A tiling installation at H&M Regent Street has been completed by Kapelli Ltd using an EMICODE® EC1PLUS certified Mapei tile system. The project, carried out for main contractor Powells, formed part of a sustainability-focused refurbishment of the central London store.
The newly refurbished store was designed by H&M’s in-house Design Team, alongside its UK architects, Quadrant Design, around a mindfulness theme and with sustainability at its centre. Lighter and brighter, the store has a welcoming and relaxed feel, with historic features exposed and wider views of Regent Street. New sustainability-focused facilities also enable customers to donate and recycle items, as well as rent clothes, shoes and bags through the store’s new debut rental area.
In line with H&M’s sustainability focus, the Mapei primer, smoothing compound, adhesive and grout used featured very low VOC formulations with EMICODE® EC1PLUS certification. The specification included Mapei Primer G synthetic resin primer in water dispersion and Mapei Ultraplan Renovation Screed 3240 fibre-reinforced smoothing compound to prepare subfloors throughout the store. Tiles were then installed with Mapei Keraquick S1 quick-setting, deformable adhesive. The installation was completed with Mapei Ultracolor Plus from Mapei’s Zero Range – an anti-efflorescence, quick-setting and drying polymer-modified grout featuring water-repellent DropEffect® and with CO2 emissions entirely offset in the entire life cycle*.
For more information about the project and Mapei products specified, please contact: info@mapei.co.uk or visit www.mapei.co.uk.
*CO2 emissions measured throughout the life cycle of products from the ZERO line in 2024, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, verified and certified with EPDs, have been offset through the acquisition of certified carbon credits in support of forestry protection projects. A commitment to the planet, to people and to biodiversity.
