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Home Products Guidelines 2021/22
Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bioregional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Sustainable Home Products Explained. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Scope 3 Carbon Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Assessment Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Updates for 2021/22 Edition – Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Products Made for Sustainability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Alternative Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lower Carbon Manufacture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Recycled Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Responsibly Sourced Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Products for Sustainable Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Building Biodiversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Protecting Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Saving Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Saving Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Communicating Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendix 1: Compostable and Biodegradable Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Appendix 2: Recognised Responsible Sourcing
and Chemical Safety Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix 3: Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Plant Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Product Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 2
Introduction
In Europe, households are responsible for one quarter of total energy consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions. Making our homes more thermally efficient,
taking steps to address energy and water consumption and reducing waste can help
all of us to reduce carbon emissions.
We can also make our homes healthier environments customer use and end-of-life. The guidelines
and help biodiversity by supporting nature in our describe and specify attributes based on evidence
outdoor spaces. The products we buy to improve our including research and information from third
homes can be sourced responsibly to help prevent party expert bodies. Every year, the guidelines are
deforestation and other environmental issues. reviewed so that they keep pace with technology
and environmental issues.
As Europe’s leading home improvement retail group,
Kingfisher is uniquely positioned to help households Before a product is assessed using these guidelines,
across markets to address their environmental it must meet all relevant Kingfisher and banner
impact. For ten years, Kingfisher has used detailed policies, including ethical sourcing and workplace
guidelines to define sustainability in our products. standards. It must meet packaging and chemical
policies.
These guidelines are published so that our
customers, vendors and colleagues can see Both vendor branded and our own label products
the definitions for themselves. are assessed.
Sustainable Home Products can help to lower
environmental impact. The guidelines address
how products are made, what materials are used,
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 3
Bioregional
The world is facing a climate and ecological emergency. Businesses have a vital
role to play in safeguarding our earth’s natural resources and responding to
challenges such as plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and the climate crisis.
The time to act is now.
For retailers, it is We are proud to support Kingfisher to help drive
the products they this green revolution in the home. Choosing more
sell that account sustainable products goes beyond the difference
for most of their made by the individual. It drives change, like ripples
environmental in a pond, from companies, suppliers, and even
impact. With all governments.
businesses needing
However, we must see more of these
to reduce their
transformations taking place, in the UK and across
carbon footprint by
the world. In western Europe, the average person
90% by 2050, at the
lives as if we had almost three planets’ worth of
latest, ensuring that
resources to support us, when of course we have
our products are
just one. In the coming decade we need to see
sustainable is a vital
the widespread rollout of energy-saving building
element of removing carbon from the value supply
materials and low-carbon heating, helping us to live
chain, and in turn helping to prevent the earth’s
within the resources of our planet, while leaving
temperature from rising to dangerous levels.
space for nature to thrive.
This is why Kingfisher’s Sustainable Home Products
Exemplar businesses like Kingfisher are leading
Guidelines are so important, and why we are
the way in making this vision a reality, and we look
honoured to have worked with Kingfisher for over
forward to working with them on the journey ahead.
a decade, helping them to define what ‘good’ looks
like, and to ensure that environmental considerations
Sue Riddlestone OBE,
are integrated into the design of new products,
Chief Executive and Co-founder of Bioregional
right from the start.
Kingfisher’s approach makes it easier for customers
to choose low impact, renewable materials, such as
cork for sustainable insulation and flooring, while also
supporting them to save energy – and money – in the
home, for example through smart heating systems.
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Sustainable Home Products Explained
Kingfisher assesses every product using its Sustainable Home Product Guidelines
to determine whether it can help to lower the environmental impact of home
improvement. The Guidelines are verified by the sustainability charity and
social enterprise Bioregional.
Every year, Kingfisher reports on the percentage of In addition to describing positive Sustainability
group sales that derives from products that meet the Attributes, the Guidelines also define Watch List
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines. This reporting Attributes. The Watch List describes features of
is also verified by Bioregional. Kingfisher’s banners products that cannot be considered sustainable.
sell over 100,000 different products. Examples include peat in compost, coal for heating
and energy intensive products. As effective, more
The Guidelines set out Sustainability Attributes that
sustainable alternatives become available at affordable
describe features and benefits of Sustainable Home
prices, products on the Watch List can be replaced.
Products. Kingfisher’s banners sell over 100,000
different products enabling hundreds of types of To be considered a Sustainable Home Product,
home improvement project so many environmental a product must meet all of Kingfisher’s sustainability
issues are addressed by the Sustainability Attributes. policies, not have any Watch List attributes and have
There are Standard Sustainability Attributes and one or more Sustainability Attributes as described
more challenging Higher Sustainability Attributes. in these Guidelines.
Products meeting more than one Standard Sustainability
Sustainable A Attribute or one Higher Sustainability Attribute
Sustainable B Products meeting a Standard Sustainability Attribute
Potential Products that do not yet have a Sustainability Attribute
Watch List Products that cannot be considered to be sustainable
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Sustainability Attributes Explained
Sustainable Home Products can help to lower environmental impact because of what they are or what they can do.
They have Sustainability Attributes:
Products Made for Products for
Sustainability Sustainable Living
Where the product is sustainable Where the product helps
because of what it is made from or our customers to live more
how it is made (features) sustainably (benefits)
Alternative Building
materials biodiversity
Recycled Protecting
materials health
Responsibly Saving
sourced materials energy
Lower carbon Saving
manufacture resources
Saving
water
Sustainability Attributes in the Products Made Sustainability Attributes in the Products for
for Sustainability principle describe features Sustainable Living principle describe features that
that address the environmental impact of making address the environmental impact of using and
products. They describe material types and disposing of products. The 5 classes are:
certification schemes that are addressing the
• Helping nature in our gardens and outdoor spaces
embodied carbon in products, deforestation,
protecting habitats and using waste as a resource. • Making homes safer environments, addressing
The 4 classes are: pollution and enabling healthier living
• Sourcing from well managed forests & other • Energy efficiency, using renewable energy
sustainable sources, treating people fairly
• Reducing, renting, reusing, repairing, recycling,
• Using waste as a resource to close the recycling composting
loop.
