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Featured Sustainability Articles

Sustainability • Commercial • Blog
Redesigning insulation for improved sustainability, carbon footprint

Reformulated XPS insulation was designed to maintain performance attributes while lowering the material’s global warming potential (GWP) and improved sustainability.
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Contractor cutting FOAMULAR XPS insulation for installation

Sustainability • Commercial • Blog
Breaking Down the Claims: A Look at Product Labels and Certifications

Multiple building materials carry labels or certifications indicating that they have been generated in a specific way intended to produce an improved health or environmental outcome. However, it can be challenging to keep track of what each label means.
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Looking up through trees at clear blue skies in a city

Sustainability • Commercial • Blog
Reviewing the ins and outs of the LEED program

The LEED framework – now v4.1 – was created to support and guide green building efforts. The system focuses on construction practices, material manufacture and efficiency.
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Two sets of hands. One holding a tree and the other holding a cityscape showing the importance of sustainability in urban design.

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Contractor cutting FOAMULAR XPS insulation for installation

Sustainability • Commercial • BlogRedesigning insulation for improved sustainability, carbon footprint

Reformulated XPS insulation was designed to maintain performance attributes while lowering the material’s global warming potential (GWP) and improved sustainability.
Read more
Looking up through trees at clear blue skies in a city

Sustainability • Commercial • BlogBreaking Down the Claims: A Look at Product Labels and Certifications

Multiple building materials carry labels or certifications indicating that they have been generated in a specific way intended to produce an improved health or environmental outcome. However, it can be challenging to keep track of what each label means.
Read more
Two sets of hands. One holding a tree and the other holding a cityscape showing the importance of sustainability in urban design.

Sustainability • Commercial • BlogReviewing the ins and outs of the LEED program

The LEED framework – now v4.1 – was created to support and guide green building efforts. The system focuses on construction practices, material manufacture and efficiency.
Read more
Overhead view city park

Sustainability • Commercial • BlogRegulations and roofs: Next generation insulation and sustainable VRA design

Vegetative roof assemblies (VRAs) look for environmentally-friendly building materials with high compressive strength and R-value maintenance when moisture is present. Redesigned XPS insulation has a lower GWP, cuts HFC-134a use and maintains performance in wet environments.
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Delta T

Sustainability • Mechanical • BlogMaking use of Delta T: Reducing industrial energy emissions with mechanical insulation

Properly designed and installed mechanical insulation is a great way to reduce energy expenditure, limit a facility’s greenhouse gas emissions, and save money.
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