News Release For Immediate Release: November 12, 2015 For more information contact: Victoria Gallagher, CertainTeed (610) 893-6002 Victoria.M.Gallagher@saint-gobain.com www.certainteed.com/pressroom CertainTeed launches Roofing Ventilation Calculator mobile application (Malvern, Pa.) – CertainTeed, North America’s leading building materials manufacturer, has announced the availability of its new Roofing Ventilation Calculator mobile application. This free digital tool gives building professionals a fast and accurate way to determine the amount of ventilation products needed to outfit an attic space with balanced ventilation. “Simplicity was the key in designing this tool,” said Dale Walton, manager of residential product marketing with CertainTeed Roofing. “We understand contractors’ needs, and they want something that is fast, reliable and easy to use, and that is exactly what they get with our Ventilation Calculator.” Available for both IOS and Android devices, the app includes the complete line of CertainTeed Roofing ventilation products – ridge vents, rolled ridge vents, intake vents and static exhaust vents. Users simply enter the length and width of the attic space, or select the overall square footage of the space, and the Ventilation Calculator outputs a list of the amount of products needed to ventilate the space based upon the NFA 1/300 rule. Users can also highlight their products of choice on the list, and share the results by email or text message to communicate the amount of ventilation inventory they will need. In addition to providing information on each product in the CertainTeed ventilation line, the app provides links to the CertainTeed website ventilation product page, where users can access Ventilation App –Page 2 of 3 News Release additional product info (including technical information and installation instructions), and also includes a digital version of CertainTeed Roofing’s Accessories brochure that provides information on ventilation and other components of the Integrity Roof System. Find the Roofing Ventilation Calculator and other useful apps from CertainTeed by searching Apple iTunes or Google Play for ‘CertainTeed’ or link directly to the app by visiting one of the following web addresses: CertainTeed Roofing Ventilation app on Apple iTunes - http://bit.ly/CTRoofVent1 CertainTeed Roofing Ventilation app on Google Play - http://bit.ly/CTRoofVent2 About CertainTeed Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pa., has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 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 and ceilings. A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, and celebrating its 350th anniversary, CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 5,700 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. For seven consecutive years, the company has received top honors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its contributions in protecting the environment and was most recently the recipient of the 2015 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award. The group had total sales of approximately $3.3 billion in 2014. www.certainteed.com ###