USG Corporation Unveils the World’s Most Sustainable Wallboard
March 14 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Sheetrock® Brand EcoSmart
Panels answer architects’ desire for products with reduced
environmental impacts; meets industry’s 2030 Challenge
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), an industry-leading manufacturer of
building products and innovative solutions, introduced the next big
thing in wallboard: Sheetrock® Brand EcoSmart Panels.
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Creating a More Sustainable Built
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Developed to answer the demand for sustainable building
products, Sheetrock® Brand EcoSmart Panels represent a revolution
in wallboard manufacturing, creating the industry’s first and only
wallboard that is both lightweight and sustainable. These panels
are built upon USG’s UltraLight technology that contractors prefer
but now manufactured with a significantly reduced carbon footprint
and lower water usage.
“We always strive to solve our industry’s toughest challenges,
and as demand for sustainable products continues to grow,
architects and builders are looking to manufacturers to take the
next step in lowering our environmental footprint,” said Jennifer
Scanlon, President and CEO of USG Corporation. “That’s why it was
important to develop a way to use less water and energy in the
manufacturing process. This provides our industry with an
opportunity to address environmental challenges, and gives
architects a product that is specifiable for sustainability.”
According to Architecture 2030, buildings consume nearly half of
all the energy produced in the United States and are the most
significant source of greenhouse gas. Buildings are also
responsible for 45 percent of CO2 emissions. It’s up to both
building designers and product manufacturers to tackle a problem of
this magnitude.
“There has been a significant movement in the architecture
community to reduce the carbon footprint of the building sector,”
said Edward Mazria, CEO and Founder of the Architecture 2030
Challenge. “Yet, to fully achieve our goal for the building sector
to become carbon-neutral by 2050, manufacturers like USG must
quickly rise to the occasion and develop sustainable, low-carbon
and zero-carbon building materials.”
USG committed to developing a wallboard with a lower carbon
footprint when it adopted the Architecture 2030 Challenge for
Products in July 2016. To date, USG is the only wallboard
manufacturer to have done so. With its Sheetrock® Brand EcoSmart
Panels, architects will have, for the first time ever, a truly
sustainable and lightweight wallboard that can be specified in
their designs. These panels may also contribute to achieving
additional USGBC® LEED® v4.0 credits and meet the requirements of
the Living Building Challenge.
USG Sheetrock® Brand EcoSmart Panels represent a revolution in
wallboard manufacturing, resulting in wallboard that provides the
same performance characteristics as USG Sheetrock® Brand UltraLight
Panels but with sustainable features. Scientists at USG’s Corporate
Innovation Center developed new gypsum core chemistries and a
manufacturing process to reduce 20 percent of carbon dioxide
emissions and decrease water usage by 25 percent. These panels also
reduce transportation fossil fuel consumption because they are
lighter weight.
USG’s Sheetrock® Brand EcoSmart Panels are available nationwide
to distributors in 5/8” thickness, and are offered in two core
formulations for fire- and non-fire-rated applications.
For more information, visit usg.com/eco.
For more information about the Architecture 2030 Challenge for
Products, please visit
architecture2030.org/2030_challenges/products.
About USG Corporation
USG Corporation is an industry leading manufacturer of building
products and innovative solutions. Headquartered in Chicago, USG
serves construction markets around the world through its United
States Gypsum Company and USG Interiors, LLC subsidiaries and its
international subsidiaries, including its USG Boral Building
Products joint venture. Its wall, ceiling, flooring, sheathing and
roofing products provide the solutions that enable customers to
build the outstanding spaces where people live, work and play. Its
USG Boral Building Products joint venture is a leading plasterboard
and ceilings producer across Asia, Australasia and the Middle East.
For additional information, visit www.usg.com.
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