{"id":163889,"date":"2026-07-20T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=163889"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:49:39","slug":"continuous-improvement-vital-insulation-manufacturers-meet-future-homes-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/continuous-improvement-vital-insulation-manufacturers-meet-future-homes-standard\/163889\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuous improvement is vital for insulation manufacturers to meet the Future Homes Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>With summers becoming hotter, winter storms more ferocious and Building Regulations tighter, innovation and investment in building materials research and development are essential to ensure a balance between performance, sustainability and compliance<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s why the R&amp;D team at the head office of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insulation-actis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insulation specialist Actis<\/a> in France is working round the clock to develop ever-more sustainable, thermally efficient and easy-to-use products that benefit both the installer and the end user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith increasingly stringent thermal efficiency requirements and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/demand-actis-riba-approved-cpd-soars-following-future-homes-standard-publication\/161846\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Homes Standard<\/a> requiring all new builds to be net zero ready by 2028, the primary focus must be on ensuring the fabric of a property is energy efficient to minimise heat loss by reducing thermal bridging and improving air tightness,\u201d says Actis UK and Ireland sales director Mark Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, homes need to stay cool during extreme heat, so finding products which work at both ends of the temperature scale is increasingly important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to investment in smarter technology, Actis products succeed in achieving both these aims. 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This enables specifiers to comply with both Part L and Part O of the Building Regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163890\" style=\"width: 837px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-163890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"837\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building-610x458.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Actis_head-office-building.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Actis R and D team is working around the clock to develop ever more efficient products to cope with extreme weather, ensure impressive U-values and reflect heat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actis\u2019 very low-energy production process consumes no water, its zero-waste policy sees all offcuts recovered, crushed and reintroduced into the manufacturing process and all its products are 100% recyclable.<\/p>\n<p>Its honeycomb-structured Hybris insulation is Europe\u2019s only Cradle to Cradle Certified reflective insulation.<\/p>\n<p>And its revolutionary two-in-one reflective insulation with integrated vapour barrier, Eolis HC is twice as quick to install as traditional alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the future of insulation lies in combining high performance with smarter design,\u201d says Mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we develop ever more efficient products, the construction industry has a good deal to be excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: This is a commercial profile<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With summers becoming hotter, winter storms more ferocious and Building Regulations tighter, innovation and investment in building materials research and development are essential to ensure a balance between performance, sustainability and compliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":163891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[568,464,172727,158081,586,173330],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172364],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-building-control-news","8":"tag-building-regulations","9":"tag-contributor-profile","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-future-homes-standard","12":"tag-insulation","13":"tag-pbc-today-august-2026","14":"stakeholder_rel_tag-actis-insulation"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Continuous improvement is vital for insulation manufacturers to meet the Future Homes Standard | Planning, Building &amp; 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