• Water efficiency, preventing flooding, using
• Switching to materials that have a lower rainwater
environmental impact
• Encouraging factories to be energy efficient,
addressing carbon in the supply chain
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Higher Sustainability Attributes
Higher Sustainability Attributes are more challenging and reflect a more significant environmental benefit.
One Higher Sustainability Attribute counts as two Sustainability Attributes. There are Higher Sustainability
Attributes in every class.
Examples include insulation, water butts,
product rental services and high levels
of energy or water efficiency.
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Sustainability Product Rating Explained
A grading system is used to describe how a product meets the Sustainability Attributes:
Level Description Example
Products that meet the highest Water butt that is made from
levels in the Sustainable Home 90% post-consumer waste
Product Guidelines. recycled plastic.
Sustainable
Above the Green Line
These have 2 or more Window made from FSC
A Sustainability Attributes. certified timber with full chain
of custody that meets thermal
efficiency criteria.
Products that meet the Fence panel made from FSC
Sustainable Home Product certified timber with full chain
Sustainable Guidelines. of custody.
B These have one or more Water-based paint.
Sustainability Attributes.
Products that do not yet meet Conduit made from virgin
the Sustainable Home Product plastic.
Guidelines because they do
Door hinge made of steel.
not yet have any Sustainability
Potential Attributes.
C If these products are improved,
they may move to Sustainability
B or better.
Products that cannot be Coal
Below the Red Line
considered to be sustainable Peat-based compost
so cannot be assessed.
Paint that has medium or C levels
Watch List
of VOCs or higher.
D
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Packaging and Sustainable Home Products
Sustainable Home Products are assessed on the product’s attributes. Packaging features alone are
not enough to qualify a product as a Sustainable Home Product.
Good packaging is designed to protect products and All products must meet Kingfisher’s Sustainable
reduce waste arising from damage. But packaging Packaging Materials Policy as well as packaging
can have a significant impact on a product’s requirements set by banners before they can be
environmental impact. assessed for Sustainability Attributes. Packaging
must also meet regulatory requirements.
Designing packaging for logistics efficiency
can help to reduce the carbon emissions from Packaging checks apply to all layers of packaging,
transporting products. including outers and cartons.
Sourcing materials carefully is crucial so that issues This is the first check in the Assessment Process.
including deforestation can be addressed. Opting for
recycled materials helps to close the loop on waste.
Disposal of packaging material is increasingly
concerning customers. Recycling options differ
even within a country, making it difficult to claim that
packaging is truly “recyclable”. Designing packaging
considering the challenges facing customers is
essential. For example, making it easy to separate
components can help considerably.
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The UN has 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
that aim to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities
and tackle climate change while ensuring that no one
is left behind by 2030.
The Sustainability Attributes link to 10 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
3 Good Health & Well-being 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
6 Clean Water and Sanitation 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
7 Affordable and Clean Energy 13 Climate Action
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth 14 Life Below Water
10 Reduced Inequalities 15 Life on Land
Examples showing how Sustainability Attributes link to the SDGs:
Responsibly Sourced Wood & Paper – an example Growing Produce – an example showing how
showing how a Sustainability Attribute links to a Sustainability Attribute links to the SDGs
the SDGs
Kingfisher banners enable our customers to make
One of the responsible sourcing schemes their open spaces, however small, better places for
recognised in these Guidelines is the Forest nature to thrive. Many vegetables and herbs can be
Stewardship Council (FSC). B&Q was a founding grown in containers on a balcony or yard and many,
partner of this pioneering scheme in the 1990s. like these beans, have flowers that help to support
If a product has been made from wood that has bees and other pollinators. Kingfisher requires that
full chain of custody with FSC certification, it has the flowering plants sold are not grown using harmful
been sourced responsibly, either from a carefully neonicitinoid pesticides that are linked to declines
managed forest or from recycled wood. in bee populations. Growing fresh produce at home
helps to reduce packaging and gives customers
Managing forests supports 5 SDGs:
control over the use of chemicals.
• SDG 8 the FSC scheme includes labour standards.
Growing produce at home supports 4 SDGs:
• SDG 10 because the FSC programme helps to
• SDG 3 by enabling customers to enjoy home grown
support Indigenous People’s Rights.
fruit and vegetables, improving diets.
• SDG 12 responsible sourcing is a key component of
• SDG 11 by helping to make our urban areas a little
supply chain sustainability.
greener.
• SDG 13 helping to prevent deforestation helps to
• SDG 12 by helping customers to reduce the impact
address climate change
of their food consumption.
• SDG 15 helping to prevent deforestation helps to
• SDG 15 by supporting bees and other pollinating
address the wildlife and biodiversity supported by
insects.
the world’s forests.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 10Kingfisher Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 Scope 3 Carbon Emissions:
Kingfisher commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions by 37.8% by 2025, from a 2016 base year. Kingfisher
also commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from use of sold
products and purchased goods and services by 40% per £million
turnover by 2025, from a 2017 base year.”
Part 1: What are Sustainable Home Products? 10
Sustainable Home Products integrate with our ambition to address climate
change through reducing carbon emissions embodied in our products and
emitted when our customers use and dispose of our products
Products Made for Products for
Sustainability Sustainable Living
Downstream Carbon Emissions
Upstream Carbon Emissions
CO2e CO2e
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physical stores
The carbon emitted when extracting materials, The carbon emitted when using and
processing, manufacturing and moving products. eventually disposing of products.
Kingfisher
banner stores
Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions The top-level categorisation of the
are those emitted: Sustainability Attributes link to this model:
pstream of Kingfisher, before products
U Sustainable Products address upstream
reach our distribution centres and stores. scope 3 emissions including:
These include the emissions from: • Extracting materials:
• Extracting and processing raw materials. - Responsible sourcing schemes often address
• Energy used in manufacturing. carbon emissions at this stage.
