New Insulation Reduces Embodied Carbon and Supports Sustainable Buildings
FOAMULAR NGX (Next Generation Extruded)
On January 1, 2021, Canada and several U.S. states enacted stringent new environmental regulations to address concerns about high-Global Warming Potential (GWP) hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blowing agents. With this change, sustainability and smart material performance are coming together in FOAMULAR® NGX™ (Next Generation Extruded) insulation. Developed by Owens Corning, the latest innovation in extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation contains a proprietary blowing agent that completely eliminates HFC 134a. FOAMULAR® NGX™ delivers a 90% reduction in blowing agent GWP compared to legacy FOAMULAR® insulation and is optimized to demonstrate a greater than 80% reduction in embodied carbon.