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Building Insulation Market Report – UK 2017-2021 Analysis

Building Insulation Market Report – UK 2017-2021 Analysis

  • Publish Date:September 2017

  • Number of Pages:68

  • Report ID:5151450

  • Format:PDF

  • Publisher:AMA Research

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Summary

The 7th edition of the report ’Building Insulation Products Market Report - UK 2017-2021 Analysis’ has been fully updated to cover the latest developments in the market in terms of the impact of key drivers such as the performance of the UK building market as well as the impact of Government initiatives.

The report includes market sizing, drivers, developments and prospects through to 2021, key products with mixes and trends, key suppliers and routes to market.

Key issues covered:
Forecasts of market development to 2021 - assessment of Green Deal and ECO, impact on glass and mineral wool sector performance, influence of energy price changes etc.
Detailed assessment of recent market trends - the growing housebuilding market, non-residential construction impacts etc.
Specific and relevant information - market size, factors influencing the market, key players.
Analysis by product group - product mix and influences in the main insulation products sectors.
Analysis by end use sectors - key applications and end use sectors for building insulation.

Key areas of insight include:
Changing mix of the different material types of insulation products.
Review of key suppliers, distributors and installers.
Assessment of market potential by end use application covering domestic RMI and retrofit, new build, non-residential building etc.
Detailed reviews of key end use applications e.g. lofts, cavity walls, solid walls and flat roofs. Evaluation of impact of government programmes.
Detailed market data and insight on the building insulation products market by AMA Research, a leading UK provider of construction market intelligence.

Market Performance - Recent Trends and Forecasts
Overall market size & trends in 2016/17 - analysis of impact of Government programmes; assessment of recent trends in energy prices & other market drivers e.g. changes to Building Regulations etc.
Overall market forecasts to 2021 - assessment of impacts of the building and construction market across the residential and non-residential markets. Review of other key driving factors going forward including likely impact of energy price rises, changing relationship with Europe etc.
Potential areas for growth in future years, flat roofs in the non-residential sector, added value solutions, ’easy-to-fill’ lofts etc.

Insulation Product Mixes - Glass Wool, Stone Wool etc.
By material by value - i.e. glass wool, stone wool, urethane, polystyrene, phenolic foam etc.
Overview of key materials - identification of key trends and supplier shares.

Application Market Mixes - Lofts, Cavity Walls, Solid Walls
Lofts: profile of homes with lofts in GB; trends in retrofit by area installed, material mix; housebuilding market 2012-21; retrofit market potential.
Cavity walls: profile of homes with Cavity Walls; trends in retrofit sector by area installed, material mix; housebuilding market 2012-21; retrofit market potential.
Solid walls: profile of homes with solid walls; trends in retrofit sector by area installed, retrofit market potential.
Flat roofs: profile of buildings with flat roofs, mixes by end-use & materials, market potential.
Other including ground floors, intermediate floor, metal cladding - market overviews.

End User Market Mixes - Retrofit, House Building, Non-Domestic
General overview of mix between domestic retrofit, housebuilding and non-domestic sectors.
Review of domestic retrofit: profile of housing stock; analysis of recent trends, market mix by application; market potential for lofts, cavity & solid wall insulation.
Review of housebuilding: profile of housebuilding stock; recent trends; market mixes.
Review of non-domestic: recent trends and assessment of potential demand for retrofit insulation in existing commercial premises.Supply Chain & Distribution Profile.

Supply Chain & Distribution Profile
Supplier review - market shares & trends, company profiles.
Distributor review - channel shares, company profiles.

Table of contents

1. INTRODUCTION 8
1.1 BACKGROUND 8
1.2 SOURCES OF INFORMATION 8
1.3 GLOSSARY 9

2. SUMMARY 10
2.1 MARKET BACKGROUND 10
2.2 MARKET PROSPECTS 11

3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 13
3.1 GDP 13
3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES 14
3.3 UNEMPLOYMENT 15
3.4 HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION 16
3.5 HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION 16
3.6 STERLING 17
3.7 POPULATION PROFILE 18
3.8 CONCLUSIONS 18

4. UK BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS MARKET 20
4.1 DEFINITION 20
4.2 MARKET SIZE AND RECENT TRENDS 20
4.2.1 Insulation Market Size 20
4.2.2 Insulation Market Prospects 23
4.3 KEY MARKET INFLUENCES 24
4.3.1 EU / Government Initiatives 24
4.3.2 The Building Regulations Part L 2013 25
4.3.3 Energy Prices 27
4.3.4 Housebuilding and Construction 28
4.3.5 Non-Domestic Construction 30

5. PRODUCT MIX 32
5.1 OVERVIEW OF BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS 32
5.2 BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS 33
5.2.1 Glass Wool 33
5.2.2 Stone Wool 34
5.2.3 Polyurethane (PUR) / Polyisocyanurate (PIR) Foam 34
5.2.4 Expanded and Extruded Polystyrene Foam (EPS and XPS) 35
5.2.5 Other 35
5.3 PRE-FABRICATED/OFFSITE AND COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 36

