Tag: Quinn Lite

Mannok Product Names – A Customer Guide

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With the name change from Quinn to Mannok completed on 16th November, customers can expect to see sweeping visual changes to all Quinn branded materials in the coming weeks and months. The full rebrand is expected to take up to 12 months to complete, but many changes will happen sooner. What’s changed...

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Thermal Bridging: Which Blocks are Best?

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 Thermal bridging occurs where there are breaks in the insulation in the fabric of a building and can account for up to 35% of a building’s total heat loss. Architects and designers often specify aircrete blocks, such as Mannok aircrete thermal blocks, to effectively combat this heat loss. Mannok...

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Energy Efficiency Improvements in Quinn Lite Plant

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Quinn Lite have introduced a number of measures to reduce energy usage and waste in the manufacturing process of the aircrete blocks. The company reviewed their manufacturing process in a bid to determine where improvements could be made to ensure minimal environmental impact and maximise efficiencies....

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Quinn Celebrates Triple NBG Awards Success

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Quinn Building Products have enjoyed a storming success at this year’s National Buying Group (NBG) Supplier Awards in Glasgow, scooping three awards on the night. Perhaps the most anticipated award of the evening was the overall Brand of the Year 2019, which is the only award open to all NBG suppliers...

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nZEB Made Easy at Passive Sills “Achieving nZEB” Conference

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The Irish construction industry is awash with talk of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings, or nZEB. The new standards are partially in place already with all public buildings built after 31st December 2018 required to meet the standards. The next stage is the rollout to all buildings to comply with nZEB...

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