• Emissions from transporting products - Finding effective alternatives to carbon
to Kingfisher’s operations. intensive materials.
- Recycled materials are linked to lower carbon
Downstream of Kingfisher, after products emissions to recycle than using virgin materials.
leave our stores. These include the • Manufacturing:
emissions arising from:
- Low carbon manufacturing programmes help
• Our customers transporting products home.
factories to address carbon emissions.
• Using our products. For example, using
energy for lighting. Products for Sustainable Living address
downstream scope 3 emissions:
• Disposing of our products and packaging
when they are no longer needed. • Enabling our customers to emit less carbon
when using products:
- Energy and water efficient products.
- Making homes more thermally efficient through
products including insulation.
- Enabling use of renewable power.
• Addressing carbon emissions from food by enabling
customers to grow produce.
• Addressing the carbon emissions from product disposal:
- If products last longer and can be repaired, end-of-life
is delayed, and fewer new products are needed.
- Encouraging our customers to reuse, compost
and recycle reduces waste impact.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 12How Sustainable Home Products link to addressing
Scope 3 Carbon Emissions - Examples
Cement Induction Hobs
Cement accounts for around 7% of global carbon Products for Sustainable Living includes energy-
emissions due to the carbon intensive way it is based attributes for cooking: energy label ratings for
produced. Emissions can be reduced by using ovens and using efficient induction for hobs.
alternatives to clinker and energy efficiency
As well as helping customers to reduce the carbon
measures. In the future, carbon capture and storage
emissions from cooking, induction hobs are a better
may be possible.
choice than gas with regards to air quality.
However, some of the lower carbon alternatives
currently available are not appropriate for all current
cement applications. Cooling
The Sustainable Product Attributes for cement Products for Sustainable Living includes energy-
give targets for embodied carbon that have based attributes for products that help to keep our
been assessed as being achievable based homes cooler. It is increasingly recognised that
on the technology and materials available climate change contributes to extreme weather
to cement producers. events.
These targets have been scoped for years leading up Helping our customers to adapt to climate change
to 2025 at a level that will have a significant impact on includes helping to keep homes cooler in summer,
Kingfisher’s upstream carbon emissions. but energy efficiency is important with regards to
carbon emissions. Energy efficiency attributes are
Targets by year are described in Appendix 3.
defined for fans and air conditioning.
The Guidelines also recognise shutters, awnings and
Peat Free Compost blinds as low power (or even unpowered) ways to help
Replacing peat in compost with positively defined keep homes comfortable in warm weather.
alternatives is a Sustainability Attribute. Peat is
formed over centuries, locking up carbon from
vegetation in anaerobic conditions.
The National Trust have estimated that it takes one
thousand years for one metre depth of peat to be
formed. When peat is extracted from bogs and used
in gardens, it breaks down quickly and aerobically,
releasing the locked carbon as emissions into the
atmosphere – similar to burning fossil fuels.
In addition, peat bogs are a valuable habitat
to a wealth of wildlife and manage water flow
from upland areas, helping to prevent flooding.
Switching to peat free compost helps to address
upstream scope 3 carbon emissions.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 13Kingfisher Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 Assessment Process
Assessment Process
Products are assessed by Kingfisher. Assessments are verified
by Bioregional before reporting.
Check 4: : if a product has more than
one Sustainability Attribute, it may be
Sustainable A considered to be Sustainability A.
Many products may meet more than one
Sustainable B Sustainability Attribute.
Colleagues and vendors are encouraged to develop
Potential C product ranges with many sustainable features.
Higher Sustainability Attributes count as two
Sustainability Attributes as they are more challenging
Watch List D and have a greater environmental benefit.
Check 1: products must meet all legal
requirements and meet all relevant
group and banner policies.
Ethical sourcing, wood and paper sourcing and
packaging are all examples of Kingfisher group
sustainability policies.
Check 2: products that have any
Watch List Attributes cannot be
assessed as sustainable.
If a product has any Watch List Attributes, although
it may be sold (if it meets all legal and policy
requirements), it cannot be considered to be
sustainable. Attributes are set for both Sustainable
Products and Products for Sustainable Living.
Case Study:
Examples include disposable batteries, high capacity Composter
baths and single use cleaning wipes.
This composter is a Product For Sustainable
Living because it has a Higher Sustainability
Check 3: products must have at Attribute for Circular Economy. It helps
least one Sustainability Attribute customers to compost their own garden and
to be considered Sustainable Home kitchen waste.
Products at Sustainability It is also a Sustainable Product, meeting a
B level. Higher Sustainability Attribute for recycled
content because it is made from 90%
Sustainability B level is the entry level product recycled plastic (post-consumer waste).
standard for Sustainable Home Products. This composter is sold without packaging.
Sustainability Attributes are set for both Sustainable
Products and Products for Sustainable Living.. This Composter is
Sustainable A standard.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 15Summary of Updates in 2021/22 Edition
The majority of Sustainability Attributes are taken from previous editions of the Sustainable Home Product
Guidelines. Every year, each Sustainability Attribute is reviewed. New research can highlight environmental
issues that may not have been considered previously. New certification schemes and improvement
programmes can be incorporated. Regulatory changes need to be integrated into the Sustainability Attributes.
Advances in technology can mean that more sustainable products can be made available to customers.
Products Made for Sustainability
Responsibly Sourced Materials: Lower Carbon Manufacture:
• Sustainability Attribute: • Sustainability Attributes:
- Cotton – updated to include Better Cotton - Manufacture 2030 has been added to the list
Initiative as a Standard Sustainability Attribute. of schemes addressing carbon emissions from
manufacturing.
Alternative Materials:
- Ceramic Tiles: new Sustainability Attribute
• Sustainability Attribute: employing ISO 17889-1:2021 “Ceramic tiling
- Cement: new attributes based on embodied systems — Sustainability for ceramic tiles and
carbon have been added. The attributes will installation materials — Part 1: Specification for
change annually to help drive progress to ceramic tiles”. This new standard addresses a
decarbonise this material. number of issues including carbon emissions
from production.
