Building responsibly for future generations. Sustainable
building design. Discover how respecting nature, preserving
resources and building habitats with sensitivity to the world
around us is actually good business. CertainTeed Building
Science supports sustainable design in an effort to minimize the
negative impact humans have on our natural surroundings,
materials, and resources. It also ensures consistent high
performance over the full lifecycle of the building. The overall
objective of sustainability is to provide for the needs of the
present without detracting from the needs of the future.
Sustainable building projects should result in an optimal
balance of cost, environmental, societal, and human benefits,
while meeting the mission and function of the intended facility.
The Sustainable Building portion of the CertainTeed website is a
robust resource covering the roots of sustainable design as well
as the latest understandings in high performance products and
solutions that deliver sustainability over th