Kingspan Insulated Panels Inc., based in Deland, Fla., launched a Sustainability Resource Center website: planetpassionate.kingspanpanels.us. The website addresses sustainability in the building products industry and is intended to help educate industry professionals, including architects, specifiers, general contractors, and owners.
The Sustainability Resource Center addresses four leading environmental concerns: carbon, energy, circularity, and water. It has a library of educational content, and users can search for content by topic (carbon, energy, circularity, water); type (case study, blog, white paper); and role (architects, contractors, general, owners). The content addresses the built industry’s impact on the environment and the role building materials play in creating a more sustainable future.
Topics include the following:
- What is embodied carbon?
- Decarbonizing manufacturing to accelerate a net-zero future
- What are net-zero buildings?
- Energy use explained
- What is circularity?
- Combatting climate change through circularity
- Water in manufacturing
- Water in operations
“Kingspan’s Sustainability Resource Center is a one-stop shop where industry professionals can expand their knowledge on the environmental impacts from the built environment,” says Brent Trenga, director of sustainability at Kingspan. “This is a resource that can be bookmarked and referenced at any given time. We want to make it easy for architects, contractors, and building owners to arm themselves with information that will help them make sustainable choices in building material.”
Through its Planet Passionate program, Kingspan has reduced, by 26 percent, absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions since 2020. In North America, Kingspan has implemented multiple energy-saving measures, including installation of photovoltaic roofs at its plants in Modesto, Calif., and Deland. The on-site PV systems power approximately 60 percent of the electricity at the Modesto facility and approximately 95 percent of the electricity at the Deland facility.
