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In this “Let's Talk” series video, Brent Trenga, Director of Sustainability at Kingspan Insulated Panels North America, and Josh Jacobs,...

In this “Let's Talk” series video, Brent Trenga, Director of Sustainability at Kingspan Insulated Panels North America, and Josh Jacobs,...

In this “Let's Talk” series video, Brent Trenga, Director of Sustainability at Kingspan Insulated Panels North America, and Josh Jacobs,...

In this “Let's Talk” series video, Brent Trenga, Director of Sustainability at Kingspan Insulated Panels North America, and Josh Jacobs,...

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) serve as a transparent means to convey the environmental impact of products or materials throughout their...

Sustainable building as a concept sounds easy – use less impactful materials that require less energy, be resilient yet healthy for human occupancy,...

A carbon tax, in simple terms, is a monetary fee for the environmental and economic impacts associated with the release of carbon dioxide into the...

Although we’ve seen progress towards diversification from fossil fuels, the reality remains that most of the world’s energy demand comes from and is...

A life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the environmental impacts of a material, product, process, or activity throughout its...

Within the sustainability discourse today the term “carbon” is frequently used to represent the impacts that we are having on our climate. Carbon,...

A Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (WBLCA) is fundamentally the same concept as a regular life cycle assessment, but on an entire building...

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) transparently communicate the environmental impact of any product or material over its lifetime. Like a...

Constructing new buildings allows general contractors and architects to incorporate sustainable elements and practices. However, it can take between...

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is exactly what it sounds like. It is the environmental impact that a product can have on the environment...

EPDs don’t contain any proprietary information that manufacturers need to keep within their organization but do disclose the important environmental...

When it comes to buildings, there are two types of carbon emissions: operational carbon and embodied carbon. Operational carbon refers to emissions...

Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), a process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) formed during power generation and industrial processes,...

Environmental product declarations (EPD) are transparency tools that are useful for a multitude of professionals aiming to understand the...

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All building materials go through a life cycle, from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal. Throughout each phase along this journey,...

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When it comes to reducing carbon emissions in the manufacture of insulated metal panels (IMPs), steel plays a critical role. That’s because steel is...

Kingspan compared the embodied carbon of multiple building materials. Review the results.