Product Transparency

ICC Evaluation Services (ICC-ES) verifies recycle content in our Thermafiber® insulation products. Owens Corning® Thermafiber products are certified to have minimum 70% recycle content. 

An EPD is an independently verified and registered document that communicates transparent information about a product’s environmental impacts throughout its life cycle. Our EPDs and Optimization Summaries can be found online in several program operators’ databases, including  UL SPOT, SCS Global Services, Environdec, and IBU. Many of these EPDs are also available from the menu below or use the button to view a full list.  

The Health Product Declaration® (HPD) is a document for reporting the material contents of products and the potential hazard associated with these materials. Products with Health Product Declarations can be found in the HPD Public Repository. 

UL GREENGUARD Certification means a product has met comprehensive standards for low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into indoor air. The UL GREENGUARD Gold standard includes health-based criteria for additional chemicals and requires lower total VOC emissions levels. Products meeting UL GREENGUARD Gold requirements are qualified for use in environments such as schools and healthcare facilities.  

Owens Corning® GREENGUARD Certified products can be found in UL SPOT or use the button to view a full list. 

UL validates claims that a product does not contain formaldehyde (or formaldehyde precursors). All Owens Corning® products verified to be formaldehyde-free by UL can be found in UL SPOT or use the button to view a full list. 

The International Living Future Institutes Declare program is often compared to nutritional labels on packaged foods. Owens Corning® products with Declare labels can found on the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) website or use the button to view a full list.  

Owens Corning® uses Renewable Energy Credits from its power purchase agreements to certify with SCS Global Services’ that the electricity used to make select products is 100% renewable, which reduces the product’s embodied carbon.  

Current certifications can be found on the SCS Global Services website or use the button to view a full list. 

ENERGY STAR® is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency voluntary program that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect our climate through outstanding energy efficiency. There are several dozen initiatives under the umbrella of ENERGY STAR. Owens Corning® participates in Seal and Insulate with ENERGY STAR. 

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) biobased labeling initiative is an element of the U.S. Farm Bill that focuses on increasing the purchase and use of biobased products made from renewable agricultural materials. Owens Corning®products in the USDA's BioPreferred® Program Catalog are listed in the category of Minor Construction under Insulation, and Loosefill and Batts.

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Several of Owens Corning® Thermafiber® mineral wool insulation products and their supporting design and installation services have earned SAFETY Act Designation, retroactive to January 1, 2006, from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Use of these products and services will provide building owners and professionals with liability protection in the unfortunate event of an act of terrorism on their structure. Owens Corning is the first insulation manufacturer to be listed publicly with the Department of Homeland Security as having qualified technology carrying the SAFETY Act Designation. 

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