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Moon Township, Pa. — Oct. 20, 2014 — CENTRIA is proud to announce the release of its first series of environmental product declarations (EPDs) in conjunction with UL Environment, an independent safety science company.
The product-specific EPDs review five of CENTRIA's primary foam products, including profiled and non-profiled Formawall insulated metal panels (IMPs), MetalWrap Series insulated composite backup panels, Versapanel, and Versawall.
EPDs document the environmental impact of building products throughout their lifecycle. Manufacturers can use the comprehensive reports as benchmarks and as a product comparison tool for customers — including architects, contractors and building owners — to make more educated purchasing decisions.
"CENTRIA has a long history of providing sustainable, environmentally conscious building products to the construction industry, and our new EPDs provide a level of transparency that will serve as an industry standard for years to come,” said Rick Brow, director of marketing at CENTRIA. “When architects specify CENTRIA building products, they can be confident that they’re using high-performance products that also have been independently verified for environmental impact.”
The findings for CENTRIA’s inaugural EPDs are based on an extensive life cycle analysis (LCA). The documents detail important environmental and sustainability considerations, such as raw material extraction and origin, product performance data, energy resources, and a complete list of product performance standards.
The EPDs also contain a wide variety of information, including detailed schematics of the manufacturing and the packaging process as well as environmental indicator statistics through each and every product application variable.
