Understanding the role of CertainTeed Fiber Cement Siding in meeting Green Building Standards
Green Facts:
- WeatherBoards contains more than 30% post-industrial material, diverting millions of pound of materials from landfills annually and contributes to LEED and NAHB credits. It also creates a greater inter-laminar bonding for better and longer performance.
- Our manufacturing facilities recycle the water used in our plants, resulting in a savings of more than 2 billion gallons per year.
- The majority of wood fiber pulp used in our fiber cement products is supplied from sustainably managed forests.
- By using recycled content in our product, nearly 100,000 tons of this material are diverted from landfills each year. Recycling also lessens the demand for virgin materials that would require quarrying, and substitutes for materials that may be energy-intensive to create, such as Portland cement.
- Our patented formulation has ICC Building Code approval (reference report #ESR-1668).
- As a result of this innovation, we are able to offer a lighter weight board without sacrificing quality and integrity. Boards made with fly ash are lighter than our previous formulations, which translates into less energy used to produce and transport.
- Energy Star® Partner - CertainTeed is the only fiber cement manufacturer to be named and Energy Star Partner of the Year" in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and was honored with the "Sustained Excellence" award in 2011 for energy management.
- LEED® guaranteed - CertainTeed is the only fiber cement manufacturer that can guarantee LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) qualification on any job anywhere in North America.
- NAHB Green approved
- GreenCircle™ Certified - CertainTeed siding products have undergone a rigorous third-party audit process that evaluated and verified all of our sustainability claims.
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - CertainTeed has conduced an industry first LCA of all its siding products. This LCA was submitted to and approved by NIST for use with its BEES online product selection program. This audit and evaluation provides complete environmental transparency to our customers.
- Green Manufacturing - all of CertainTeed Fiber Cement's plants are ISO 1400 certified, an international standard for minimizing environmental impact.
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