light-weight Ventilated Rainscreen system that utilises all types of Natural Stone, as pictured above at this student accommodation on North Street, Bath.
- Stamford Stone (Stand F56) supplied the Clipsham limestone for this Linden Homes development in Nassington.
Paving…
- Chipped edge paving from Terra Natural (Stand D6) who also provide a random and diminishing slate roofing product.
- Porcelain is becoming an increasingly popular choice for paving and lends itself to the growing trend for inside outside living. Paving Stock (stand H60) are one of the UK’s largest providers of 20mm outdoor porcelain, sandstone, limestone, granite, and slate pavings.
Kitchens & Bathrooms…
- The show offers a vast array of slab possibilities for kitchen worktops and luxury bathrooms, including Arklam (Stand G9) porcelain options and Big Slabs from Nuovocorso (Stand I1).
Flooring…
- Brachot (Stand G16) are one of the UK’s leading stone wholesalers offering flooring solutions for large developments. Travertino Oceano (Brossato) is used above.
Gain invaluable knowledge from over 50 seminars hosted on the Natural Stone and Hard Surfaces seminar theatres.
- Robert Kennett from Eric Parry Architects discusses Chelsea Barracks, Phase IV, London (winner of the New Build: Modern Style Stone Cladding category) from midday on Tuesday 6 June.
Visiting the show is easy too. ExCeL is now even more accessible thanks to the opening of the Elizabeth Line rail link that puts central London just a 12-minute ride away, and if you’re driving there’s ample parking under the venue itself. Register now
Find out more at www.stoneshow.co.uk and www.hardsurfaces.co.uk