A lower carbon monocouche render has been launched to help housebuilders actively reduce embodied carbon in their projects.
Housebuilders are facing growing pressure to demonstrate progress against sustainability targets and account for Scope 3 emissions across their supply chains. As construction materials contribute to a large proportion of a building’s embodied carbon, choosing lower carbon products at specification stage can help reduce upfront emissions across new developments.
Saint-Gobain Weber has relaunched weberpral E, a high-performance monocouche render with 22% lower carbon emissions from fossil fuels*. It has been reformulated with next generation cement replacement technology that minimises reliance on traditional cement. This is achieved by using recycled material to substantially reduce CO2 emissions.
Throughout the product’s lifecycle, there are also significant reductions when compared to weberpral M: energy consumption by 25%, non-renewable energy consumption by 19%, and water usage by 28%.
Weberpral E is supported by an independently verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), providing housebuilders with reliable performance data to inform embodied carbon assessments and Scope 3 emissions reporting.
Caroline Rowley, Business Development Director at Saint-Gobain Exterior Solutions, said: “As the Future Homes Standard drives improvements in the energy efficiency of new homes and reductions in operational carbon emissions, it is also causing the industry to think about the impact of embodied carbon. Choosing lower carbon materials gives housebuilders the opportunity to go one step further in their sustainability journey by reducing embodied carbon too.
“We have reformulated weberpral E with sustainability in mind. It has all of the well-known and trusted product benefits of Weber’s monocouche render with the additional sustainability credentials that will help housebuilders to hit their targets, while enhancing product performance.”
Manufactured in the UK and widely available through our Merchant and Distribution partners across the UK and Ireland, weberpral E is supported by a dedicated Housebuilder team offering design, technical and application on-site support, compliance management, academy training, CPD’s and best practice presentations to strengthen the housebuilder brand.
Now available in 24 colours, the through-colour monocouche render is a low maintenance finish. Designed to minimise applicator time on site, weberpral E is a one-coat render that allows same-day scrape. This faster application means shorter programme periods, helping to