Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance publishes updates to ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declarations for spray polyurethane foam insulation and roofing.

The industry has lacked an easily-accessible platform for whole-building life cycle assessment – a tool that could integrate into a design team’s workflow and not require esoteric knowledge. This is starting to change.

Tools are now available to better understand products being specifying

The AAMA heard from a number of speakers and presenters focused on green building topics and sustainability.

The EPD provides vital environmental performance information addressing energy consumption, water consumption, global warming, waste, air emissions and other metrics related to production.

North American steel associations show sustainability of building products with EPDs.

A new Life Cycle Assessment report from the Metal Construction Association (MCA) calculates the average environmental impact of the processes and the building envelope products manufactured by MCA member companies.

A member of the Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA) Board of Directors testified at GSA’s Green Building Advisory Committee Public Meeting.