USG Commits to Architecture 2030 Challenge; Publishes EPDs for Ceiling Products
USG Corporation, a leading building products company, is pleased to announce that it has adopted the Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products in its acoustical ceiling portfolio. Architecture 2030 is a non-profit organization whose mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from the major contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to a central part of the solution to the climate and energy crises.
In 2011, Architecture 2030 issued the 2030 Challenge for Products, a measured and achievable strategy to dramatically reduce the embodied GHG emissions of building products by the year 2030. The 2030 Challenge for Products calls on the global architecture, planning, design, and building community to design with and specify products manufactured with a carbon footprint of 30 percent below the product average through 2014. Manufacturers are challenged to continue to reduce their carbon footprints, incrementally reducing them by 50 percent of the baseline.