• Watch List:
- CEM 1 cement as a carbon intensive material.
Recycled Materials:
• Sustainability Attribute:
- Polyester and other plastic derived textiles:
90% or more post-consumer waste is a Higher
Sustainability Attribute.
- Polycotton that has polyester that is 90% or
more post-consumer waste must also contain
cotton from a Better Cotton Initiative or organic
(Soil Association) source.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 16Products for Sustainable Living
Building Biodiversity: - Non LED lighting.
• Sustainability Attribute: THERMAL EFFICIENCY
- Enabling litter picking is a Standard Sustainability • Sustainability Attributes:
Attribute. - Expanded foam insulation
• Watch list:
SPACE HEATING
- Rodenticides.
• Sustainability Attributes:
- Plastic mesh in turf.
- Gas boilers A+ rating removed as this is not
- Single use PPE (including face masks)
achievable for a boiler sold alone.
- Products linked to animal cruelty:
- Electric boilers, following market reassessment,
· Sticky pads and glue boards used for rodent a D rated electric boiler is a Standard
control. Sustainability Attribute.
Saving Resources: - Central heating pumps: updated assessment
based on the product’s Energy Efficiency Index
REPAIRABILITY
• Watch List:
• Sustainability Attributes:
- Space heaters where the energy rating is lower
- If a product has a repair service for ten years than the Standard Sustainability Attribute level.
or more post-purchase, it has a Standard
Sustainability Attribute. OUTDOOR HEATING AND COOLING
- A score of 8 or higher using the L’Indice de • Watch List:
Réparabilité (Repairability Index) scheme - Powered outdoor heating and cooling products
is a Standard Sustainability Attribute. (previously specified as “patio heaters”).
• Watch List:
VENTILATION UNITS
- A score of 6 or lower using the L’Indice de
Réparabilité (Repairability Index) scheme • Watch List:
is a Watch List Attribute. - Ventilation units of 30 watts or greater that
are C rated or lower for energy.
EXTENDING THE USE OF PRODUCTS
• Sustainability Attributes: KITCHEN APPLIANCES
- Sharpening tools, keeping blades in use for • Sustainability Attributes:
longer is a Standard Sustainability Attribute. - Updated energy ratings based on the rollout
- Extending the lifetime of tool accessories of the new A-G Energy Label for refrigerators,
including drill bits and chain saw chains is freezers, wine coolers and washing machines.
a Standard Sustainability Attribute. - Tumble Dryers: following improvements in the
market, A++ is now a Standard Sustainability
Saving Energy: Attribute and A+++ is a Higher Sustainability
LIGHTING Attribute.
• Sustainability Attributes: • Watch List:
- LED lighting is a Standard Sustainability Attribute - Kitchen appliances where the energy rating
with the exception of Decorative Solar LED Lighting. is lower than the Standard Sustainability
- Enabling use of LED lighting is also a Standard Attribute level.
Sustainability Attribute including dimmers and
transformers designed to work with LED lighting.
- Decorative Solar LED Lighting is a Standard
Sustainability Attribute e.g. string lights and
stake lights.
- A-rated LED lighting is a Higher Sustainability
Attribute.
• Watch List:
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 17Protecting Health textiles and solvents. Please contact Kingfisher
for more details.
THIRD PARTY CHEMICAL SAFETY SCHEMES
• Sustainability Attributes (all Higher) FIRE SAFETY
- bluesign® standard - Fire doors, intumescent fire & smoke seals,
fire door retainers are all Standard Sustainability
- Greenguard
Attributes.
- Green Seal
- nature plus® ACOUSTIC INSULATION
(revised wording and a new standard):
- Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and Made in Green
• Sustainability Attributes:
- TCO Certified
- Products that help to reduce noise leaving a space.
- Chemical Safety is also covered by the following
schemes listed as covering a number of issues: · Underlay and floor insulation designed
to absorb impact noise: New Standard
· Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute:
Sustainability Attribute
· EU Eco Label
• Should be assessed for impact noise (minimum
· Nordic Swan (also known as Nordic Ecolabel) 20dB of acoustic insulation).
· Der Blaue Engel (also known as Blue Angel) · Insulation for walls designed to absorb noise.
New Standard Sustainability Attribute:
AIR QUALITY
• Should be assessed for airborne noise
• Sustainability Attributes:
(minimum 20dB of acoustic insulation).
- Meeting to CARB2 or European E0.5 level
· Anti-vibration mats for washing machines: New
for formaldehyde emissions is a Higher
Standard Sustainability Attribute.
Sustainability Attribute. Previous editions
specified E0, but research has demonstrated · The Quiet Mark is a new Standard Sustainability
that E0.5 is equivalent to CARB2. Attribute.
- Enabling electric car charging is a new Standard Saving Water:
Sustainability Attribute.
- Sustainability Attributes:
- Water-based non-toxic alternatives to white spirit
- Garden watering products designed to eliminate
qualify as a Standard Sustainability Attribute.
leaks: new Standard Sustainability Attribute.
- Sealants: New Standard Sustainability Attribute:
- Effective drainage, keeping sewers clear:
sealants that are free from alkylphenols and
nonyl-phenol ethoxylates, methylethyl ketone · Drain guards (“baskets” for plugs), wastes
oxime, D4, D5 and D6. supplied with drain guards: new Standard
Sustainability Attribute.
• Watch List:
• Products that can contribute to air pollution:
- Particulate air pollution:
· Charcoal barbecues, charcoal
· Solid fuel burning indoors:
• Peat and coal fuel.
• Boilers, stoves and heaters designed to burn coal
or peat.
• Candles.
CHEMICAL SAFETY
• Watch List:
- Additive halogenated flame retardants,
ortho-phthalate plasticisers, perfluorinated
and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs).
