News : TLX Gold received Carbon Trust Praise

Energy and moisture management specialist, Web Dynamics, has been commended by the Carbon Trust for its contribution to the development of technology which offers major potential to reduce carbon emissions.

With more than 250 submissions from across the UK, Web Dynamics, came up against fierce competition at this year’s Carbon Trust Innovation Awards and was able to demonstrate the benefits of its TLX Gold combined multi-foil and breather membrane and show how technology can help reduce emissions from buildings.

TLX Gold is an insulating membrane that controls water vapour and air movement, enabling a building to ‘breathe’ whilst delivering a comfortable and energy efficient environment.

Described as a ‘space blanket for buildings’, TLX Gold reflects heat back into the building to conserve maximum energy and is ideal for use in traditionally hard to insulate buildings. It has successfully been put to the test in the refurbishment of a number of historic buildings as well as several public sector, retro-fit social housing, property conversion and new build projects.

The product has independent test certificates by BBA (British Board of Agrément); BTTG Fire Technology Services and High Performance Materials and the University of Salford’s Thermal Measurement Laboratory. TLX Gold is also currently seeking European Technical Approval (ETA).

Nick Searle, managing director, Web Dynamics, said: “This is a valuable recognition by the Carbon Trust of the practical contribution we are making right now at Web Dynamics to tackle climate change. Innovation is at the heart of our business and underpins all that we do. TLX Gold’s role in improving the energy efficiency of buildings has been recognised here and we are delighted to see the team’s hard work acknowledged by such a prestigious organisation.”

Commenting on this year’s Awards, Tom Delay, chief executive, The Carbon Trust, said: “As the UK looks to develop new low carbon solutions to tackle climate change, the breadth and depth of innovation here is deeply encouraging. Whilst many of the technologies that we looked at are still in their infancy, others already demonstrate strong commercial potential. This clearly shows not only the UK’s capacity for scientific discovery and bright ideas, but also the fantastic opportunity that we have to make the clean tech sector a thriving part of the British economy.”

The awards were judged by a panel of experts including David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor of the Department of Energy and Climate Change; Tim Smit, co-founder and Chief Executive of the Eden Project; Damian Carrington, Head of Environment at the Guardian; Chris Mottershead, Vice Principal of Research and Innovations at Kings College London; Dick Strawbridge, ‘eco king’; Jeremy Webb, Editor of The New Scientist; and Tom Delay, Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust.

Dick Strawbridge, Eco-King commented, “Engineering and innovation are passions of mine, but reading through the submissions was a humbling experience. One of the special things about these awards is that you get to see how British companies, institutions and individuals are pushing technology to its limits to try and reduce our impact on the planet whilst allowing us to maintain our privileged lifestyle. The entries were extremely high quality, and inspiring, so it would be great to see them all succeeding in the global market place.”

This year’s nationwide hunt attracted submissions from the UK’s most inspiring innovators in the development, deployment and use of low carbon technology solutions, across a range of areas from power generation to buildings to transport. The judges rigorously assessed each application against a range of strict criteria including genuine innovation, carbon saving potential, novel application and commercial potential.