Fibre cement roofing tiles work well as an option for decisions about eco-friendly building processes and materials.
Fibre cement which is made of cement, water, cellulose, textile fibres and air can help improve circularity and carbonation impact.
Cedral already supports refurbishment with robust, long-lasting material that is re-usable and with a production process that avoids causes of waste and uses local sourcing and transportation. The fibre cement roof slates have a carbon footprint of just 16 CO 2 e/m 2.
Lead developer A2 Dominion is running the initial phase of the North West Bicester Eco town project, which has the long-term vision of providing up to 6,000 sustainable new homes and is the first of four planned Eco towns in the UK.
Announced in the Government’s Planning Policy Statement in 2009, the Eco towns are designed to achieve zero carbon development and more sustainable living using the best new design and construction.
The initial phase of the North West Bicester project is called the Exemplar and main contractor Wilmott Dixon has already started to build the first 94 of the 393 planned highly efficient true zero carbon homes which will create the UK's first zero carbon community that is using Rivendale Fibre Cement Slates for its roofing.
Bicester Eco town was designed to achieve zero carbon development and more sustainable living using the best new design and construction.
Rivendale fibre cement slates were specified for the roofs on the Exemplar phase by main contractor Wilmott Dixon. The homes are highly efficient true zero carbon homes which helped to create the UK's first zero carbon community.
Cedral’s UK technical team supports specifiers through the process. Visit https://www.cedral.world/en-GB/ for design inspiration, technical documents and certificates.