GIK samarbetar med Knauf och började snart att använda deras Ecose-tillverkade mineralull efter att de fick höra talas om fördelarna. Det blir dock enormt mycket billigare att köpa samma mineralull själv och tillverka det man behöver.
Certified for indoor air quality as a low emitting product by The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute to both the GREENGUARD Certification ProgramSM and the more stringent GREENGUARD Children and SchoolsSM standard.
March 2010
EUROFINS Indoor Air Comfort GOLD
April 2011
Children and Schools Greenguard & Formaldehyde free
European Product Declaration (EPD)
October 2010
Blue Angel certification
Germany, October 2009
ÖKOTEST ranks “sehr gut“
November 2009
Global Insulation “Product of the Year 2009” Award
September 2009
Award: DuBo Award 2009 – 1st prize
January 2010
TOPBUILDER 2010 Award
February 2010
Construction Company of the Year 2009 – Category
Construction Products and Technologies
Czech Republic, December 2009
Innovation of the Year 2009 Award
Czech Republic, April 2010
IBF prize 2010 – Gold Medal
Czech Republic,2010
European Business Award for Environment
Summer 2009
1st prize from Ecohome magazine
January 2011
Trade organisation Eurobaustoff – Innovation award
December 2010
Innovation award by Legamiente and Confindustria
GIK Acoustics uses sound absorption insulation with ECOSE technology. Unlike most competing products, it is manufactured from naturally occurring and/or recycled raw materials and bonded using a bio-based technology free from formaldehyde, phenols, acrylics and with no artificial colors, bleaches or dyes. ECOSE reduces energy consumption and pollutants stemming from the production process and is therefore more fully recyclable than standard mineral wool or fiberglass. The absorptive core has earned the toughest indoor air quality certification in the industry, GREENGUARD™, which is certified to meet CHPS Low-Emitting Materials criteria section 01350.
"Knauf Insulation conducted installer trials throughout Europe featuring over 500 individual installers. These were organised using both internal and external coordinators, including Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult AG and were conducted during the first half of 2009.
More than 90% of professional installers stated that glass mineral wool
with ECOSE® Technology has a softer feel and is less itchy compared to
our conventional mineral wool."
ECOSE Technology ger ett särskiljande nytt utseende till Knauf Insulation mineralull isoleringsprodukter en naturlig toning av brunt utan tillsatta färgämnen blekmedel eller konstgjorda färgämnen. De är också mindre dammiga och har en mycket mjukare och vänligare yta samtidigt som de behåller sina styvhets och hårdhetsegenskaper.