Hemp Insulation Approved by Ofgem for Home Insulation Schemes

INDUSTRIAL hemp insulation for construction produced by IndiNature is the first UK manufactured natural fibre to be approved for two of Ofgem’s home insulation schemes.

ECO4 and GBIS are government-backed grant schemes to improve energy efficiency in UK homes.

ECO4 primarily targets low-income households and vulnerable groups. The Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) offers insulation grants to a broader range of households, including EPC B band houses which aren’t normally eligible for funding with typical loft insulation materials.

IndiNature‘s IndiBreathe product can replace conventional loft insulation materials and is fully sustainable as hemp is a fast-growing and plentiful crop. The material can be recycled or re-purposed at the end of life.

Hemp Insulation Approved by Ofgem

Brian Monaghan, Sales Director at IndiNature, said: “We are absolutely delighted that Ofgem has approved our materials for their loft insulation schemes as it opens up a whole new domestic market for the company. We would like to thank Scottish Power for successfully sponsoring the application to Ofgem for IndiBreathe Flex to be registered as an innovation measure for the ECO and GBIS schemes.

“It means that builders and contractors can now specify a natural, sustainable and healthy high-performance insulation product when installing loft insulation under the government schemes.”

In 2004, IndiNature was the first company manufacturing industrial hemp insulation to achieve a full agrément certificate from the British Board of Agrément (BBA). It meant that the product could be used at scale for both new build and retrofit projects.

IndiNature’s products are manufactured at its purpose-designed hemp mill in Jedburgh, Scottish Borders.

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