First-ever Cradle to Cradle Certification for a Building Envelope Product

Goes to CENTRIA Formawall Dimension Series

 

       

 

CENTRIA is pleased to announce it has received a “Cradle to Cradle” Silver Certification for our Formawall Dimension Series product line The “Cradle to Cradle” certification process, conducted by McDonough, Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) evaluates a material or product’s ingredients and the complete formulation for human and environmental health impacts throughout its lifecycle. It also verifies the potential of a product for being truly recycled or safely composted. Certification of a finished product also requires the evaluation of energy-use quantity and quality (i.e., relative proportion of renewable energy), water-use quantity, water-effluent quality, and workplace ethics associated with manufacturing. The evaluation criterion falls into the following five categories (Note Silver sub-categories shown):

• Materials
  • Affect on Human Health
  • Affect on Environmental Health
  • Material Class
  • Strategy to optimize problematic ingredients
  • Product formula optimization
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• Material Reutilization/Design for Environment
  • Defined appropriate cycle for product recovery or reutilization
  • Product designed and manufactured for the technical or biological cycle
• Energy
  • Characterize energy use and source for manufacturing and assembly
  • Strategy for using solar income for product manufacturing and assembly
• Water
  • Adopt water stewardship principles and guidelines
• Social Responsibility
  • Corporate ethics and fair labor statements adapted across the company

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