CertainTeed has received the 2011 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to become the first ever fiberglass insulation producer to receive such an award in recognition of its contributions to energy savings.
The award is presented to acknowledge a company’s ongoing efforts to be energy-efficient in its operations and the total organizational strategy towards energy conservation. The winners are chosen from companies that part take in the ENERGY STAR program.
CertainTeed supplies a range of products to improve the energy-efficiency in homes and other buildings. Sustainable Insulation, its latest fiberglass insulation-ware, is made of 35% recycled material and uses plant-based adhesives. The insulation product does not possess formaldehyde, phenol, and dangerous acrylics or dyes. Its Solaris Platinum roofing shingles provide 40% solar reflectivity and cuts down the roof temperature by 20% during summer. Energy Edge and CedarBoards Insulated Siding thwart energy deprivation through bases that use concrete slabs and through outside walls. The EnerGen Photovoltaic Solar Roofing System, provided by CertainTeed, incorporates UNI-SOLAR thin-film laminates, which flawlessly integrates with conventional asphalt roofing shingles to produce solar power.
CertainTeed, through Saint-Gobain, its parent company, has been contributing to protect the environment through its energy-efficiency services. The company was chosen as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for the previous two years in succession. In the last three years, it has introduced a range of energy supervision activities and procedural advancements to cut down energy usage at its facilities by 10%.
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