Environment and sustainability
Materials, manufacture, production, transport, usage and disposal. During its entire product life cycle – from cradle to grave – Troldtekt A/S attaches great importance to minimising environmental impact. This is the core reasoning behind the product life cycle, which forms a sustainable basis for our green vision.
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1. Materials Danish raw materials-
PEFC-certified wood from
Danish forests and
cement produced by Aalborg Portland. |
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5. Disposal Can be composted and
re-used as soil improver. | |
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4. Usage Indoor climate labelling in the
best categories in accordance with
Dansk Indeklima Mærkning. |
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Troldtekt acoustic panels are a natural product made of wood from Danish forests and cement from the Danish subsoil. PEFC-certification ensures traceability to sustainable forestry operations. The trees are grown in Danish forests where they have grown for at least 50 years without the use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides or other chemical substances. The cement comes from Aalborg Portland, which is governed by strict environmental requirements.
Green Heating
The production of Troldtekt panels takes place at Troldhede in West Denmark and is carried out in a closed process without the discharge of waste water. 95% of the energy used for heating the state-of-the-art factory comes from CO2 – neutral wood waste and bark from the production of Troldtekt panels.
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Mimimal Transport
As Troldtekt A/S prioritises raw materials from the local area – wood from the forests in Western Denmark and cement from Aalborg Portland, the environmental impact in connection with transport has been significantly reduced.
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Best Category Indoor Climate
As early as 1997, Troldtekt panels were awarded the Indoor Climate Labelling in best category by Dansk Indeklima Mærkning (Danish Indoor Climate Labelling). In practice, this means that Troldtekt panels release a minimum of particles and gasses when installed.
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Back to Nature
KomTek A/S processes waste from the production at Troldhede into soil improvers. This production waste is a particularly effective type of compost, as the high calcium content of the cement increases oxidation, and the fibre content of the panels ensures a high quality compost.
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Environment prize awarded to Troldtekt A/S
In the spring of 2010, Byggeriets Miljøpris (The Danish Building Industry Environment Award) was set up. Troldtekt A/S was the happy recipient during the trade fair, incidentally the biggest in the Nordic countries, TUN BYG in Fredericia. A unanimous panel of judges selected Troldtekt A/S for their focus on the environment during the entire product life cycle. The prize was awarded by HRH Crown Prince Frederik to Peer Leth, Managing Director of Troldtekt A/S.
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Objectives for the Environment
Troldtekt A/S will work to achieve that 70 per cent of the wood used for the production of acoustic panels will be PEFC-certified by 2013. Today, certified wood make up 20-25 percent, due to a restricted supply of PEFC-certified wood up to now. Demands from companies such as Troldtekt A/S will increasingly motivate forest owners to become certified.