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Think the passive house angle is an interesting take. As a designer or specifier, Passive House certified components make it slightly easier to find something that works to meet the relevant building physics metrics. They tend to be focused on more complex manufacture items such as ventilation and windows however. For a structural product like this, the main win would be proving that it helps achieve the stringent fabric airtightness targets more easily. When writing with timber frame or with block work, most contractors are still balking at the cost uplift of specialist air tightness membranes and tapes compared to their standard spec. If EBUK can pilot wall and roof buildups and junctions that are easy to construct, air tight, and have been thermally modelled to demonstrate negligible heat loss, then the system could become very attractive for residential construction, particularly for social rent sector where tougher targets are more prevalent.

Encouraging words from the treasury minister here. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/14/nhs-ministry-of-defence-buy-british-tech-kickstart-growth-artificial-intelligence-rachel-reeves

May be of interest

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Thanks for the replies, I was honestly just curious about how their system works with the rest of the building construction, as it's not particularly obvious on the website, and I (perhaps erroneously) expected a product of this sort would have more publicly available information. For instance web pages for Stora Enso CLT wall panel products contain a significant amount of technical data for the panel along with certificates and guidance on usage in construction.

This company looks interesting to me as I work in construction, primarily delivering social housing in the UK. After a look over the company news and website a lot of questions occur, perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me can answer them. I'm mainly asking these as I would expect a company operating in the UK to have all of this information available.

- The company appears to only manufacture the structural wall component of a building, though they market as though they provide a great deal more. It is not clear how much of the building they actually provide, or who they partner with for the supply chain.

- It is not clear how the system interacts with other building products - detail of suitability for fixings such as lintels, internal lining battens, cavity barriers, insulation ties etc. is not evident. Connection details to the floor slab and roof (presumably by others) are not clear.

- Typically a product of this nature selling in the UK/EU would come with a declaration of performance document detailing an array of physical properties. The only technical document I can see is the recent report which only demonstrates that it stands up as a wall. There is not an equivalent structural test for floor or roof loading.

- Claim to reduce noise and moisture is unsubstantiated. In the recent interview the Dr suggested that they are made to be freely ventilated to avoid mould, but this would create considerable extra energy demand, particularly if they are targeting Canada.

- As I understand it the gypsum is used ground from a quarry rather than through any firing process. In either case these are not considered environmentally friendly processes, particularly when compared with the mass timber industry. There is no environmental certification of the product that I can see.

- Fire proofing claim should be substantiated by testing and certification

- Website says that panels are filled on completion - what with, how does this affect thermal and hygroscopic performance