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External Wall Insulation

SERS
gears up
for 25 year
celebration

SERS insulated house, demonstrating the ability of EWI
to conserve the appearance of a property
SERS Energy Solutions Group - one of the UK’s leading experts in
energy-saving technology and construction - will shortly be celebrating 25
years in business, making it one of the UK’s longest established energysaving experts.

not taken seriously. But over the years people in general and politicians in
particular have realised the importance of a warm home at a reasonable
cost. The numbers of people - particularly older people - falling into fuel
poverty has been a spur for action.”

Award-winning SERS, with its headquarters and training centre
in Caerphilly, and offices in Stoke-on-Trent and Lockerbie, is an
acknowledged expert in external wall insulation and has produced a
definitive best practice guide jointly with the respected Building Research
Establishment. The company also has expertise in other forms of home
insulation and energy-saving measures.

“Under various schemes, funding has progressively been made available
to householders, landlords and businesses to encourage them to make
buildings more energy efficient. Up until recently, the funding was very
generous and enabled hundreds of thousands of people to make their
homes warmer. Unfortunately, the need for austerity and reduction in
public spending has reigned in some of that generosity. But having said
that, the Governments Green Deal Scheme is a great way to make energy
saving improvements to your property at no or very little upfront cost. The
Green Deal is open to homeowners, registered providers, social housing
tenants and private landlords.”

The company has doubled in size in the last two years, and is now turning
over £28 million. Last year it was listed in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast
Track 100 table of the fastest growing companies in the UK.
SERS specialises in the design, supply and installation of external wall
insulation, having installed solid (both external and internal) wall insulation
to over 30,000 homes around the UK. The joint BRE/SERS best practice
guide is a bible for the specification and installation of insulation, drawing
on SERS’ yea