- Substances on the restricted substance lists for
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 18Kingfisher Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 Sustainability Attributes in detail Sustainability Attributes are organised by principle and then by class. In each class, Sustainability Attributes are listed as Higher Sustainability Attributes and Standard Sustainability Attributes. Watch List Attributes are then shown. The product index can help you to find the relevant Sustainability Attribute for a specific product.
Sustainability Attributes:
Products Made for Sustainability
These are products that have a lower environmental impact because of what they
are made from or how they are made. Their environmental impacts arise upstream
of Kingfisher banners, due to the materials or manufacturing process.
Choosing products made from recycled materials deforestation, requiring sustainable management
helps to make smarter use of resources. As well as practices including replanting and allowing forests to
making use of waste, using recycled materials is often regenerate. The Better Cotton Initiative addresses
less carbon intensive than using virgin materials. labour standards, agricultural chemicals and water
use in cotton production.
Responsible sourcing can cover a number of
issues. External third party providers specialise in There are a number of third parties developing
different materials and different impacts. Forestry carbon standards in manufacturing, working with
schemes (e.g. Forest Stewardship Council) address factories to become more energy efficient.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 20Alternative Materials
Replacing materials that are carbon
intensive or that are associated with other
environmental problems with alternatives.
This class aims to promote materials that can have
a positive impact on our environment.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 21Higher Sustainability Attributes Watch List
Alternatives to Carbon Intensive Materials: Carbon Intensive Materials:
• Addressing peat extraction: • Peat: products containing peat.
- Peat-free bagged growing media • Cement: CEM I cement
· Please note that the materials used in place of • Specified fossil fuels:
peat must meet all policies. For example, wood
- Oil derivatives:
fibre must comply with Kingfisher’s Wood and
Paper Policy. · Petrol and diesel
• Cement with embodied carbon below the following · Paraffin and kerosene
levels, evidence to be supplied as an Environmental · Oil-based lubricants
Product Declaration: · Bitumen
- 0.50 kg CO2e/kg cement - Coal (including blended briquettes)
- Please see Appendix 3 for timeline showing
progress on embodied carbon in cement.
Positively Defined Natural Materials:
• Banana fibre Cork as an alternative material
• Coir, a by-product of coconut processing.
Cork has been harvested from cork oak trees
• Cork for centuries across the Mediterranean. Cork
• Jute and hessian Oak is unusual in that its bark can be removed
• Lyocell, a form of rayon made from cellulose. without killing the tree and many cork oak
trees are over 100 years old. In Spain and
• Raffia (Raphia) (must not be synthetically dyed) Portugal, Iberian Lynx and Spanish Imperial
• Rice husks eagles are amongst the wildlife found in cork
• Straw, strawboard forests.
• Water Hyacinth. As the wine industry has moved to plastic
corks and screw caps, demand for cork has
fallen which is endangering cork oak forests.
Finding more uses for cork is helping to
Standard Sustainability Attributes
protect these forests.
Positively Defined Natural Materials:
Cork is a good thermal and acoustic insulation
• Bamboo material as well as being used for memo
• Heather (Brushwood) boards and flooring.
• Hemp
• Linen
• Mango wood
• Olive wood
• Ramie
• Rattan
• Reed
• Rubberwood
• Sisal
• Willow.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 22Lower Carbon Manufacture
Several schemes now work with factories
to address energy use in manufacturing,
agreeing targets to improve energy
efficiency and looking to use more
renewable power.
Standard Sustainability Attributes
Suppliers who have joined a specified low carbon
programme and who have a validated SMETA (Sedex
Members Ethical Trade Audit) score of 4 or better.
• Specified schemes are:
- Low Carbon Management Programme (World
Wildlife Fund Hong Kong).
- Low Carbon Management Programme
Momentum (World Wildlife Fund Hong Kong).
- Green Supply Chain Improvement
(Environmental Defence Fund).
- Manufacture 2030.
- Ceramic Tiles: ISO 17889-1:2021 “Ceramic tiling
systems — Sustainability for ceramic tiles and
installation materials — Part 1: Specification for
ceramic tiles”.
· This new standard addresses a number of
issues including carbon emissions from
production.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 23Recycled Materials
Please note that “recycled” is defined as
using post-consumer waste. Recycled
materials must also meet all legal and
policy requirements – it is essential that
chemical safety is not compromised.
Recycled Materials in these Guidelines refers to
products. Packaging is addressed with Kingfisher’s
Sustainable Packaging Materials Policy that aims
to minimise the amount of packaging we use and,
where packaging is unavoidable, to maximise use of
reusable and recyclable materials in line with circular
economy principles.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 24Higher Sustainability Attributes Standard Sustainability Attributes
Products made from specified recycled or reused Plastics:
materials (corresponding “Sustainability Attribute”). • 50% or more recycled post-consumer waste
The levels and requirements are specified by for most plastics.
material:
• Single Use Plastics: 90% or more recycled
• Paper and card: 100% recycled post-consumer plastic post-consumer waste where the lifetime
waste. of the product is expected to be limited.
- Note that single-use paper products are in the
“Standard Sustainability Attributes”. Paper:
• Wood: • 100% recycled paper post-consumer waste
where the lifetime of the product is expected
- Reused waste wood, e.g. offcuts from timber
to be limited. Examples include paper towels.
cutting services.
- 100% recycled post-consumer waste.
Watch List
- No added formaldehyde.
- Excludes solid fuel briquettes. Recycled plastic products where the source of the
plastic is not known and/or cannot be confirmed as
• Plastics: being safe.
- 90% or more recycled post-consumer waste.
· Note that single-use plastic products are in the
“Standard Sustainability Attributes”.
• Textiles: Recycled vs Recyclable
- Polyester and other plastic derived textiles: 90% Recycled describes the content of a product,
or more recycled post-consumer waste.
for example, made from recycled plastic.
· Polycotton that has polyester that is 90% or
more post-consumer waste must contain Recyclable describes what could happen to
cotton from a Better Cotton Initiative or a product at end-of-life, when a customer
organic (Soil Association) source. disposes of it. This is difficult to assess
- Cotton: 20% or more post-consumer waste. because of differing requirements set by
• Glass: waste processors.
