Marisa Pérez: "Saint-Gobain Isover's stand at C&R 2025 will have a dedicated space for professionalisation"

What does Saint-Gobain Isover contribute to society and its customers in the field of air conditioning and refrigeration?

Isover, as part of the Saint-Gobain Group, is committed to building better for people and the planet by designing, manufacturing and marketing innovative thermal, acoustic and fire protection insulation solutions for buildings and equipment that provide sustainability with the highest performance. Saint Gobain Isover, in a context where energy efficiency, comfort and sustainability are essential, is a leading company offering innovative and sustainable solutions for duct networks in air conditioning and ventilation installations.

Isover is the trusted partner that accompanies all agents in the refrigeration and air conditioning market with services that complete the solutions with a 360º vision for the most technical professionals in the market, as well as for the distribution channels and professionals in the installation of these solutions.

In specific terms, what are these proposals and products?

Saint-Gobain Isover's proposal is to offer the widest and highest performance range for air conditioning and ventilation duct networks, exceeding the regulatory requirements and with complementary services that add value to our systems, such as the Saint-Gobain Academy service with theoretical and practical training for installers, as well as support in the professionalisation of the sector through the CLIMAVER® Campus and the development of technical tools for the design, calculation and verification of solutions according to RITE requirements.

At the product level, Isover has the leading self-supporting mineral wool duct solution CLIMAVER®, as well as a wide range of insulation solutions for metal ducts: CLIMCOVER Roll Alu 3, and the new solutions CLIMLINER SLAB G1, for the insulation of metal ducts on the inside, and CLIMCOVER Roll Alu 1 Black, Isover's first mineral wool solution for cladding metal ducts on the outside with a black finish.

How important is your company's participation in C&R 2025 and what innovations will you be presenting at the fair?

Saint-Gobain Isover is participating in this fair once again, consolidating its position as a meeting point where it presents its innovations to the main players in the sector, and with the differentiation of orienting its presence to respond to all target audiences in the air conditioning market, offering elements such as practical training and demonstrations, spaces dedicated to advice and technical support, as well as the presence of its latest innovations in terms of solutions, which will be presented exclusively at the fair.

But undoubtedly, a key launch that Saint-Gobain Isover will be making at this edition is the CLIMAVER® (RE)cuperate to (Re)use service , promoting the collection of CLIMAVER® offcuts that are generated at the time of installation, to recover and reuse them later in the production process of mineral wool in our factory in Azuqueca de Henares. An exclusive service for installers of our CLIMAVER® Club, with which we are pioneers in offering this new CLIMAVER® service, (RE)cuperate to (RE)use, which is part of Isover Recycle, to accelerate the path towards circularity. Our unique MTR method already allows us to achieve over 99% material utilisation. Now, it's time to move forward to make the best use and reuse of our CLIMAVER® panel offcuts. 

How important are professional qualifications in your operations?

At Isover, we have been working for years on professional qualification in this area of construction, offering advice to CLIMAVER® Club installers on how to obtain professional certification in the installation and maintenance of duct networks.

For this reason, one of the brand's commitments continues to be professionalisation, and in 2025 the stand will have a space dedicated to it, where real success stories will be shared in which installers from the sector have achieved official accreditation of their skills thanks to the PEACs. And it will continue to facilitate the competence accreditation process for interested professionals who are part of our Club.