St Helens Borough Council has secured government funding of £138,000 to produce a plan for a district heat network, which would harness waste heat produced by manufacturing processes at Pilkington UK’s Greengate site, or a planned Energy Recovery Facility currently in development by the ESB group.

Glass with 50% less carbon launches in new milestone for decarbonising buildings. 10 October 2023. Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has pioneered a new glass range with 50% less embodied carbon when compared to standard float glass* ‒ representing the lowest carbon product of its kind on the market.

The glass giant’s research into anti-microbial glass was already at an advanced stage prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the outbreak has made it a key priority for the business’ UK research and development (R&D) team based in Lathom, Lancashire.

Recent research from Cardiff University revealed that UK climate anxiety is at an all-time high*. Pressure is mounting for change, fast.

A revolutionary green technology for St Helens could provide low carbon heating using waste heat from local industry.

The carbon capture trial announced today is now successfully underway in St Helens, UK, at Pilkington UK’s glass manufacturing site, part of NSG Group. It is the first demonstration of a carbon-capture technology on an industrial flat glass furnace in Europe.

The NSG Group will reduce its carbon emissions by 30% compared with 2018 levels, by 2030. It forms part of a wider plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, from emissions directly associated with its manufacturing to carbon produced in its supply chain.

Recent changes to Part L of the building regulations in England come into effect from June, and will be a significant step towards achieving the Government’s Future Homes Standard, which aims to ensure that all new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon than those delivered under current regulations.

We receive a lot of enquiries about the appearance of external condensation particularly in the Spring and Autumn. External condensation is a natural phenomenon and predictable event caused by the outer pane of the glazing being colder than the glass that it replaced.

Press Release. 25 May 2022. Neil Syder, managing director at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, reflects on 70 years of the modern float glass process and looks forward to the next breakthroughs in glass manufacturing technologies.