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GREENBUILD 2016 Takeaways And Helping You Achieve Environmental CertificationsWe know you design with the environment in mind, and so do we. National Gypsum is an eco-friendly manufacturer by choice, committed to developing and implementing sustainable building policies, standards and practices. We work with you to attain the highest level of ecological responsibility and resource-efficient technology. Here are some ways we put our sustainability mission into action: 1. Save Energy
2. Water, Air And More
3. Reduce Transportation Mileage
4. Manufacture With Recycled Paper And Byproduct Gypsum
Beyond offering products that can help contribute to healthier environments and have achieved GREENGUARD Certification for indoor air quality, we can help you meet the criteria for green programs and credits, such as LEED® 2009 and LEED® v4. Click Green Product Score (GPS) for details about National Gypsum products you are specifying for your project (or considering for a future project). The GPS score report includes information about recycled content, regional materials, indoor air quality and other certifications. The full suite of Gypsum Association (GA) Life-Cycle Assessment Tools, including the latest EPD and LCA Report, are available for free download at www.gypsum.org/stewardship/life-cycle-assessment-t...
Takeaways From GREENBUILD 2016 National Gypsum associates Pat Grotlisch, construction design manager-West region, and Amy Hockett, architectural specialist, recently attended GREENBUILD 2016 in Los Angeles, California. We asked them to share their thoughts about this important international conference and expo: ![]() “Since I live in L.A. and received my LEED Green Associate accreditation in November 2015, I was extremely excited to attend my first GREENBUILD conference. I found two of the sessions to be particularly interesting: ‘Green Codes & LEED: do we need both?’ and ‘From California Dreamin’ to ZNE Reality in the Golden State.’ Both sessions focused on California and the state’s relationship to sustainability. I was perplexed at the small number of attendees from Los Angeles and California – especially since the A&D community in the state is committed to the green movement. However, after giving it some thought, it may be that California is at the forefront of sustainability with the implementation of CALGreen; therefore, LEED certification may be less significant.
Another interesting aspect of GREENBUILD 2016 was an increased emphasis on the residential community and issues. In keeping with this theme, there was a Tiny House floor exhibit and education session, ‘The Tiny House Movement: Part of the Solution for our Housing /Environmental Crisis.’ Boston will host GREENBUILD 2017, and there will be expanded learning resources on the residential community there.”
![]() “GREENBUILD 2016 provided many educational opportunities for designers, contractors and manufacturers to learn more about transparency documents (HPDs and EPDs) and also repositories developed to host required documents for certain LEED v4 Materials and Resources credit compliance. HPD Collaborative, creator of the HPD Open Standard, announced their HPD Public Repository allowing building product manufacturers to post their published HPDs on this site, making documents widely available for the building industry. The mindful MATERIALS Collaborative, an initiative launched by HKS Architects that now includes 12 of the most prominent U.S. architecture firms, designed a database to promote material transparency across the industry. The mindful MATERIALS database offers building product manufacturers a central location to upload different types of documents, including EPDs, HPDs and Corporate Sustainability Reports. It is apparent that designers and LEED consultants find value in these types of repository sites – reducing time spent searching for required documents to meet credit criteria.”
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Founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, this museum is home to more than 2,000 contemporary works, and has one of the most prominent holdings of postwar art worldwide. Constructed in 2015, this impressive building includes Gold Bond® brand XP® Gypsum Board and Gold Bond® brand eXP® Sheathing.
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Finishing Gypsum Board: Appearance and Indoor Air Quality
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Gypsum Board: Beyond Recycled Content
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Watch how we put our products to the fire test for ASTM E119.
(Hint: Our gypsum board sample will endure temperatures over 1550°.)
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![]() Warren Barber Technical Marketing Manager |
![]() Amy Hockett Architectural Specialist |
![]() Scott Hughes Northeast/Atlantic, Southeast/Gulf |
![]() Thad Goodman Central/Midwest |
![]() Pat Grotlisch West |
![]() Frank Fuller Southwest |