Can I meet my goals for environmental stewardship?
You know ‘being green’ isn’t enough. You need to be responsible. Economically and ecologically. We believe you have to measure your impact to know how to reduce it. Is it responsible?
WALLTITE® ECO™ is environmentally responsible in every stage of its lifecycle. It uses less energy during production than traditional insulation materials3. As a lower density, closed-cell foam, it takes less material to produce the performance you need. It burns less fuel during transportation because it’s transported as a liquid, then expands over 30 times its volume during application—that’s a lot of insulation in every drum.
WALLTITE ECO also lowers impact through installed performance, with outstanding in-place insulation and air barrier energy efficiency, unparalleled durability, improved occupant comfort, health and safety, complete design freedom with less wasted material and the lowest lifecycle cost compared with traditional materials.
WALLTITE ECO is also economically responsible. Labour accounts for a large portion of the cost on any project. WALLTITE ECO provides three integral systems in one application—insulation, air barrier and vapour barrier (depending on application and installation). Steps are reduced and so are labour costs. As a spray-applied, fully self-adhering system, detailing is less complicated so it also installs faster than membrane, torch-applied, batt and board materials for a further reduction in labour requirements.
Does it use recycled content?
WALLTITE ECO uses recycled materials. In order to obtain EcoLogo™ certification, WALLTITE ECO contains significant rates of recycled content. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is among the most common plastics used for packaging, bottles and containers. Post-consumer and post-industrial recycled material is processed to make raw material for new applications like WALLTITE ECO.
Will it harm the ozone layer?
WALLTITE ECO uses zero-ozone-depleting blowing-agent technologies approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Significant New Alternatives Program to meet the requirements of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. BASF was the first polyurethane manufacturer in Canada to meet Montreal Protocol requirements with the development of its zero-ozone-depleting polyurethane foams for industrial pipe and tank applications.
3 Plastic building products use less energy from all sources than alternative products. For example, closed-cell, spray-applied polyurethane insulation saved 3.4 trillion BTUs in manufacturing energy over glass fiber in 1990.
Can it reduce greenhouse emissions?
WALLTITE® ECO™ as an insulation/air barrier improves the energy performance of the building thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the attributes it brings to the table—reduced waste, increased durability, and installed energy efficiency—help lower the overall environmental impact of every building in which it is installed.
Do you know its total environmental impact?
Designed to harmonize ecology and economy, the award-winning4 BASF Eco-Efficiency Analysis methodology assesses the lifecycle impact of a product or manufacturing process from the “cradle to the grave.” The goal is continuous product improvement. The original WALLTITE system outperformed all other insulation materials on its test scores. Then we set out to make it better. The WALLTITE ECO insulation/air barrier system is a direct result of this analysis and improvement process – and the Eco-Efficiency Analysis proves it lives up to expectations.
Has it been third-party verified?
WALLTITE ECO has attained the EcoLogo™ certification – North America’s most widely recognized and respected multi-attribute environmental certification mark. Certification criteria include “aggressive rates of recycled content, reductions in a variety of undesirable chemicals, and the promotion of products that conserve resources. In addition to the strict environmental requirements of the Program, these products and services must meet or exceed accepted industry performance and durability standards in their respective classes.”
Can it help my project achieve LEED® points?
Attaining certification under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is an increasing goal of designers and developers coast to coast.
WALLTITE ECO can help your project achieve points in several categories5, including:
EAc1 – Optimize Energy Performance
MRc8 – Durable building
MRc5.1-5.2 – Regional materials6
MRc4 – Recycled content
EQc7.1 – Thermal Comfort: Compliance
4 To-date, the BASF Eco-Efficiency Analysis process has won three major awards of interest to the building and construction industry: the Design for Sustainability Award (Society of Plastics Engineers), the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), and the Best Sustainable Practice Award in the Sustainable Research, Development, Construction Process and Demonstration (Sustainable Buildings Industry Council).
5 Consult your LEED Accredited Professional.
6 Spray-applied polyurethane foam is considered to be manufactured on site.