6. MARKET MIX BY END-USE SECTORS 38
6.1 OVERVIEW 38
6.2 DOMESTIC RMI/RETROFIT 39
6.2.1 Housing Stock 39
6.2.2 Recent Market Trends 40
6.2.3 Domestic Retrofit Market Prospects for Insulation Products 41
6.3 HOUSEBUILDING 42
6.3.1 Profile of Housebuilding 42
6.3.2 Recent Market Trends 42
6.3.3 Housebuilding Market Prospects for Insulation Products 42
6.4 NON-DOMESTIC BUILDINGS 43
6.4.1 Non- Domestic Building Stock 43
6.4.2 Market Trends 43
6.4.3 Non-domestic Buildings Market Prospects for Insulation Products 43

7. APPLICATIONS 45
7.1 INTRODUCTION 45
7.2 LOFTS / PITCHED ROOFS 45
7.2.1 Profile of Dwellings with Lofts 45
7.2.2 Recent Trends in Loft Insulation 45
7.2.3 Market Prospects for Loft Insulation 48
7.3 FLAT ROOFS 49
7.3.1 Profile of Buildings with Flat Roofs 49
7.3.2 Recent Trends in Flat Roof Insulation 50
7.3.3 Market Prospects for Flat Roof Insulation 51
7.4 CAVITY WALLS 52
7.4.1 Profile of Dwellings with Cavity Walls 52
7.4.2 Recent Trends in Domestic Cavity Wall Insulation 53
7.4.3 Market Prospects for Domestic Cavity Wall Insulation 55
7.5 DOMESTIC WALLS WITHOUT CAVITIES 55
7.5.1 Profile of Dwellings Without Cavity Walls 55
7.5.2 Recent Trends in Domestic Solid Wall Insulation 57
7.5.3 Market Prospects for Solid Wall Insulation 58
7.6 OTHER APPLICATIONS 59
7.6.1 Ground Floor Thermal Insulation 59
7.6.2 Acoustic Insulation 59
7.6.3 Site Built Metal Cladding and Roofing Systems 60

