Australian Made
Our Thermalite Plantation Shutters are 100% Australian-manufactured and certified. The factory, equipped with industry specific state of the art equipment is producing plantation shutters that will easily satisfy even the most refined needs and requirements. The factory is located in Queensland, Australia.
Environmentally Friendly Using Non-toxic Recycled Materials
Thermalite is the look and feel of wood with several major advantages. Thermalite is the GREEN CHOICE. It’s the only 100% synthetic material that looks and feels exactly like timber. Thermalite is a solid non toxic polymer foam and is a by-product of natural gas – no natural resources (including trees) are destroyed in the manufacturing of this product and unlike vinyl/PVC it contains no toxic ingredients. It is also more friendly to the environment, using less resources in production, and does not break down into toxic chemicals when they are disposed of.
Thermalite is also tested and proven via independent testing carried out by the National Association of Home Builders Centre. In that testing it showed that the R factor for Thermalite is nearly three times that of timber. This means that, compared to timber, it takes nearly three times the amount of energy applied to one side of a piece of Thermalite to raise the temperature on the other side one degree centigrade. To be specific, the R factor for timber is just under 1, while the R factor for Thermalite is nearly 3.