Environment and Ecology - Archive

In Verneuil-sur-Seine (Yvelines), an outbuilding of the castle, with four centuries of life, which served as a warehouse is being renovated to become, by September 2013, the municipal media library, is also a candidate to become the first LEED-certified building in France (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold level. The ancient walls, the undisputed …

  Introduction: what is it? Credit SS 7.1: Solar Reflectance Index MR 5.1 and MR Credit 5.2: Regional Materials Credits EQ4.2: low-emission materials ID Credit 1.1 – 1.4: Innovation in Design Close   The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an American certification of buildings that meet certain environmental requirements. To achieve LEED …

In the vast amount of retrospectives on the 2012 and incessant flow of wishes for 2013, this article will stand presenting not only our eyes on 2012 and its changes, but also the important turning point of 2013, which will be written in the history of Novoceram. In 2013 Novoceram celebrates its sesquicentennial and inaugurates …

New French packaging regulations require us to give information on all our boxes about levels of volatile substance emissions into indoor air, which have a toxic inhalation risk. Decree 2011-321 of 23 March 2011 and the decree of 29 April 2011 on labelling of building products or wall or floor coverings and paint and varnishes …

At the beginning of Cersaie 2010, in the article « Water, a species in danger of extinction », Novoceram announced its intention to reduce water consumption by about 30% by the end of 2010 with respect to 2009 consumption. In the spring of 2011, this prediction was exceeded by a wide margin – the actual saving was …

Seventy one per cent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, but 97.5% is salty.  Of the remaining 2.5%, only 1% can be used for human activities.  Of this 1%, 93% is used for agriculture.  If all the Earth’s water was placed in a bucket, only a coffee spoon would be drinking water. Agriculture …

After Ecolabel certification, Novoceram has recently obtained ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certification. ISO 9001:2000 defines a series of standards for quality system management conceived for use in all types of organisation, irrespective of the size, type or sector.  The idea is to define the requisites an organisation must respect to manage company processes in …

For several weeks now, a monothematic site entirely dedicated to the ephemeral wonders of Novoceram’s Temporary Shop,  « L’Echappée Verte », open in Paris for just 18 days in September 2008, has been on line. Designed to surprise at every click, the site aims to evoke as far as possible the fabulous atmosphere of the Paris Shop …

The visit to Novoceram’s factory at Champblain was one of the four afternoon appointments for each of the more than 600 guests at Métamorphose from Monday 8 to Friday 12 June. Although part of the normal programme of customer visits to the company headquarters, proposing them during this event had a particular significance for Novoceram. …

European Ecolabel certification provides Novoceram’s customers with a guarantee that throughout its lifecycle the product they are buying respects the environmental parameters defined and controlled by independent EU bodies. What is the European Ecolabel? Since 1992, Ecolabel has been the European environmental quality mark, awarded to products with a low environmental impact throughout their entire …

Novoceram has no doubts: everyone in their own small way can make a contribution to protecting the environment. Starting with the small gestures. Together with  ECOLABEL certification of its products and opening of the ISO 14001 procedure, Novoceram also wants to set an example by working actively to prevent deforestation. This is why to mark …

Novoceram has always surrounded itself with the best partners to make its projects a success. For example, for the CERSAIE exhibition, Novoceram traditionally obtains out-of-the-ordinary furniture and objects from leading names in design and décor who are happy to lend them free of charge in recognition of the relationship of trust and mutual exchange. This …