Ceilings
Understanding the role of CertainTeed Ceilings in meeting Commercial Green Building Standards.
As a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), CertainTeed Ceilings is a leader in the effort to provide acoustical ceiling and wall solutions that promote sustainable design. CertainTeed Ceilings’ manufacturing processes incorporate sustainable design criteria—from the product’s raw material content to how it’s handled through manufacturing and shipping, as well as through the product life cycle.
Aside from raw materials, CertainTeed Ceilings offers a recycling program for the return and recycling of old ceiling panels into new ones. The cost savings from exercising this option instead of sending the discarded panels to local landfills provides the added benefit of allowing participants to qualify for valuable points under the LEED rating system for construction waste management.
Green Facts:
- More than 70% of manufacturing waste is recycled into ceiling products.
- The majority of the Ceilings’ product offering contains 50% recycled content or higher.
- CertainTeed mineral fiber ceiling panels incorporate steel mill slag waste as well as post-consumer waste such as newspapers.
- CertainTeed Ceilings’ product lines incorporate one of the highest concentrations of recycled content in the ceiling industry.
- CertainTeed Ecophon has a certificate for low consumption of water.
- CertainTeed ceilings offer outstanding acoustical performance.
- Designer Series Ecophon panels feature low VOC emittance.
- Many CertainTeed ceiling products comply with the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) standards.
- Some CertainTeed ceiling products reflect light and work well in architectural designs that promote daylighting; reductions in lighting density made possible by such designs can result in energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.
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CertainTeed has earned a reputation as a premier building materials manufacturer for more than 100 years. For every part of the building, CertainTeed offers a quality line of roofing, vinyl and fiber cement siding, pvc trim, sheathing, fence, railing, decking, foundation, windows, insulation, gypsum, ceilings, and pipe products for both residential and commercial building applications.
