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Northamptonshire architects win major award for innovation

2nd June 2010

Northamptonshire architects, Victor J Wigley and Associates, have picked up a prestigious award for innovation.

The award for Most Commercial Impact was presented by Wayne Hemmingway, one of Britain’s best known designers and champions of innovation, at this year’s Sustainable Construction Awards ceremony.

Organised by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet), the awards showcased innovation in the construction industry in the East Midlands and were held at Whittlebury Hall, Whittlebury, Northampton in April, during the East Midlands innovation Festival (iFestival).

Victor J Wigley and Associates has developed the innovative construction lining system LIMPET Insulating Liner, which is a patented construction lining system to provide a long-life, low carbon, sustainable solution to meet the increasingly demanding environmental requirements in the construction industry.

Victor Wigley, who accepted the award on behalf of Victor J Wigley and Associates, said “The need for improvements in building insulation is pressing and the Sustainable Construction iNet Awards recognises and rewards our efforts to achieve these improvements.”

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