02 Jun 16
Welcome to aquatherm's Greenline newsletter.
aquatherm has some cutting-edge projects underway throughout the country, and you can read about these below or on our website in the news section.
We hope you enjoy these insights into our colourful, slightly green-tinted aquatherm world.
aquatherm is proud to announce that their polypropylene (PP-R) piping systems now carry a product-specified type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
aquatherm is proud to announce the launch of their SDR 9 PP-RP MF pipe, an aquatherm green product for domestic hot water systems.
SDR 9 PP-RP MF has a 14 per cent larger internal bore than aquatherm’s standard SDR 7.4 MF pipes, and is 16 per cent lighter in weight.
aquatherm was proud to support the 2016 New Zealand Plumbing Conference. The event was held in Rotorua last month and we had a stand at the exhibition and sponsored a high profile speaker.
At aquatherm we are passionate about helping our colleagues in the plumbing industry to achieve their business goals, so we brought Cecilia Robinson to the event to share some of the secrets to her success.
The Awly Building, situated at 287 - 293 Durham Street, Christchurch, has benefited from aquatherm piping.
It has the first five Green Star Design rating in post-earthquake Christchurch, designed by Green Star professionals Ben Masters and Alan Barbour of Beca.
The Christchurch Art Centre refurbishment is also an aquatherm project. The building dates back to the 1870s and was the former Canterbury University until they moved in 1975.
College Hall (now known as the Great Hall) has now been totally refurbished after the February 2011 earthquake to its former glory with completion not far off.
Mike May from May Plumbing & Gas, ran the plumbing side of the Cardrona Distillery and Museum project, which utilised aquatherm pipes.
Mike was thrilled to be involved with such a unique and complex plumbing project. In his words, “WOW, what a challenging project.”
Springbank School near Kerikeri held its annual market day late last year which also included over 50 stalls showcasing students' business ideas.
aquatherm supplied the pipe to the TOHOZ Bows team and .........
Joe joined aquatherm in January as our South Island Technical Representative based in our Christchurch office and will be focused on training, installation support and technical enquiries for the region.
Originally from Scotland, Joe has been in New Zealand for 12 years. Spending most of his time in Queenstown, Joe initially worked on the Earnslaw and then took up an adult plumbing apprenticeship with Advantage Plumbing. With an injury putting his plumbing career on hold he did the next best thing and worked for Plumbing World for the next four years.
Roger is based in Auckland at our head office in Penrose, and looks after the North Island region with Sales Director Stephen Derig.
Roger has been involved in the plumbing industry for 22 years, originally as a plumber and later moving into sales in various roles within New Zealand.
This experience in the industry both on the tools and as a supplier, gives Roger great skills and knowledge across many areas within the industry, from end user customers to engineers and specifiers.
After 14 years at aquatherm NZ Martin has retired to become a full time hunting guide.
Martin and co-hunter Mark Melody have purchased an established free range guided hunting operation on the south Waiarapa coast.....
We hope you have enjoyed reading our news updates.....
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