- Clear glass: 100% recycled
post-consumer waste.
- Glass wool: 80% or more recycled
post-consumer waste.
• Aggregate:
- Minimum 75% recycled content.
• Plasterboard:
- 90% or more recycled post-consumer waste.
Post-Consumer Waste
Post-consumer waste (PCW) is material that
has been collected from end-consumers.
For example, after a soft drink is consumed,
its plastic bottle would be classed as post-
consumer waste.
Pre-consumer waste refers to material
discarded before it was made available
to the end-consumer. For example,
collecting trimmings of fabric in a factory.
Making use of pre-consumer waste is not
usually considered to be recycling.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 25Responsibly Sourced Materials
Responsible sourcing addresses
environmental and ethical issues linked to
a product’s raw materials and manufacture.
Appendix 3 lists all the schemes recognised by
Kingfisher that address responsible sourcing.
Please note that using the intellectual property of
a third party (including logos) may require permission
and adhering to that third party’s requirements.
For example, if communicating Forest Stewardship
Council certification, please check with Offer &
Sourcing Sustainability’s Wood and Paper team
on requirements and sign-off.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 26Higher Sustainability Attributes Certification (PEFC), Chain of Custody
· Examples include wood, paper, cardboard
The following product certifications and
and viscose.
memberships are Higher Sustainability Attributes
for Sustainable Products – please note that there · Excludes charcoal and other solid fuels.
are also certifications and memberships listed as • BES6001 is a framework for the Responsible
Standard Sustainability Attributes. Sourcing of Construction Products developed
by the Building Research Establishment (BRE).
• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute:
Vendors can apply for certification for product
- Cradle to Cradle certified at “Silver” or better groups:
• EU Eco Label - BES6001 at “Good”, “Very Good” or “Excellent”
• Nordic Swan (also known as Nordic Ecolabel) level
• Der Blaue Engel (also known as Blue Angel) • Cotton:
• Fair Trade - Cotton from a Better Cotton Initiative scheme.
- Polycotton meeting polycotton requirements:
• Soil Association Approved
· Polyester component that is 50% or more
- Organic standard. recycled content (post-consumer waste)
- Examples include cotton and garden products · AND
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of · Cotton from a Better Cotton Initiative scheme
Custody Certification for the following materials or meeting an organic standard..
(please see Sustainability Criteria for FSC • Good Weave
certification of most woods and papers):
- Examples include rugs and carpets.
- Willow
• Global Good Agricultural Practice (G.A.P.)
- Mango wood
- Addresses labour standards and chemical use.
- Rubber wood
· Examples include cut live Christmas trees.
- Bamboo
- Sisal
• Aluminium from an Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Watch List
(ASI) certified smelter and Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) emission intensity, tonnes CO2 per tonne Materials linked to environmental and/or ethical
of aluminium GHG intensity of final cast aluminium issues that do not have provenance demonstrating
≤4.5 tCO2e/t Al. responsible sourcing (see Appendix 3 for a list of
schemes). These include:
• Wood, paper, cardboard
Standard Sustainability Attributes • Plant oils, including palm oil
The following product certifications and • Leather
memberships are Standard Sustainability Attributes • Cotton.
for Sustainable Products – please note that there
are also certifications and memberships listed as
Higher Sustainability Attributes.
• Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute:
- Cradle to Cradle certified at “Bronze” or better
- Cradle to Cradle Material Health
• Supporting development of a bioeconomy:
- Bio-based material schemes:
· DIN Geprüft Biobased
· USDA Certified Biobased
· OK Biobased
· Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)
- Leather Working Group: Gold certified
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of
Custody Certification
· Examples include wood, paper, cardboard
and viscose.
· Excludes charcoal and other solid fuels.
- Programme for the Endorsement of Forest
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 27Sustainability Attributes:
Products for Sustainable Living
This principle encompasses features of products after they leave Kingfisher’s banners.
When products are used by our customers in home improvement projects, when products
are used in daily life in homes, energy and water may be used. Pollutants may be released.
Making our homes more thermally efficient can At the end of a product’s life, how it is dealt with will
make them more comfortable as well as more have an environmental impact. Opting to compost
economical to run. or recycle waste can help to mitigate negative
impacts. Choosing products that are designed to last
Our outdoor spaces can be brought to life with
for longer means less waste as does opting
plants supporting wildlife and we can grow our
to rent products rather than purchase.
own produce.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 28Building Biodiversity
For our customers, biodiversity is about
helping nature to thrive and connecting to
the natural world. A small pot of lavender
can help even a tiny outside space to
support bees and butterflies.
Many of us have come to appreciate nature in our
surroundings more over the last year.
Reducing chemicals that can harm wildlife and
addressing litter entering the environment also helps
to strengthen biodiversity.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 29Higher Sustainability Attributes Watch List
• Plants that support biodiversity (specified on the • Chemicals that harm wildlife whether sold as a
Higher Sustainability Attribute Plant List). chemical or present in another product:
• Native wildflowers, trees and plants. - Metaldehyde.
• Growing produce: plants, seeds and trees that - 2-4 D.
produce vegetables, fruit or edible herbs. - Neonicotinoids:
• Wildlife habitats including nest boxes, swift bricks & · Clothianidin, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam,
bug lodges. Acetamiprid, Dinotefuran, Nithiazine,
Thiacloprid, Nitenpyram, Sulfoxaflor.
• Alternatives to conventional garden chemicals
- Rodenticides.
including:
• Plants with peat in the growing media unless there is
- Farmyard manure, chicken manure pellets
a plan in place to replace the peat content by 2024.
- Green manure seeds
• Problem plants, seeds and bulbs – see Problem
- Landscape fabrics for weed control
Plant List.
- Biological controls
- Examples include non-native invasive plants that
- Chemicals approved for use in organic can damage habitats when the plants escape
gardening from gardens.
- Fine netting as an alternative to pesticides.
