Sustainability

We believe that building for the future means building strong foundations for a Sustainable country, that is why we are investing in a number of initiatives across our branches to move towards a better and more sustainable business.

We are reinventing the way we are doing business, and striving for a sustainable future for our colleagues, our customers and the communities which we serve. Our aim is to manage our environmental footprint, responsibly source our products and continue to improve our way in which we do business.

• Solar PV solutions provider
• A-Rated Heatpumps
• Energy efficient electric space heating
• FSC & PEFC certified Timber & Sheet Material
• Insulation solutions for A-rating & passive house
• Airtightness systems
• Heat recovery systems & ventilation
• Heating controls
• Water saving plumbing fixtures

Dulux Cork are a long-established paint partner of Cork Builders Providers. As our main paint supplier, Dulux have led the way in the industry while on their own sustainability journey through recent initiatives such as:

• Cork site no longer manufactures solvent products and is a 100% water-based manufacturing site.
• Continued R&D in the manufacturing process to significantly reduce the VOC content in their product offering with the new Airsure range now 99.9% VOC free.
• Durable paint ranges to extend the repainting maintenance cycle & reduce the consumer carbon footprint.
• Increased levels of renewable energy used for onsite operations.
• New recyclable packaging made from up to 50% recycled materials.
• Water washing’ system in their Cork site recycles the wash down water into the next production cycle.
• Investments into low energy manufacturing machinery.

• Across all our branches, all lighting has been changed to LED delivering a 30% reduction in costs and all locations are powered by 100% renewable energy.
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  By the end of 2023, we will have installed an 84.2 KWp Solar PV system in Togher, generating most of the daily electric requirements for the site.