There is no getting away from it, making components for the construction industry is a resource intensive business. Even the most “Green” of products still use vast amounts of raw materials, be they natural, man-made or recycled and all products use energy one way or another for their manufacture, transport, installation and maintenance.

Encouraged by European Community legislation on waste and recycling, Hauraton, a major manufacturer of surface water drainage systems, decided they must further reduce their carbon footprint.

Tim Connolly, Hauraton’s UK Sales and Marketing Director explains the problem, “Our products of course improve the effective control of rainwater and provide tangible environmental benefits, but they have to meet stringent international performance criteria, so components need to be made from materials like concrete, ductile iron, steel and plastic – all energy intensive materials.

Achieving a carbon neutral status is probably not realistic for companies like ours that manufacturer highly engineered products in the construction sector, but by carrying out an energy reducing stratagem, we have managed to produce our products in a much more sustainable way”.

To discover how Hauraton executed a plan to reduce their company’s carbon footprint, go to www.hauraton.co.uk and click on HOW GREEN WE ARE.