News Release
For immediate release:
June 12, 2013
For more information contact:
Michael B. Loughery, CertainTeed
(610) 341-7328
mike.b.loughery@saint-gobain.com
www.certainteed.com/pressroom
CertainTeed Corporation Streamlines Green Product Specification by Adding Insulation
Offering to ecoScorecardTM
(Valley Forge, Pa.) – Significantly streamlining green building specification and documentation,
CertainTeed Corporation has integrated its insulation product line into ecoScorecardTM. The
online platform provides architects and building professionals with instant access to
environmental product information, eliminating the time-intensive manual research and analysis
of green building projects.
The newly incorporated insulation products join CertainTeed’s catalog of ceilings solutions on
ecoScorecard—providing an integrated resource for information on the company’s diverse
interior product offering.
ecoScorecard allows specifiers to search and evaluate products based on environmental
characteristics, including 1,200 unique attributes across 20 green building rating systems. The
readily accessible system automatically updates as rating systems change and offers easy access
to the documentation required for project submittals.
“As the green building industry continues to evolve, it has become increasingly time-intensive
for architects and builders to navigate the various rating systems and green standards that drive
product specifications,” said Drew Brandt, vice president of marketing and R&D for
CertainTeed’s Insulation Group. “Our insulation products provide long-lasting, exceptional
thermal performance and are manufactured from highly sustainable materials. By integrating our
offering with ecoScorecard, it makes it easier to leverage these benefits in green building
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projects.”
CertainTeed offers a comprehensive line of insulation products and equipment, including timetested and trusted fiberglass insulation batts and rolls, fiberglass blow-in insulation, polyurethane
spray foam, innovative vapor retarder technology, and highly regarded HVAC products as well
as insulation blowing and foam application equipment. All of CertainTeed’s insulation products
can help building professionals qualify toward credits for both the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED®) through the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the
National Association of Home Builders’ Green Building (NAHB) Program.
To access ecoScorecard information for CertainTeed insulation products, visit
http://certainteedinsulation.ecoscorecard.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, 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 5,700 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities
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 $3.3 billion in 2012. www.certainteed.com
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About SmartBIM
SmartBIM is a leading provider of BIM content creation, distribution, BIM tools and AEC
market intelligence serving both the building professionals and manufacturing communities.
SmartBIM LLC is a privately held company based in Atlanta, GA. ecoScorecard is a Web-based
tool that supports a manufacturer’s web site by cataloging its green products and providing
architects and designers with the ability to evaluate each product based on its environmental
characteristics. ecoScorecard does the calculations necessary for six environmental rating
systems; (LEED, GGHC, Labs 21, CHPS, NAHB, Re:Green and third-party certifications) and
produces the product documentation in a saved project folder or as a PDF necessary for inclusion
in the submission process. ecoScorecard also has BIM tools for users of Autodesk Revit and
Trimble SketchUp, that allow a user to evaluate an entire BIM project for products that are
enabled with ecoScorecard datasets. Users can save hundreds of hours of research and
calculation time when striving for green building certifications. www.smartbim.com
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