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- MIMA Statement on the NAO’s Energy Efficiency Installations Report
- Update to British Standard on Flood Resilient Construction
- Statement - Making Performance-led Home Retrofit a Reality
- Post General Election Briefing for the New Government
- Insulation and Heat Pumps: The Perfect Pairing
- MIMA’s Statement on the Mission Zero Coalition’s Report: “Building Mission Zero - Mission Retrofit“
- MIMA’s Statement on CE and UKCA marks for construction products
- HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
- Statement on DLUHC’s updates to the fire safety regulations and guidance announced on the eve of the Platinum Jubilee
- MIMA comments on both the Heat and Buildings and Net Zero Strategies
- MIMA statement on the Insulate Britain campaign:
- Energy Performance and the New Homes Ombudsman
- **Updated 28 May 2020** MIMA’s statement on Coronavirus (COVID-19) #staysafe
- A FUTURE (RESILIENT) HOMES STANDARD FOR 2025
- MIMA Building Safety Guide launched
- Improving the insulation of buildings makes sense both now and in a low carbon future
- MIMA comment on the Prime Minister's announcement on The Grand Challenge Missions and Clean Growth
- ‘Insufficient' - MIMA’s first reaction to Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent report on Building Regulations and Fire Safety.
- Open letter to the Prime Minister
- Hackitt interim report: MIMA believes phase two report must go further to recommend that Buildings Regulations only allow non-combustible materials to be specified for use in mid to high-rise & high occupancy buildings.
- MIMA responds to the Hackitt Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety
- MIMA supported industry alliance launches aspirational action plan for Government to make our buildings great again
- Statement on fire, public safety and the Buildings Regulations Review
- MIMA statement on the BRE cladding testing
- MIMA comments on the Prime Minister’s announcement that the UK will ratify the Paris Agreement by the end of 2016 21st September 2016
- MIMA comments on Bright Blue’s Green Conservatism report
- Archive
- MEPs calls for the Commission to drive energy efficiency by making it a European energy infrastructure priority
- MIMA comments on the NAO report on the Green Deal:
- MIMA comment on the launch of Bright Blue's Green Conservatism project
- MIMA comments on the Energy and Climate Change report on home energy efficiency and demand reduction
- The Mineral Wool Manufacturers Association (MIMA) has today responded to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement
- MIMA responds to the HM Treasury consultation on reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape
- MIMA supports Energy Efficiency 'Dragon’s Den' policy event with Policy Exchange
- MIMA calls for Europe to be tough and support energy efficiency in response to EU Commission consultation
- Superglass CEO takes helm of the UK’s representative insulation body
- Stamp duty nudges are the clear winner to deliver energy efficiency for UK consumers
- EVENTS ROUND-UP: 6 NOVEMBER
- Empower consumers to keep their homes warm and comfortable - new report published by Policy Exchange
- Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association reaction to the Government's Green Deal announcement
- Energy Secretary must focus on energy reduction to realise her objectives
- Energy experts urge Amber Rudd to embrace variety after pro-gas speech
- MIMA position paper on fire safety for the building regulations review
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Reports and publications
- Making Performance-led Home Retrofit a Reality
- Making Performance-led Home Retrofit a Reality - Summary
- Making Performance-led Home Retrofit a Reality - Recommendations
- A FUTURE (RESILIENT) HOMES STANDARD FOR 2025
- Energy Efficiency is an Infrastructure Priority - Infographic
- MIMA Building Safety Guide - Insulated Façades
- WSBF roundtable ‘Post-Grenfell: Fire Safety in the Built Environment’ – 16th January 2018
- Frontier Economics: Affordable Warmth, Clean Growth
- Party Wall Bypass
- MIMA: Who we are
- New Research on the Effect of Flooding on Mineral Wool Insulation Products
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Links
- Association for the Conversation of Energy (ACE)
- British Board of Agrément
- Builders Merchants Federation (BMF)
- British Standards Institution (BSI) - Quality Assurance Division
- Bre (Building Research Establishment)
- Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency
- Construction Products Association
- Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
- Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
- Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group (EEIG)
- Energy Saving Trust
- MCRMA
- National House Building Council
- National Insulation Association
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- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA)
- Solid Wall Insulation Guarantee Agency
- UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings
- UK Green Building Council
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FAQs
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- What is the difference between glass wool and stone wool?
- Is mineral wool carginogenic?
- What is the Global Warming Potential of mineral wool?
- What is the Euroclass Reaction to Fire classification system?
- What is the ‘Declaration of Performance’ (DoP) of a construction product?
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