Greening Our Products
Owens Corning is committed to making products that meet the needs of the green marketplace, improving energy efficiency in the built environment, conserving resources through recycling and innovating for low emissions. To help guide our product development efforts, we take into account many of the most widely respected industry guidelines and specifications for green and sustainable building.
While the sheer number of these guidelines can be confusing, there are clear themes and commonalities that we look to in defining our green product attributes*:
- Save energy or water
- Are made with salvaged, recycled or agricultural waste
- Conserve natural resources
- by reducing material usage
- through exceptional durability
- with low maintenance requirements
- Avoid toxic or other emissions (from end product and manufacturing process)
- Contribute to a safe indoor environment
- Can be reused or recycled at the end of life (cradle-to-cradle)
*Adapted from GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials
Green Product Innovation and Testing
Our process starts with the use of eco-design principles and measures in the course of product development. Product Stewardship reviews provide confirmation of safety, performance and environmental standards for new and existing products. Tools such as life cycle analysis help us understand the impact of our operations in addition to those of the supply chain and end use of the product.
You don't have to take our word for it. You’ll find extensive third-party testing, certification or validation of our claims for many of the green attributes designed into our products. We believe that this rigor helps set objective standards for the industry and allows our customers and the consumer to evaluate product choices from an informed perspective.
- Scientific Certification Systems — recycled content certifications
- To see all Owens Corning products with certified recycle content by Scientific Certification Systems refer to SCS
- NAHB Green Approved Products — approved products earn points towards the National Green Building Standard
- To see all Owens Corning products with the NAHB Green Approval refer to Green Approved Products
MBDC Cradle-to-Cradle — certifying products in areas such as safe materials, design for reutilization, energy efficiency, efficient water consumption and deployment of socially responsible strategies.
- To see all Owens Corning products with the certification refer to Cradle-to-Cradle
UL Environment™ Inc. — recycled content validation and certification of 35 percent recycled content in Cultured Stone® and 50 percent in ProStone® and Versetta StoneTM manufactured stone veneer products. Click here
Power of Information
We help our customers meet their goals for green and sustainable practices — whether in buildings or other end uses — through the most relevant and current product information, education, and identification of how our products contribute to meeting codes and green building guidelines.
The GREENGUARD INDOOR AIR QUALITY CERTIFIED Mark is a registered certification mark used under license through the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
