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 WHY OWENS CORNING IS A GREEN PRODUCT

Owens Corning is committed to sustainable business practices, and we take pride in the fact that our energy-saving products make a significant net positive impact on the environment. In fact, in the first year of use, Owens Corning home insulation saves approximately nine times the amount of energy used by our company annually. And year after year, our insulation products continue to help conserve energy without consuming any additional resources.

By reducing the energy required to maintain a comfortable living or work environment, insulation reduces the greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels. Each year, Owens Corning insulation eliminates more than one billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions—equal to the annual emissions of 200 million passenger cars or two billion barrels of oil.

Eco-friendly manufacturing and distribution

Owens Corning PINK insulation not only saves energy; it also helps conserve natural resources by using widely available and plentiful resources—sand and recycled glass—in its manufacturing process.

All of our glass fiber and foam products made in North America are certified for their recycled content by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS). Our glass fiber products use an average of 40% recycled glass content, and our rigid foam insulation uses an average of 15% recycled content, with all foam scrap recycled back into the process instead of going to landfills. And when it comes to distribution, our compression packaging means we can ship more insulation per truckload, resulting in 25% fewer transportation miles and reduced pollution from truck emissions.

Green Approved by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

Owens Corning is the first insulation and masonry veneer manufacturer to receive this approval, which will help builders and designers select products that meet specific green practices and can earn points towards the National Green Building Standard

Adding insulation to your attic is a blast with the AttiCat® Insulation Blowing Machine! It conditions the AttiCat® Expanding Blown-In PINK Fiberglas™ Insulation by breaking it up and fluffing it, adding millions of the tiny air pockets that give the material its insulating power. The insulation is conditioned further throughout the length of the hose, and as it bounces its way up to your attic, more and more air pockets are added, increasing its insulating power even more. And since Fiberglas™ insulation will not settle, it will keep its energy-saving R-value over time.

R-Value: Measure of resistance to heat flow. Insulation materials have tiny pockets of trapped air. These pockets resist the transfer of heat through material. The ability of insulation to slow the transfer of heat is measured in R-values. The higher the R-value, the better the insulation material's ability to resist the flow of heat through it.

Ceiling Insulation Requirements

Ceiling Measure

• Must be blown-in (loose fill), batt, blanket, and sprayed foam (or fiber) insulation types
• Insulation Products installed only in qualifying existing roof or ceiling systems.
• The overall effective thermal resistance of the existing insulation must be R-7.0 or less.
• "Roof" area is the horizontal or less than 60 degrees from horizontal, portion of a building that separates the exterior and conditioned interior building areas.

Ceiling Insulation

• Shall not be installed over unfinished ("drop" ceilings);
• Shall not be installed in areas that are part of plenum air distribution systems;
• Shall be installed as a direct application to the top-floor ceiling in the unconditioned or attic area over the conditioned space; and
• Shall be installed uniformly and in sufficient quantity to achieve a final termal resistance of at least R-19.0.
  

Participation Requirements

• 1000 square feet of roof or ceiling insulation
• If the total qualifying area is less than these limits, the installation must cover the total qualifying area.
• Only areas that are air conditioned below qualify as square feet.