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Category: Insulation

Kingspan brings its Kooltherm® premium performance insulation to the U.S.

Kingspan Insulation announced its launch of its internationally renowned premium performance rigid thermoset insulation, Kooltherm®, into the U.S. The Kingspan Kooltherm® line offers an extensive range of products for wall, floor, soffit and rainscreen applications. It has a fiber-free rigid thermoset phenolic insulation core that resists both moisture and water vapor ingress, and exhibits class-leading fire performance.

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Prevent air and moisture transmission with AIR-SHIELD™ LSR by W. R. MEADOWS

W. R. MEADOWS, celebrating its 90th year as a construction leader, continues to push its building envelope product line – including its AIR-SHIELD LSR. AIR-SHIELD LSR is an eco-friendly, asphalt-free, single-component, synthetic rubber based liquid air/vapor and liquid moisture barrier. It acts as an air/vapor and liquid moisture barrier within the building envelope and can be applied to most common surfaces and integrated into various wall systems of both new construction and restoration.

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Sustainability a driving factor in growth of building thermal insulation market

The report “Building Thermal Insulation Market by Insulant Material (Glass Wool, Stone Wool, EPS, XPS, PU Foam, Polyisocyanurate, Phenolic Foams), Application (Flat Roof, Pitch Roof, External Walls, Internal Walls, Cavity Walls, Floor) – Global Trends & Forecasts to 2021” was published by MarketsandMarkets. Currently, various market players such as Knauf Insulation (U.S.), Rockwool International A/S (Denmark), Johns Manville Inc. (U.S.), BASF SE (Germany), Owens Corning Corporation (U.S.), Paroc (Finland),  Saint-Gobain (France), GAF (U.S.), Kingspan Group Plc (Ireland), and Beijing New Building Material (China) dominate the global building thermal insulation market.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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