Carbon emission cutting glass

The scheme is expected to cut office cooling energy use in half, which will reduce Samskip’s carbon emissions by around 45 tonnes a year as the logistics company focuses on cleaning up its act.

“Our aim is to run our business in as environmentally friendly a way as is possible; this is true for our logistics operations but also for our offices,” explained Eva Rademaker-de Leeuw, Samskip manager of marketing and communication.

She added: “The partnership with Innovative Facility Solutions (IFS) and Nexus will enable us to reduce our carbon emissions by around 45 tonnes a year, and we hope others in the industry will follow example.”

Samskip is the first company in Europe to benefit from the cheaper, and greener climate control system, following 10 years of R&D and an exhaustive testing phase.

The initiative has been undertaken in close collaboration with the Dutch glass product supplier IFS and investment from Dutch asset manager, Nexus Real Estate.

Functioning as a third isolation window the solution keeps in heat in winter, the patented glass’ infra-red blocking properties keep out heat in summer without affecting daylight.

This is expected to cut the energy used by office cooling installations by 50%, and it is being installed on all windows at Samskip’s head office.

Pieter Romme, partner at Nexus, said: “We are very excited to have found an innovative and new solution – in close cooperation with our technical manager CBRE – to improve the sustainability of our property.”

“We are very enthusiastic about this product and expect that, after the introduction to our building in Rotterdam, more landlords in the Netherlands will follow our lead.”