NEED TO TURN OVER TO NEW GREEN DOOR SPECIFICATIONS

India is a unique country which utilizes timber batton infill in the flush and skin doors; a primitive process, discarded globally many decades back. Recently news featured in the TOI on 11^th Oct 2013 showed that unless the greenhouse gas emissions are reduced; the temperatures in Mumbai will at the historical extreme in last 150 years; by year 2034. Other Indian Cities are not behind. See the chart below:

City	Climate departure your
	Scenario 1	Scenario 2
Mumbai	2034	2051
Chennai	2034	2052
Pune	2037	2055
Surat	2045	2066
Jaipur	2045	2074
Bangalore	2046	2069
Ahmedabad	2046	2075
New Delhi	2050	2081
Kolkata	2053	2081
Hyderabad	2057	2085
Predictions made for two scenarios:
Scenario 1: Business as usual, nothing is done to cut CO2 emissions;
Scenario 2: Cities adopt measures to decrease CO2 emissions.
147 Cities globally will shift to a hotter climate regime by 2043.

We must say goodbye to our obsession for timber filled doors. You may be aware that the concept of recycling wood scrap as an infill in doors is no more a reality as the saw mill operations are getting smaller with reduction of timber availability and on the other hand there is an explosion of construction due the rise in housing needs all over India. More than 12 lac trees every year are required to feed the infill needs of over 100 lac doors each year. Realizing, the bare facts and non-sustainable practices other countries have already switched to ecofriendly infill boards like the tubular boards which are 100% made from recycled wood wastes. We should also change…It is too late already.

The tubular infill boards are an ECOFRIENDLY AND GREEN PRODUCT INITIATIVE replacing the 80% of timber used internally as door infill which dramatically improves the performance of the door in following manner: These filler cores are already in use in 65 countries worldwide since last 63 years.

1. Sound Insulation: The construction leads to almost 50% reduction in sound passed via door compared to timber batton filled door.
2. Fire Resistance: The board being produced by Extrusion method he particle direction is predominantly vertical to surface which in case of accidental exposure to fire provide a low rate of burning than a batton filled door or a flat pressed particleboard.
3. Construction: The density in solid areas i.e., walls of board is high 520 Kgs/m3. Further the arch principle as in case of construction of dams or bridges give high impact resistance.
4. Thickness Tolerance: Critical thickness tolerance of +/-0.1 mm in the board gives rid of telegraphing as the board calibrated board gives a beautiful surface finish and a good bond between the skin and the board.
5. Weight Reduction: Tubular boards give value weight to the door making it ideal choice for high rise buildings besides providing better acoustical and safer door.
6. E-1 Emission: The only Filler board available in India meeting the Formaldehyde emission norm making it suitable for indoor use.
7. Straightness: The tubular structure also helps the door to maintain straightness under climatic variations.
8. PEFC Certified: Save the tree for reducing climate change. All products are certified with PEFC.
9. Swelling in thickness: Almost zero thickness swelling in Sauerland board compared to flat pressed board which expands in thickness causing stress on skin bonding and in cases even rupturing the door.

“Very few people in India know that the Sauerland infill board is in use by the door industry for 63 years as a timber substitute for infill material having withstood the test of time over 6 decades and in use in over 65 countries which means it has global acceptance. It is reasonable to say that it is much older in use than the timber batton filling common in India in the flush door industry””