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Nov 30

5 reasons to use wood if you want to earn BREEAM certification

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Wood and BREEAM certification are compatible. Moreover, using wood in your project can help you obtain this environmental sustainability certificate. BREEAM stands for Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, a voluntary sustainability rating system for buildings. Certification encompasses 10 categories within a project: management, health and wellbeing, energy, transport, water use, materials, waste, land use and ecology, pollution and innovation. BREEAM certification offers a number of advantages such as drastically improving the quality of life for occupants, alignment with international sustainability targets and the competitive edge achieved by this type of recognition Using acoustic panels or interior cladding made of wood (such as those in the Spigogroup catalogue) in your project can contribute to getting this certification:   Responsible sourcing of materials: BREEAM rewards being able to demonstrate that materials are produced responsibly and sustainably, and Spigogroup’s wood solutions use FSC / PEFC wood from sustainably managed forests. Indoor air quality: Spigogroup has the A+ label which certifies that its wood cladding is free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can pollute indoor air. Acoustics: using wood panels that improve building acoustics gives extra points towards BREEAM certification. CO2 emission rate: wood cladding on the thermal envelope of a building contributes to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions. Low environmental impact materials: wood is an ecological material, easily recyclable and with a low environmental impact over the entire life cycle of the building.         If you liked this post about wood and BREEAM certification, you may also be interested in:   – Spigoacustic and Spigotec A+ wood acoustic panels – Spigogroup’s Spigoline brand A+ wood slat cladding – Wood and health: 5 benefits of wood for your health – FSC/PEFC wood acoustic panels: Why are they more environmentally-friendly?      

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Nov 23

Custom phenolic cabins, the solution to divide areas in sanitary spaces

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Custom phenolic cabins are the ideal solution for partitioning sanitary spaces without the need for building work. The Spigogroup Spigocompac sports furniture brand manufactures lockers, benches, worktops, coat racks, partitions and sanitary cubicles made of phenolic panel. As manufacturers we can go beyond the standard catalogue sizes and offer custom solutions suited to the requirements of any project. Phenolic or sanitary cabins, are useful and practice for making distance between lockers room and toilets. So the privacy of users is preserved. They are manufactured with Phenolic panels of 12 mm of thickness, are water-resistant, fire-resistant and antibacterial. High resistance against scratch wears impact, chemical products. Surface is non-porous, dirt does not adhere to it. Simple maintenance. Spigocompac offers 5 types of phenolic sanitary cubicles for showers, changing rooms and bathrooms: simple cabin, adapted and special door cabin, double cabin, tripe cabin and tripe cabin with sliding door. Combining the various phenolic cabins allows for the design of any changing room distribution in office and company premises or sports facilities. We can also custom manufacture, so the final project can be adapted to any space and dimension requirement, making the most of the available space and adjusting to any obstacle or irregularity in the room. Similarly, catalogue colours (red, grey, yellow, white, blue and green) can be replaced by any other if we manufacture the phenolic panel for the project to order. If you wish to send a query or request a quote, do not forget to take measurements and correctly calculate the square meters you need.           If you liked this post about custom phenolic cabins, you may also be interested in:   – In which cases do we manufacture made-to-measure wood doors? – Doors, wood panelling and phenolic cabins for La Atalaya toy library – Office lockers, what advantages do they offer? – Sanitary cubicles for toilets, changing rooms and showers and cleaning and disinfection protocols    

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Nov 16

Spigoacustic and Spigotec A+ wood acoustic panels

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All panel models in the Spigoacustic and Spigotec catalogues are A+ wood acoustic panels. They bear this label from the start of their manufacture, when they were just an MDF board base. What does this label mean? What advantages does it offer? A+ is a widely-used, volatile substances emission or air quality label. In the Spigoacustic and Spigotec brands, A+ rating guarantees that ous wood acoustic panels do not emit significant amounts of harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, toluene, xylene, styrene, tetrachloroethylene, ethylbenzene, butoxyethanol, trimethylbenzene and dichlorobenzene. All products in the Spigoacustic catalogue and Spigotec catalogue have an A+ rating, the highest certification for indoor air quality, according to UNE-EN ISO 16000. They contribute to better indoor air quality after construction and during occupancy. The MDF boards used to manufacture Spigoacustic and Spigotec acoustic panels have passed Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) tests in compliance with ASTM standards, EPA compendium methods or ISO methods accepted by LEED for each type of contaminant. Thus, the concentration of the following contaminants has been measured in all areas of usual occupancy:formaldehyde, PM10 and PM 2.5 particles, ozone, VOCs considered in the CDPH Standard Method v1.1 list and carbon monoxide, in a laboratory accredited according to ISO/IEC 17025. In addition, they are also certified, including A+, as E1 low formaldehyde emission, after passing the tests required by the ISO 717-2 standard.         If you liked this post about A+ wood acoustic panels, you may also be interested in:   –Wood and health: 5 benefits of wood for your health – Spigogroup’s Spigoline brand A+ wood slat cladding – Workplace acoustics with flexible, multi-purpose spaces – The benefits of acoustic conditioning in hospitals  

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Nov 09

Wood and health: 5 benefits of wood for your health

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Wood and health go hand in hand. It has been proven that people who live or work in spaces with exposed wood enjoy better health, both physically and mentally. In fact, some hospitals have found that its psychological impact helps in patients’ recovery. Even in some senior residences, the use of wood panels in ceilings and walls is said to improve interactions among the elderly and slow down their memory issues. These are the 5 indisputable health benefits of using wood in the construction and decoration of homes, leisure spaces and workplaces:   Reduces stress: In 2010, a study at the University of British Columbia showed that wood lowered activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), responsible for physiological stress responses in humans. More wood means lower stress.   Improves airways: Wood is hygroscopic, i.e. it is able to absorb moisture from the environment, which reduces the presence of associated microbes and improves respiration.   Lowers blood pressure: A study by the Japan Forestry Research Institute claims that exposure to wood panels significantly lowers blood pressure, but if the panels are made of steel, blood pressure rises.   Provides balance: Wood connects us with nature and brings harmony, tranquillity and the balance of body and mind with nature.   Learning aid: It improves acoustics, maintains temperature and lowers stress. All this improves attention and focus, and enhances creativity.         If you liked this post about wood and health, you may also be interested in:   – Workplace acoustics with flexible, multi-purpose spaces – FSC/PEFC wood acoustic panels: Why are they more environmentally-friendly? – The importance of acoustics in restaurants and bars – The benefits of acoustic conditioning in hospitals        

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