Owens Corning Awarded 2021 Manufacturing Leadership Award for Environmental Sustainability Innovation
Owens Corning has been recognized as a 2021 Manufacturing Leadership Award recipient for its outstanding achievement in material science innovation supporting environmental sustainability. Additionally, Owens Corning was named a “High Achiever” for receiving the highest score among awardees in the “Sustainability Leadership” category.
The innovation — FOAMULAR® NGX™ (Next Generation Extruded) extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation — reflects Owens Corning’s goal to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030. FOAMULAR NGX features a proprietary blowing agent that delivers a 90% reduction in global warming potential (GWP) compared to legacy FOAMULAR® insulation blowing agents. Researchers evaluated more than 100 blowing agent formulations and developed proprietary manufacturing processes to achieve a greater than 80% reduction in total product embodied carbon.