Saint-Gobain at UIA 2023

The Isover Plus System allows you to design a lightweight facade for renovation and new build alike – up to 32 m height. 

The system is a perfect mix between a bio-based core, glass wool, quick construction, and great performance. 

It’s made for you, for the craftsmen, for the inhabitants.

Read more (DK): Isover Plus System

With ErgoLite you get the new standard in gypsum boards. 25% lighter means less raw materials, less CO2 from transportation and better ergonomic health for the installers.

ErgoLite is made from 40% recycled and 100% recyclable gypsum. 

It’s a win-win(-win-win-win…)

Read more (DK): ErgoLite

Isover glass wool gives you an insulation material that in just three months of use will have saved an amount of energy equivalent to the CO2 emissions that came from its production. 

It is a nontoxic, high performing, reliable, long life, locally produced, highly compressible, industrially refined material made of 75% recycled glass.

(Psst – the glass wool used today will be recyclable at its end-of-life).

Read more (DK): Isover glasuld

Isonat lets you insulate with a biobased material made from wood offcuts from sawmills – sustainably managed. 

From the beautiful hillsides of Haut Beaujolais in France straight to you. 

C’est bien, n’est-ce pas!

Read more (FR): https://www.isonat.com/

We have committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, and it was natural for us to have targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. 

Not to toot our own horn here, but we were the first company in the sector worldwide to receive this approval. 

Not bragging. Just saying.

Read more: SBTi press release

Because the environment only cares about facts (not opinions or hunches) we believe there should be product specific EPDs* for all materials. 

And we are not just talking. We are walking – on a clear path towards our goal: By 2030 we want third-party verified EPDs, based on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for 100% of our product ranges. 

It’s all about transparency, right!?

Read more (DK): About EPDs in Denmark

Here’s your chance to design with incredible, low carbon Gypsum boards. 

The Gyproc® Klima range was introduced in May 2023 when we opened the first zero-carbon, fully hydro powered plasterboard production in Fredrikstad, Norway. 

One large step for production, one giant leap for gypsum kind.

Read more (NO): https://www.gyproc.no/ny-gipsplatefabrikk

A new report from Aalborg University shows that 'Fjordudsigten' has the lowest carbon footprint for finished projects in Denmark. 

The social housing project in Ringkøbing shows the path towards a greener building industry. It exemplifies that achieving a significantly reduced carbon footprint doesn't have to be more complicated or expensive.

The carbon footprint is 3,0 kg CO2eq/m2/year, which is 75% lower than stipulated in the official Danish requirements.

The solution involves strategic material design but also a strong emphasis on energy efficiency from the start, resulting in significant CO2 savings. The energy standard of passive house plus and premium plays a key role in achieving a negative energy carbon footprint. By reducing energy needs significantly, the design allows for surplus solar energy production, eliminating the need for conventional heating systems. The houses provide very

cheap energy bills and a superior indoor thermal quality. 

Read more: https://bjerg.nu/en/projects/fjordudsigten-2/

With our ‘glass to wool’ concept you can give worn out windows – otherwise likely to spend eternity as road fill – a meaningful afterlife in the form of glass wool. This way, the old glass will help buildings minimize energy consumption for generations. 

Also, did we mention that the glass wool used today will be recyclable at its end-of-life?

Did you know that when choosing gypsum, you opt for a material that can be recycled endlessly? 

In our Danish gypsum plant in Kalundborg we produce new plasterboards with up to 40% recycled gypsum – we use gypsum waste from renovations, new build, and our own production. 

Round and round.

Read more (DK): https://www.saint-gobain.dk/re-cirkulering#gips

Any mason knows: You don’t just tear a brick wall apart. But when you have to, you want it to be made with Weber KKH mortars. This magnificent mortar allows for disassembly of the wall without breaking both the bricks and your spirit. 

Bricks are beautiful, practical and last a very long time. So why not build with KKH, and let your descendants enjoy the bricks, too?!  

Read more (DK): https://www.saint-gobain.dk/produkt/weber-muremoertel-kkh-2080475-0-4-mm# 

It’s amazing – and you can’t even see it. ORAÉ® is a new range of glass with the lowest carbon footprint on the market. 42% below the European average* and made with

64% recycled glass content. 

Naturally, everything is fully documented with a verified EPD. Available for glass façades in combination with COOL-LITE® XTREME coatings to get both low embodied carbon and excellent energy efficiency during the use of

the building.

Read more: https://www.saint-gobain-glass.com/products/ORAE

Some things you hope you will never need. But if you do, this fireproof door from Vetrotech just might be the best thing around. 

Not only is it a beautiful, frameless, and functional door allowing daylight to flow in, but it is also fireproof for at least 60 minutes; it will prevent the spread of flames, smoke and hot gases; and help to see if anyone is trapped behind it in case of fire. Safety first, as always.

Read more: https://www.vetrotech.com/lunax-frameless-fire-doors

Tired of shades, blinds and other mechanical sun protection? SageGlass electrochromic glass gives you sun protection directly in the glass. 

Tint the glass on demand, while keeping the view and reducing energy consumption. It’s all about control, comfort, beauty, and performance. 

Read more: https://www.sageglass.com

With Ecophon acoustic panels, baffles and ceiling systems you can create wonderfully quiet living spaces, schools with room to learn, cozy restaurants, great working environments. 

And our acoustic products will not only save ears – they will also easily let you realize your design. 

Read more: https://www.ecophon.com/dk/launches/sounds-like-ecophon/

If a product’s impact on people is important to you, you should know that Isover glass wool is chemical-free and that we are well underway implementing our fully bio-based binder (glucose-based) in our production in Denmark. 

We think your buildings – and its inhabitants – deserve only the best.

Read more about Isover: https://www.saint-gobain.dk/om-isover

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Constructing Sustainable Future by Saint-Gobain