Sustainability
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ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS STRATEGY
High concentrations of greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels and other industrial processes
which increase the potential for climate change. Our goal is to reduce our energy use and greenhouse gas footprint.
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ARMSTRONG’S ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS POLICY REQUIRES:
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- Global energy management programs;
- An energy review for new products and capital investments;
- Measurement of energy and greenhouse gases (GHG) according to the Global Reporting Initiative;
- Established goals for our carbon footprint;
- Transparency and external reporting of GHG inventory and progress on reduction.
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Goal:
Our goal is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 10% by 2015 using 2006 inventory as a baseline.
Accomplishments:
- Our Ceiling Recycling Program has offset more than 13.7 million kilograms of CO2 and saved more than 41.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity.
- Armstrong Floor Products launched Migrations BioBased Tile, a commercial composition tile that reduces
reliance on fossil fuels.
- Our Corporate Campus Headquarters Building 701 achieved LEED-EB Platinum certification, the first
outside of California.
- Corporate Campus installed a new energy-efficient chiller to reduce CO2 emissions by 485 tons annually, and uses renewable wind power energy equivalent to planting 149,000 trees or removing 300
automobiles from the road.
- Instituted a carpool program and preferential parking for hybrid vehicles on the Corporate Campus in
Lancaster, Pa.
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