Owens Corning Leads in Continuous Process Innovation to Maximize Energy and Material Efficiency
July 08 2008 - 5:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Only Nine Percent of Energy Used in Production Today Compared to 50
Years Ago TOLEDO, Ohio, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens
Corning (NYSE:OC), a world leader in building materials systems and
glass fiber reinforcements, has made significant progress
throughout its history in dramatically improving the energy and
material efficiency of the production of glass fiber products.
Today, Owens Corning uses only nine percent of the energy needed 50
years ago to melt glass for its insulation and glass reinforcement
products. "Energy efficiency is a fundamental part of our approach
to sustainability, which we define as meeting the needs of the
present without compromising the world that we leave to the
future," said Frank O'Brien-Bernini, chief sustainability officer
for Owens Corning. "The production of fiberglass insulation is
significantly less energy intensive than it was 50 years ago as a
result of innovation. The amount of energy used in production is
now recouped within about four to five weeks of product use in a
typical building. Moreover, it performs this energy-saving function
for the life of the building with no added resource consumption."
Through continuous product and process innovation, Owens Corning
uses about 55 percent less raw materials to produce the same
insulating characteristics today as it did 50 years ago. In
addition, the company recycles about 1 billion pounds of glass each
year. More recently, the energy needed to produce Owens Corning
products has been reduced by 16 percent during the past five years.
The company is implementing many innovations around the globe to
meet its 10-year goal of a 25 percent energy-intensity reduction by
2012. Operating about 65 furnaces around the world, Owens Corning
manufacturers fiberglass products for both reinforcements (used in
applications like wind turbine blades, automobiles, infrastructure,
consumer electronics, piping) and insulation products (used in
homes, commercial buildings and industrial energy-saving
applications). "Greening our operations" is fundamental to Owens
Corning's business strategy. For more information on sustainability
at Owens Corning, visit http://www.owenscorning.com/sustainability.
About Owens Corning Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) is a leading global
producer of residential and commercial building materials, glass
fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite
systems. A Fortune 500 company for 54 consecutive years, Owens
Corning is committed to driving sustainability through delivering
solutions, transforming markets and enhancing lives. Founded in
1938, Owens Corning is a market-leading innovator of glass fiber
technology with sales of $5 billion in 2007 and 19,000 employees in
26 countries on five continents. Additional information is
available at http://www.owenscorning.com/. DATASOURCE: Owens
Corning CONTACT: Media, Jason Saragian, +1-419-248-8987; Investors,
Scott Deitz, +1-419-248-8935, both of Owens Corning Web site:
http://www.owenscorning.com/
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