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 As a responsible developer, designer or builder, you are aware of new private and public concerns for the sustainability of buildings, which has a triple impact on the building market: socially, it means that buildings have to be consistent with housing policy, comfortable, and meet health and safety concerns; economically, it means reducing material waste, saving energy, and assuring efficient installations; environmentally, it means protecting infrastructures, optimizing energy consumption, and recycling wherever possible.
Nexans contribution to Sustainable Buildings combines several products and services, and applies to all building sub-segments: residential housing, public and office buildings and industrial sites.
Although cabling accounts for only 2-3% of a new building’s overall cost, it is often the enabler of sustainable objectives. It achieves energy savings, enhanced home and building management, and new levels of safety for residents, workers and the surrounding environment. Nexans works closely with customers to encourage the use of clean and renewable energy.
Nexans sustainable building solutions:
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1. Eco-design and eco-production: Nexans uses non-polluting materials, while adopting clean manufacturing processes
2. Halogen-free, Fire-reaction (HFFR) cables: if a fire occurs, they generate low smoke, and less hazardous, acidic and irritant gases, thus protecting people, equipment and the building structure
3. Radiant heating cables: easy to install and safe, providing comfortable and healthy warmth, while being highly energy-efficient
4. Solar panel cable: offer lifetime reliability and rooftop fire-protection to promote renewable energy initiatives
5. Easy installation and smart packaging: easy strippability, compactness, pre-wired conduits, pre-connectorization and convenient spools, drums and packaging
6. Recycling: reel and old cable retrieval, and organized recycling through a Nexans subsidiary
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