• Products that cause environmental problems in
use or post-use, including:
- Glitter as a product, glitter on plants, glitter in paints.
Standard Sustainability Attributes
- Plastic mesh in turf.
• Plants and seeds – any except Problem Plants - Artificial turf, artificial hedging and artificial plants
specified on the Problem Plant List. designed for outdoor use.
- Includes houseplants and pot-grown Christmas · There are issues with fragments of plastic
trees. entering the environment from these products.
- If the plant has peat in its growing media, there · In addition, some will replace live plants, reducing
must be a plan in place to replace the peat by the potential for biodiversity in outdoor space.
2024. - Plastic microbeads
• Equipment and products that support biodiversity: - Disposable cleaning wipes
- Wild bird care. - Single use PPE (including face masks)
- Gabion baskets - Disposable barbecues
- Pond liners - Single use carrier bags.
- Fences fitted with hedgehog gaps • Products linked to animal cruelty:
- Products and equipment that increase growing - Sticky pads and glue boards used for rodent
space in outdoor spaces including: control.
· Living (green) roof equipment - Products that contain feathers or down unless
· Vertical planting equipment responsibly sourced (certified recycled or
· Containers designed for balcony rails and certified by the Responsible Down Standard/
window boxes. Downpass/Global Traceable Down Standard).
• Equipment and products that support growing
produce, extending seasons, making it easier or
enabling smarter use of space:
Compostable Plastics
- Greenhouses and equipment
Although plastics have been developed to compost
- Cold frames
at end-of-life, there are few examples of products
- Unheated propagators that will break down completely in a “real life” garden
- Raised beds, raised bed equipment. situation. Home composting does not achieve the high
- Containers with built in reservoirs. temperatures that industrial systems reach.
- Fleece protection for plants When plastics enter the soil, it is usually at temperatures
• Outdoor light fittings designed to reduce light even lower than in a home compost system.
pollution and/or light nuisance When plastics enter marine environments, they are likely
• Metaldehyde-free slug control to take even longer to break down.
• Litter picking tools and equipment. Therefore, products that are linked to plastics entering
the environment are Watch Listed in these guidelines,
even if they meet standards for compostability.
The only exception is liners for food waste caddies and
bin liners.
To learn more, see Appendix 1.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 30Protecting Health
Helping our customers to make their
homes and gardens safer and healthier
environments.
This includes making projects safer to complete,
enabling independent and active living and
addressing harmful chemicals in products.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 31Higher Sustainability Attributes Standard Sustainability Attributes
Products that enable customers to live Products that improve safety at home and whilst
independently for longer, including: doing projects including:
• Products designed to help customers with limited • Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) including:
mobility, including: - Goggles, safety eye wear
- Grab rails, shower seats and other products that - Ear defenders (but not single-use ear plugs)
enable safe and independent use of bathrooms. - Safety shoes with toe protection
- Products that can be adapted to meet different - Hi-vis clothing
needs of residents of a household.
- Nuisance masks, respirators (but not single-use
- Gadgets that help to make daily life easier, for face masks)
example, tools that enable picking up items
- Chainsaw trousers
without the need to bend.
- Knee pads
Chemical safety:
- Safety gloves.
• Alternatives to harmful household and decorating
• Anti-slip products:
chemicals, including:
- Bathroom mats
- Non-toxic household and decorating chemicals
- Shower trays with anti-slip surfaces
- Alternatives to corrosive drain cleaning
chemicals: including sink/basin/shower strainers, - Anti-slip tape and mats to be used underneath
sink plungers. rugs & mats
• Third party chemical safety schemes. These are • Electrical safety:
also listed in Appendix 2. - Testing equipment and tools.
- bluesign® standard - Residual current devices.
- Greenguard • Home safety:
- Green Seal - Carbon monoxide alarms and detectors
- nature plus® · Please note that although most products
- Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and Made in Green supplied with disposable batteries are Watch
- TCO Certified Listed, an exception is made for smoke and CO
alarms if the manufacturer specifies single-use
• Chemical Safety is also covered by the following for reasons of product effectiveness.
schemes. These are in the Responsibly Sourced
- Fire protection products including:
Materials class.
· Smoke and heat detectors
- Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
· Fire extinguishers, fire blankets
- EU Eco Label
· Fire doors, intumescent fire & smoke seals
- Nordic Swan (also known as Nordic Ecolabel) · Fire door retainers
- Der Blaue Engel (also known as Blue Angel) · Escape ladders.
Addressing air quality in our homes - First aid kits
and environment: - Child safety products, including stair gates.
- Products certified to CARB2 or European E0.5 Addressing air quality in our homes and
level for formaldehyde emissions. environment:
- Products meeting the lowest volatile organic
• Pollution sensors
compound standards:
· “Minimal” content based on UK globe VOC • VOC air pollution:
labelling - Water based paints, wood treatments, primers,
or varnishes.
· A+ emissions based on French VOC labelling. - Water-based non-toxic alternatives to white
- Electric barbecues as use emits less particulate spirit.
air pollution than gas or charcoal barbecues. - Sealants meeting sealant criteria: free from
- Enabling electric car charging. alkylphenols and nonyl-phenol ethoxylates,
methylethyl ketone oxime, D4, D5 and D6.
• Gas-powered barbecues.
- Although burning gas releases particulates, it is
at a lower level than for charcoal or wood. Gas
barbecues should only be used outdoors.
• Plancha barbecues and plancha barbecue
accessories
- Planchas keep food separate from flames.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 32• Ventilation products. Watch List
- Extractor fans with humidistats or over-run
Products that can contribute to air pollution:
timers
· Please note that if the unit is over 30 watts, • Particulate air pollution:
it should be B rated or better for energy - Solid fuel burning outdoors:
efficiency. · Incinerators
- Cooker hoods · Fire pits, chimineas
· Please note that cooker hoods must also meet · Charcoal barbecues, charcoal
Sustainability Criteria for energy (A rated or - Solid fuel burning indoors:
better). · Peat and coal fuel.
