Released on = June 6, 2007, 9:36 am

Press Release Author = Jenny Simpson Web Certain

Industry = Construction

Press Release Summary = Portakabin Group, the UK's leading modular building supplier
and manufacturer, has announced significant savings in carbon emissions following
the implementation of an energy saving and environmental policy across its business.


Press Release Body = Portakabin Group, the UK's leading modular building supplier
and manufacturer, has announced significant savings in carbon emissions following
the implementation of an energy saving and environmental policy across its business.

Portakabin saw a 17% year on year reduction in carbon emissions, decreasing by 643
tonnes over the last 12 months alone - equivalent to 338 flights from London
Heathrow to Sydney.

The new environmental policy is part of the Portakabin commitment to sustainability
along with the development of more environmentally friendly modular building
products and services, full details of which are outlined on their website
http://www.portakabin.co.uk/

Portakabin was the first modular building company to announce its commitment to
meeting the challenges set out in the Major Contractors Group Sustainability
Charter¹. This sets out priorities, measures and actions aimed at building a track
record and reputation for success in sustainable building across the construction
industry.

The Portakabin statement on their commitment to sustainability can be found on their
website http://www.portakabin.co.uk/sustainability.html.

It includes a commitment towards continual improvement in the areas of waste
minimisation and management, energy consumption and reducing adverse environmental
incidents and the construction industry's carbon footprint.

David Shaw, Marketing and Technical Director at Portakabin, said, 'Sustainability is
an area we take very seriously at Portakabin. We have a company energy saving forum,
designed to ensure we are energy efficient and have improved our production
processes regarding waste segregation at our Huntington manufacturing site. We have
also recognised the important role that sustainability plays in our product
development programme.

'During 2006, in addition to the 17% year on year reduction in carbon emissions from
our Huntington site, we have also continued to progressively increase the percentage
of waste that is recycled to over 60%. In addition we have seen a 50% reduction in
the cost of waste sent to landfill over the last three years.

'On product development, our Ultima modular building is an excellent example of an
energy efficient structure, and tests conducted by the Building Research
Establishment (BRE) have proven that it exceeds the Building Regulations Part L Air
Permeability Requirements by 70%.'

Following the success of their environmental policy, Portakabin are now offering
advice to other organisations on how to be more environmentally friendly and to help
reduce their carbon footprint. A free guide is available to download at
http://www.portakabin.co.uk/report-signup.html

Future plans to improve the environmental performance of both the Portakabin Group
and its buildings include the introduction of brand new, cutting edge software -
another first for the modular building industry.

This allows the company to design cost effective buildings with carbon emission
rates that will either comply with or exceed the requirements set out in Part L 2.

The new software provides an assessment of annual carbon emissions, heating and
cooling costs per square metre, whole life costing, energy audits, and generates
valuable data such as the air quality of each room. It will also provide a
framework for the energy certification process, once the legislation is in place.

David Shaw went on to say, 'We have invested significant resources and time in
training our team to implement this software and ensure that our customers will have
both an energy efficient and cost effective building, as well as having the peace of
mind that it's a Portakabin building that meets all the necessary legislative
requirements.'

Notes to Editors
Porta and Portakabin are trade marks.


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