Below are copies of our recent press releases. For all press enquiries, please contact CFA Marketing Communications on 01622 754295 or email david.ing@cfapr.com.


Get ready for Hemclad®!

May 13, 2010

Offering a sustainable alternative to composite cladding, Hemclad™ will give any project the green finish it deserves. A cladding panel made from Hemcrete™, a bio-composite made with a hemp and lime binder, it offers cost effective and sustainable panelling with all of the build performance and good looks of conventional products. More here...

Triangle gets the go ahead!

May 13, 2010

HabOakus, a developer part owned by Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud, has been granted permission for its first development, The Triangle.Based in Wiltshire, it’s intended to meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes with the potential to upgrade to carbon zero status – making Tradical® Hemcrete® the natural choice for the scheme. More here...

Isle of Man gets first BREEAM Excellent rating with Hemcrete®!

May 13, 2010

Merging several of its departments to become the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, the Isle of Man Government wanted a supremely green building for its new headquarters, named Thie Slieau Whallian. More here...

Limetec® takes centre stage with Royal Shakespeare Company

Mar 12, 2010

Lime Technology’s Limetec® hydraulic lime mortar has proved to be the ideal product to match existing mortar at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) redevelopment of their Stratford-upon-Avon base. More here...

Institute of Sustainability chooses Tradical® Hemcrete®

Mar 12, 2010

Tradical® Hemcrete® has been specified for the flagship development in the new Sustainable Industries Park at Dagenham Dock in the Thames Gateway. The proposed building is for the Institute for Sustainability. More here...

Tradical® Hemcrete® achieves worlds first Hemp Lime BBA Accreditation

Mar 12, 2010

Tradical® Hemcrete®, the innovative lime and hemp based renewable and highly thermally efficient alternative to conventional masonry cavity walls, has achieved British Board of Agrément (BBA) accreditation. With approval from the UK’s major authority on construction products, specifiers of Tradical® Hemcrete® can have total confidence in the product’s performance. More here...

March CPD At The Renewable House

Mar 12, 2010

On the 24th March, Lime Technology will be hosting a special CPD event at the Renewable House, located at the BRE's Innovation Park in Watford. More here...

New Chelsea pensioners' infirmary chooses lime mortar

The new infirmary at the historic Royal Hospital Chelsea, designed by architects Quinlan and Francis Terry and built by Wates Construction, has chosen Limetec hydraulic lime mortar More here...

A solution for sustainable homes

The Government’s ambitious plans to build 240,000 homes a year, to reach a target of three million new homes by 2020 may be facing a hurdle with the current economic downturn. This will no doubt make their medium terms plans to deliver these homes all the... More here...

More Awards Shortlists

One award and two shortlisted schemes at this year’s Brick Awards have used Lime Technology’s sustainable solutions in their development. The Brick Awards is one of the longest established and most widely respected design awards in the UK More here...