GreenGlass gypsum sheathing maximizes your protection from the environment while minimizing your impact on the environment. Offering the high performance of a fiberglass-faced gypsum sheathing that’s also as green as it gets, GreenGlass offers the most benefits in your project’s construction process and contributes the most value toward its environmental certification.
GreenGlass is certified in accordance with ISO 14021 standards and is available third-party verified by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) to have up to 90 percent recycled content on a dry weight basis. Please consult your Temple-Inland representative to find the specific recycled content of material produced at a particular facility.
LEED-NC
The use of GreenGlass gypsum sheathing can contribute greatly toward LEED credits in these two LEED certification categories:
MR credit 4.1 - Recycled Content - specifies that 10% of all materials on a project contain recycled content. Contribution is based upon the recycled content percentage of the product. Click here for more details.
MR credit 5.1 - Local/Regional Materials - specifies that 10% of all materials on a project are extracted and manufactured within 500 miles of the project. Click here to view a mileage reference map.
NAHB Green Building Standards
The use of GreenGlass gypsum sheathing can also contribute greatly toward the N.A.H.B. Green Building Standard credits in the following certification category:
NAHB 604.1(2) – Pre-Consumer Recycled Content – specifies the use of recycled content products in major areas such as walls, floors, insulation and roofing. Click here for more details.