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Cygnum Features In Passive House Plus

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Cygnum’s passive house certified System features in Passive house plus magazine which is Irelands leading publication on passive housing technologies. In this magazine you will find lots of examples of passive housing projects in Ireland and we highly recommend anyone interested in Passive Housing to go to their website using the link below.

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Leading Irish timber frame manufacturer Cygnum is launching a pioneering closed low embodied carbon panelised building system that integrates cellulose insulation.

The Precision system has been developed by the company to drive down the costs of a building system that’s becoming increasingly popular due to its thermal performance, healthiness and low environmental impact.

Leading Irish timber frame manufacturer Cygnum is launching a pioneering closed low embodied carbon panelised building system that integrates cellulose insulation. The Precision system has been developed by the company to drive down the costs of a building system that’s becoming increasingly popular due to its thermal performance, healthiness and low environmental impact.

“Since the early days of Cygnum we have been building timber frame with cellulose,” Cygnum MD John Desmond said. “But we’ve found that cellulose has been confined to the upper end of the market because it can be quite costly. It’s an ideal insulation for timber frame because of the way it fills the panel once it’s installed correctly. We wanted to find a way to make it as cost effective as possible for our clients to use cellulose.”

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Read Full Article Online: Cygnum innovation cuts costs on closed panel cellulose

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