8. SUPPLIERS 61
8.1 MANUFACTURERS & SUPPLIERS MARKET SHARES 61
8.2 PROFILES OF MAJOR INSULATION MANUFACTURERS 61

9. DISTRIBUTION 65
9.1 OVERVIEW 65
9.2 DISTRIBUTOR PROFILES 66
9.3 INSTALLERS 67

Tables and Charts
CHART 1: UK BUILDING INSULATION MARKET BY VALUE £M 2012-2021 10
TABLE 2: GDP DATA - 2015-2017 - KEY CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS 13
CHART 3: INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 2000-2021 15
CHART 4: PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 2000-2021 16
TABLE 5: EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2013-2019 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES 18
TABLE 6: UK BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS MARKET BY VALUE (£ MILLION MSP) 2012 TO 2021 21
CHART 7: HOUSEHOLDS WITH INSULATION MEASURES INSTALLED THROUGH ECO /GREEN DEAL, BY MONTH 2015 TO 2017 22
CHART 8: UK INDICES FOR OVERALL AVERAGE ANNUAL ENERGY PRICES FOR INDUSTRY (EXCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY) AND AVERAGE ANNUAL INSULATION PRODUCT PRICES (2010 = 100) 2010 TO 2016 22
TABLE 9: TOTAL INSULATION MEASURES DELIVERED UNDER GREEN DEAL AND ECO - UP TO MARCH 2017 25
TABLE 10: BUILDING REGULATION AMENDMENTS IMPACTING ON THE BUILDING INSULATION MARKET 26
TABLE 11: BUILDING REGULATIONS PART L 2013 NOTIONAL BUILDING SPECIFICATION VS LIMITING U-VALUES BY INSULATION APPLICATION 27
CHART 12: UK FUEL PRICE INDICES FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN CURRENT TERMS (EXCLUDING THE CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY) 2010 = 100, 2010 TO 2016 28
TABLE 13: HOUSE BUILDING STARTS AND COMPLETIONS (UK) 2012 TO 2021 - BY VOLUME 29
CHART 14: NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT (GREAT BRITAIN) NEW WORK & RMI - CURRENT PRICES (£BN) 2012 -2021 30
CHART 15: NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT NEW WORK ANALYSIS BY SECTOR 2016 AND 2021 - % BY VALUE GB 31
CHART 16: MIX OF BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS BY MATERIAL % BY VALUE - POLYSTYRENE, PHENOLIC, MINERAL, PUR ETC, 2016 32
CHART 17: UK SUPPLIERS OF GLASS WOOL ESTIMATED MARKET SHARES, 2016 33
CHART 18: UK SUPPLIERS OF PUR / PIR BOARDS ESTIMATED MARKET SHARES, 2016 35
TABLE 19: MAIN PRE-FABRICATED BUILDING PRODUCTS INCORPORATING INSULATION 36
CHART 20: UK MARKET SHARE - INSULATION PRODUCTS BY VOLUME BY END USE SECTOR, 2016 38
CHART 21: GB DWELLING STOCK BY AGE BAND (%) 39
CHART 22: GB DWELLING STOCK BY TYPE OF PROPERTY (% OF DWELLINGS) 39
CHART 23: TOTAL NUMBERS OF INSULATION MEASURES DELIVERED UNDER GREEN DEAL AND ECO BY TYPE (LOFTS, SOLID WALLS, ETC). TOTAL 1,374K INSTALLATIONS 40
CHART 24: UK GB RETROFIT INSULATION MARKET BY APPLICATION BY AREA INSTALLED 2016. INSTALLED VOLUME = ~18 MILLION M² 41
TABLE 25: GB POTENTIAL FOR INSULATION MEASURES IN EXISTING PROPERTIES AS OF DECEMBER 2016 41
CHART 26: UK NEW HOUSEBUILDING MARKET FOR INSULATION BY AREA INSTALLED BY APPLICATION - GROUND, LOFTS, EXTERNAL, INTERMEDIATE. 42
TABLE 27: GB RETROFIT MARKET FOR LOFT INSULATION PRODUCTS 2011 - 2016 46
CHART 28: UK RETROFIT LOFT MARKET FOR INSULATION BY TYPE OF MEASURES BY AREA INSTALLED 2016 - POPULATION ~9 MILLION M² 46
CHART 29: UK RETROFIT LOFT MARKET FOR INSULATION BY MATERIAL BY VOLUME 2016 - POPULATION ~9 MILLION M² 47
TABLE 30: GB HOUSEBUILDING MARKET FOR LOFT INSULATION PRODUCTS 2011 TO 2016 48
TABLE 31: SUMMARY OF LOFT INSULATION LEVELS IN GB AT DECEMBER 2016 48
TABLE 32: STOCK OF FLATS IN UK, ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND 2015/16 - TOTAL, PRIVATELY OWNED AND SOCIAL HOUSING 49
CHART 33: UK FLAT ROOF MARKET FOR INSULATION BY PRODUCT TYPE (PIR, STONEWOOL, XPS ETC) BY AREA INSTALLED, 2016 51
CHART 34: DWELLINGS IN GB WITH CAVITY WALLS % DECEMBER 2016 - 19.2 MILLION DWELLINGS WITH CAVITY WALLS 52
TABLE 35: GB RETROFIT MARKET FOR CAVITY INSULATION PRODUCTS, 2011 - 2016 53
CHART 36: UK RETROFIT CAVITY WALL INSULATION MARKET BY MATERIAL BY VOLUME, 2016 54
TABLE 37: GB HOUSEBUILDING MARKET FOR CAVITY WALL INSULATION PRODUCTS BY AREA INSTALLED, 2011 TO 2016 54
TABLE 38: SUMMARY OF CAVITY WALL INSULATION LEVELS IN GB AT DECEMBER 2016, INSULATED, UNCERTAIN, EASY TO TREAT ETC. 55
CHART 39: % GB DWELLINGS WITH AND WITHOUT CAVITY WALL INSULATION AS AT DECEMBER 2016 - CIRCA 8.5 MILLION DWELLINGS WITHOUT CAVITY WALLS 56
CHART 40: 8.5M DWELLINGS IN GB WITHOUT CAVITY WALLS - % BY TYPE OF WALL CONSTRUCTION, SOLID DETACHED, SOLID SEMI, SOLID TERRACED, LATH / PLASTER ETC 56
CHART 41: GB 8.5M DWELLINGS WITHOUT CAVITY WALLS BY DATE RANGE BY % 57
TABLE 42: ENGLAND - PROPORTIONS OF SOLID WALLED DWELLINGS VS CAVITY WALLED DWELLINGS BY BROAD LOCATION 57
TABLE 43: GB RETROFIT (GREEN DEAL & ECOSP) MARKET FOR SOLID WALL INSULATION 2011 - 2016 58
TABLE 44: UK TOTAL MARKET SHARES BY VALUE 61
CHART 45: MAJOR DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS FOR BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS 65
CHART 46: BUILDING INSULATION PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION - ESTIMATED % SHARES BY VALUE 66

Companies Mentioned
- A & M Energy Solutions
- Armacell
- Carillion Energy Services
- CCF
- Cellecta
- CIUR
- Dyson Energy Services
- Encon Insulation
- Excel Industries
- FGF
- Instagroup
- Jablite
- Jewson
- Kay-Metzeler EPS
- Kingspan Group
- Knauf Insulation
- Lawtech
- Miller Pattison
- Minster Insulation,Paroc
- Pittsburgh Corning UK
- Promat UK
- Recticel Insulation
- Rockwool
- Saint Gobain Construction Products
- Siderise
- SIG plc
- Superglass Insulation
- Thermal Economics
- URSA UK
- Vitra Cellular Foams
- Web Dynamics
- Xtratherm

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