The company has converted all major acoustical fiberglass-based product lines
to a more earth-friendly core material. These fiberglass board and blanket
materials are produced by Knauf using its Ecose technology. This technology
uses bio-based binder materials replacing the non-renewable petroleum-based
chemicals used in traditional fiberglass binder. The fiberglass is certified by
GreenGuard Children and Schools for meeting low VOC emission requirements.
Unlike other fiberglass based products, the binder contains no phenol,
formaldehyde or acrylics. This new manufacturing process reduces the embodied
energy in the fiberglass binder by up to 70 percent, thereby reducing the
carbon footprint of every Kinetics acoustical panel, baffle, noise curtain, and
floor underlayment made with fiberglass blankets and boards.
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