ELEMENT:
Aquatherm Fusiotherm Polypropylene hot and cold water supply pipes
AIM:
Provide clean drinking water to the residents of the home, while reducing
environmental impact by eliminating the use of PVC compounds.
STRATEGY:
Environmentally Safer Materials
To maintain the quality of the rainwater delivered to the occupants of
the Healthy Home non-reactive, hygienically perfect pipes polypropylene
water pipes were installed to transport potable water to each of the water
use locations in the house.
The green polypropylene pipes are more chemically stable than PVC, hence
more environmentally friendly and sustainable than PVC. Polypropylene
(PP) also a hard wearing material that is non corrosive. They are also
hygienically perfect, i.e. they will not contaminate the water that they
carry.
They are light and easy to install, however the joins do need to be welded
in place. Greenpeace has licensed the producer, Aquatherm, to use the "future
product approved by Greenpeace" logo on the Fusiotherm pipes as they
contain no PVC and are easily recyclable.
REFERENCE:
http://www.aquatherm.de/
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