TufCore™
Fiberglass/Gypsum Ceilings

Features & Benefits :

• Combines the NRC advantages of fiberglass with high CAC gypsum board in a single panel.
• Available in a variety of finish options and edge details.
• Enhance speech privacy (for HIPAA and GLBA compliance).
• Especially well-suited to minimize sound transmission between adjacent spaces sharing a common plenum.
• Gypsum back improves the CAC.
• Fiberglass face improves the NRC.

Applications :

• Private Offices
• Conference Rooms
• Theaters
• Sound Stages
• Education
• Medical Exam Rooms
• Financial Institutions

A 10-year and a 15-year-system warranty are available for this product

TufCore is a fiberglass ceiling panel. It offers a high-recycled content (3-4% total, 3-4% post-consumer, 0% pre-consumer). The LEED calculation for this products recycled content is 3-4%. The acoustical performance of this product may contribute to points for a LEED project per that U.S. Green Building Council system.

Energy and Atmosphere (EA)
Credit 1 Optimize energy performance
Our ceiling panels with high light reflectance (above 0.82 according to ASTM E1477) can reduce lighting demands and subsequently the energy required to operate them. 1-10 points

Indoor Air Quality (EQ)
Prerequisite 3 (LEED for Schools only) Minimum acoustical performance
CertainTeed Ceilings high sound absorption ceiling panels can contribute to achievement of reverberation time goals (per ANSI 12-60-2002)

Indoor Air Quality (EQ)
Credit 2 (LEED for Healthcare only) Acoustic environment: exterior noise, acoustical finishes & room noise levels
CertainTeed Ceilings high sound attenuation panels can contribute to acoustic privacy goals and high sound absorption ceiling panels can contribute to those performance goals. 1-2 points

Innovation & Design Process (ID)
Credit 1 Innovation in design
CertainTeed Ceilings performance ceiling panels can contribute to the creation of an exceptional acoustic environment and as such enhance and improve productivity and performance. 1 point