green commitment
Green Factory
Virtuous company behaviour is made up of many indirect actions that can really affect the product’s life cycle. These actions become essential when multiplied by the tonnes of product processed. Our care for the environment is realised through highly energy-efficient production processes designed to produce/manufacture a 100% recyclable product. It is increasingly necessary for each production/working/logistic process to be implemented with a strong sense of responsibility towards the future and, for this reason, Dott.Gallina has been committed to improving the environmental impact of its activities for many years. The design of both the entire production site and the plants used has been subject to continuous modernisation with the aim of achieving energy self-sufficiency and the elimination of environmental waste. In fact, for years, the company has been implementing a process to recover waste material from industrial production, by means of an in-house granulation process, also reducing the need for virgin raw material. The company is also working on the recovery of panels from end-of-life installations to make new regenerated products. If there is a project that requires the replacement of spent Dott.Gallina products, we collect them to feed an extrusion line dedicated to new "regenerated" panels, which are used as façade cladding or as opaque partitions.
How did we upset the concept of energy-intensive industry, achieving self-production and complete coverage of our energy needs?
✅ trigeneration plant
✅ covering all factory roofs with solar panels
✅ closed-cycle management of water used in production plants for heating/cooling offices and common areas
Energy self-production
Closed-cycle water management
Zero waste production
Une solution pour une architecture durable
The use of arcoPlus® modular multiwall systems to create large translucent surfaces improves the energy performance of a building thanks to the use of natural light as the primary source of indoor lighting and thanks to high thermal insulation, resulting in reduced air conditioning and heating costs. Our panels guarantee thermal transmittance values as low as 0.4 W/m2K, and even the assembly accessories are designed as thermal break solutions. In addition to this, specific surface treatments for solar radiation management customise the performance of the panels according to individual applications. Thanks to its unique characteristics, since 2016, polycarbonate has been listed among the innovative materials and systems of the Recycle Observatory Report, promoted by Legambiente. Among the projects that have achieved environmental awards, such as LEED® certifications, are: the roofing of the shopping centre “Il Centro” in Arese-IT and the translucent envelope of the “Camp Ferro” and “Turo Peira” sports centres in Barcelona-SP.
natural lighting
thermal insulation
living comfort
L'unico pannello in policarbonato realmente rigenerato
Responsible design
Sustainable building will be able to evolve thanks to a commitment involving three levels of the construction sector chain at the same time: designing new architectural concepts, designing new construction methods and investing in the search for innovative materials, which can allow for the development of new solutions that comply with increasingly stringent energy standards. Floors, doors, windows, insulation and bricks must be analysed by means of a comparative evaluation during the design phase, so that the designer can give shape to a building that is consistent and interconnected in all its elements. In fact, each element must give its-own contribution in order to achieve a cumulative score high enough to obtain important awards and certifications as “sustainable designs”, such as the famous LEED®, both for new buildings and redevelopments.