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For immediate release:
August 1, 2012
For more information contact:
Michael B. Loughery, CertainTeed
(610) 341-7328
mike.b.loughery@saint-gobain.com
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CertainTeed Roofing Plant Earns Portland City Wastewater Treatment Award
(Valley Forge, Pa.) – For the second consecutive year, CertainTeed Corporation’s Portland
Roofing Plant has received the Industrial Source Control Award for demonstrated compliance to
industrial pretreatment requirements from the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. The
award honors the plant environmental team's exceptional work in managing and treating
wastewater at the site over the past year.
“This award is another verification of just how serious our team takes efforts to minimize our
facility’s impact on the environment,” says Rick Miranda, plant manager for the Portland
manufacturing facility. “Over the past few years, our staff’s environmental management system
activities have demonstrated our ability to exponentially decrease all types of waste while at the
same time improving sustainable manufacturing practices across the board.”
The CertainTeed plant, which manufactures asphalt roofing shingles, is one of only 54
businesses in the area to demonstrate compliance with pretreatment requirements. Specifically
the EMS team has maintained an onsite sediment-settling pond, which minimizes pollution and
complies with stringent city water regulations. One of the most current projects noted by the city
included identifying and controlling other sources of waste and storm water contaminants. The
site environmental team also increased the frequency of lot sweeping, tested different filter
materials for storm and wastewater outlets, and implemented a weekly site environmental
inspection. All have resulted in a significant increase in staff awareness and sensitivity to the
environment.
The Portland plant recently achieved ISO 14001 certification for developing a formalized
environmental management system. The team of 60 employees has also worked together to cut
electricity required at the plant by half. In addition, CertainTeed PowerMax® photovoltaic solar
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modules were recently installed on the facility’s roof to assist with reducing further utility
reliance.
The Portland plant manufactures CertainTeed’s highly popular Landmark™ line of laminated
asphalt roofing shingles and accessories, including shingles that are ENERGY STAR®-rated and
contribute to NAHB Green Building Standards and LEED® certification. The shingles are
manufactured with pre- and post-consumer recycled content, including slag, stone granules,
corrugated mixed paper and sludge, which ultimately reduces landfill waste and carbon
emissions. More than 90 percent of production waste is recycled and used in asphalt materials for
road construction.
CertainTeed is home to 10 roofing manufacturing facilities throughout the United States that are
fully engaged in reducing the company’s environmental footprint. Collectively, the plants divert
more than 250,000 tons of waste per year from landfills. In addition to asphalt shingles,
CertainTeed Roofing offers innovative products that significantly boost the energy efficiency of
a home, including Landmark Solaris™ solar reflective shingles and the Apollo® photovoltaic
roofing system.
For more information on CertainTeed roofing products and the company’s environmental
initiatives, visit www.certainteed.com.
About CertainTeed
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products,
CertainTeed, headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., has helped shape the building products industry
for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the
firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired the name
CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior
building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe,
insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.
A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building products company, CertainTeed and
its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities
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throughout the United States and Canada. Recognized as a 2009 and 2010 ENERGY STAR
Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CertainTeed earned the 2011
and 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award, the highest level of recognition for
outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency. The group
had total sales of approximately $3.2 billion in 2011. www.certainteed.com
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