· Replacement filters for cooker hoods. · Wood for burning, including pellets and kindling.
• Dehumidifiers · Alternative solid fuels including logs made from
- That have an operating capacity of 35 litres or waste materials.
less per day or less and where energy efficiency · Boilers, stoves and heaters designed to burn
(litres per kilowatt hour) is 2 or more, fitted with a coal or peat.
humidistat. · Candles.
- That have an operating capacity of 35 to 87 litres - NOx air pollution:
per day or less and where energy efficiency · Petrol powered tools and equipment.
(litres per kilowatt hour) is 2.8 or more, fitted with
- VOC air pollution:
a humidistat.
· Products meeting the following volatile organic
compound standards:
· 25% “Medium” or worse based on UK globe
VOC labelling
· C or worse based on French VOC labelling.
Harmful Chemicals
• Corrosive household and decorating chemicals,
including drain cleaners based on strong acids or
alkalis.
• Products containing glyphosate.
• Products containing the following harmful
chemicals. Please note that for phthalates and
halogenated flame retardants, work is in progress
• Products that have been re-engineered to have
to identify the products that contain these
phthalates removed. These are from specific
substances.
projects where vendors have worked with
Kingfisher to replace phthalates: - Additive halogenated flame retardants
- Artificial Christmas trees. - Ortho-phthalate plasticisers
- PVC venetian blinds. - Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals
(PFCs).
- Vinyl flooring. Acoustic insulation:
- Substances on the Kingfisher Restricted
• Products that help to reduce noise leaving a space.
Substance List for textiles and solvents. Please
- Underlay and floor insulation designed to absorb contact Kingfisher for more details.
impact noise:
· Should be assessed for impact noise (minimum
20dB of acoustic insulation).
- Insulation for walls designed to absorb noise. Air pollution
· Should be assessed for airborne noise Air pollution is a growing health concern.
(minimum 20dB of acoustic insulation). The British Medical Journal has estimated
- Products accredited with the Quiet Mark. that 2.4 times more PM2.5 pollution (fine
- Anti-vibration mats for washing machines. particulates) arises from domestic wood
burning than from traffic.
Products that support active lifestyles, including:
• Play equipment that encourages physical activity
outdoors (excluding Watch Listed water intensive
products e.g. paddling pools). Includes:
- Trampolines, climbing frames, swings
- Sand pits
- Children’s sport equipment and toys
- Cycling storage and accessories.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 33Saving Energy
Helping our customers to use energy
more efficiently and making more use of
renewable power addresses the carbon
emissions from our homes.
Insulating homes and choosing doors and windows
with good thermal efficiency helps to manage energy
from heating. As extreme weather is expected to
increase in frequency, cooling is becoming more
important to customers.
Electrical appliances, lighting, power tools,
heaters and boilers all use energy.
Sustainable Home Product Guidelines 2021/22 | 34Higher Sustainability Attributes - Radiators:
· Thermostatic radiator valves
Cooling efficiency:
· Wet type underfloor heating
• Shutters (including those with electronic controls) · Radiator foil
• Awnings designed to be fitted above windows · Radiator keys.
• Ceiling fans - Hot water insulation:
· Cylinder jackets
• Air conditioning:
· Insulated hot water cylinders
- A+++ rated for cooling function. If the product
· Cylinder thermostats
also has a heating function, that should be A++
rated or better. · Pipe insulation.
• Comfort fans: • Smart energy controls:
- Personal mini fans powered by rechargeable - Smart tools that make heating control and
batteries or USB lighting control easier.
- Fans with a service level => 1.5 m3/min/W - Gadgets that help with energy control: motion
detectors.
Efficient energy using products meeting higher
standards, including: Products that help to make homes more
thermally efficient:
• LED lighting: E rated (2021 label)
- Insulation & draught proofing:
• Kitchen appliances: · Loft, wall and floor insulation.
- Cooking: · Construction insulation.
· Ovens: A+ rated or better (for double ovens, · Draught proofing (except expanded foam).
based on larger oven, 2018 label) · Home insulation and draught proofing services
· Hobs: · Tools to detect energy loss.
- Refrigeration: - Doors & Windows:
· Refrigerators and wine coolers: · Secondary retrofit glazing solutions
> A+++ rated for pre 2020 label (A+++ to · Glazed windows and glazed external doors:
D)2020 label > Uw =< 1.2 W/m2K.
> D for rescaled A-G label > Includes installed services to fit glazed
· Freezers: windows and doors to this standard.
> A+++ rated for pre 2020 label (A+++ to D) · Unglazed external doors:
pre 2020 label > Uw =< 1.2 W/m2K
> D for rescaled A-G label > Includes installed services to fit external
- Cleaning: doors to this standard.
· Dishwashers:
Alternatives to power using products:
> A+++ rated for pre 2020 label (A+++ to D)
- Sun pipes, sun tunnels
pre 2020 label
> C for rescaled A-G label - Clothes lines and airers (outdoor use) as an
alternative to tumble dryers
· Washing Machines:
· Includes clothes pegs and ground anchors for
> A+++ rated for pre 2020 label (A+++ to D)
clothes lines.
pre 2020 label
- Hand push mowers as an alternative to electric
> B for rescaled A-G label
or petrol-powered mowers.
· Washer Dryers:
> C for rescaled A-G label for the wash/dry Renewable Energy:
cycle - Solar:
· Tumble Dryers: · Solar PV panels
> A+++ rated for pre 2020 label (A+++ to D) · Solar rooftop water heaters, solar thermal
pre 2020 label panels and collectors
- Cooker Hoods: · Solar powered products (unless primarily
· A+ rated or better (201820 label) decorative)
• Heating and hot water efficiency: - Wind turbines
- Heating controls including room thermostats, - Renewable energy storage
heating programmers. · Thermal stores designed to work with
- Space and water heaters: renewable energy
· Heat pumps (air source and ground source) · Battery stores
· Gas and electric water heaters: A rated or better. · Micro combined heat and power systems
· Mechanical heat recovery.
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