The electricals side is also trading well and is poised to benefit from growing conern about CFC gases.

Because the only available CFC gases in countries adhering to the treaty is from recycling, their prices have gone up considerably.

But ideal though they are as insulators, CFC gases on their eventual release destroy the life-protecting ozone layer in the high atmosphere.

And 'ozone-friendly' often designates soft CFC gases which, though less destructive than others, still destroy.

There will be no CFC gases in the building, and all wood will come from sustainable resources.

CFC gas is used to convert liquid chemicals into the foam, where it slowly leaks out over time.

It takes only minutes to clear a fridge of CFC gas, which is then stored in a secure container and returned to ICI at Runcorn.

The class has also suffered from unreliable air-conditioning systems since the outlawing of the CFC gases with which they were originally designed to work.

Elimination of the use of CFC gases is a recent example of where common sense Prevailed.

That was the equivalent of 570 times the world's industrial production of CFC gases.