CertaPro Commercial Board and Rigid Liner Board

Declaration details

Manufacturer

CertainTeed Saint-Gobain

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2024-050-0221-01

Date of issue

December 30, 2024

Valid until

December 30, 2029

Product category rules (PCR)

UL Part B: Building Envelope Thermal Insulation Products (version 3)

Standard

ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017

Declared unit

1 m2 of product

System boundary

Cradle to gate with other options (A1 - A3, A4, A5, C1 - C4)

Product specificity

Product Average

Manufacturing specificity

Facility Specific

Manufacturing plants

CertainTeed Insulation - Belgreen Drive, Ontario (3985 Belgreen Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada); CertainTeed Insulation - Johnston Road, Ontario (1365 Johnston Road, Ottawa, ON K1V 8Z1, Canada)

Product category

ThermalMoistureProtection › Insulation › BoardInsulation

Product service life

75 years

Verifier

Lucas Pedro Berman, Senda - Consultoria Ambiental & Energetica

LCA software

Sphera LCA for Experts (formerly GaBi) 10.8

Program instructions

Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.1.0, November 2022

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 1 m2 of product.

Environmental Impact Assessment Results

Resource Use Indicators

Waste and Output Flow Indicators

Carbon Emissions and Removals

ND = not declared. Life cycle modules: A1-A3 product stage, A4-A5 construction process, B use stage, C end of life, D benefits and loads beyond the system boundary.

Material composition

Hazardous substances

No substances required to be reported as hazardous are associated with the production of this product.

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Truck

Transport distance

450 km

Capacity utilization

85%

Packaging mass

1.82E-01

End of life (C1-C4)

Recycling

1.12E-01

Product or material for final disposal

1.49E+00

Product description

CertainTeed's CertaPro® Commercial Board is a high-performance thermal insulation product designed for commercial use. It is available unfaced, for use where an exterior finish will be applied, or faced with a vapor retardant finish in either a clean metallic (FSK) or attractive white (ASJ) surface. The insulation is easy to install and is available in various thicknesses, making it ideal for walls, roofs, and mechanical equipment applications. It's sustainable, low-VOC, and an excellent choice for buildings located in areas with extreme temperature conditions.

Rigid Liner Board with ToughGard Facing is a high-quality acoustical and thermal board-type insulation used primarily for lining the interior of HVAC sheet metal ducts and plenums to absorb unwanted crosstalk, equipment and air rush noise. This product performs in most types of heating and cooling systems operating at velocities up to 6,000 fpm (30.5 m/s) and temperatures to 250˚F (121˚C).

Interpretation

Based on the results from the life cycle assessment, the life cycle impacts are strongly driven by the raw materials (A1) – more specifically the board insulation made at the Belgreen plant. This board insulation is produced at the Belgreen plant, then transported to the Johnston plant, where the facing is added to complete the Commercial Board product. Identifying ways to reduce the consumption of natural gas, or switching to renewable energy would help lower the overall global warming potential.

Within the raw materials used to produce the board insulation at the Belgreen plant, Borax is the highest contributor to the raw material impacts. If possible, incorporating more recycled content into the content and reducing the use of borax will help reduce the environmental impacts of the raw materials stage in the life cycle of the product. Although this insulation already has a high amount of recycled content, increasing it as much as possible would be beneficial. As recycled content increases, the raw materials driving impacts will decrease, thus improving the overall environmental impacts.

Within the manufacturing stage (A3), reducing scrap from the production of facing would decrease the global warming potential from manufacturing. Identifying where and why there is scrap and implementing measures to recycle the facing would be encouraged.