Saint-Gobain's Northboro Facility Wins International Environmental Award

NORTHBORO, Mass., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Saint-Gobain R&D center in Northboro has been honored with the company's prestigious "Care:4" environmental award.  It was formally opened last year by Governor Deval Patrick and is one of only two buildings throughout the world to attain the rating.

The goal of Saint-Gobain's global Care:4 program is aggressive: to reduce carbon dioxide emissions of company-owned buildings by a factor of four by 2040. Care:4 covers new office buildings, training centers, showrooms, as well as existing Saint-Gobain buildings which undergo major renovations.  The new Northboro building attained the Care:4 rating based on its state-of-the-art design, which adheres to Saint-Gobain's rigorous international energy efficiency standards, as well as its use of Saint-Gobain energy-saving products including CertainTeed insulation, CertainTeed "cool" solar reflective roofing and Saint-Gobain low-emissivity glazing.

"The new building is an outstanding example of the company's commitment to energy conservation, environment protection and sustainable development," says Gilles Colas, General Delegate for Saint-Gobain in North America.  "We're pleased that the Saint-Gobain Care:4 certification has been awarded to this facility which is truly a building of the future.  I know it wasn't easy for the team to meet Care:4's demanding design and performance requirements--but they did it.  My congratulations and thanks go to everyone involved in this project, in which we can take pride."

Saint-Gobain is a global manufacturer and distributor of flat glass, building products, glass containers and high-performance materials.  Based in Paris, the company has operations in 64 countries and employs more than 190,000 people, with worldwide sales of $53 billion in 2009.  Saint-Gobain is a world leader in the construction markets, developing a new generation of building products to help meet the global challenges of energy efficiency and environmental protection.  The company's vision is to offer a wide range of solutions and services to make buildings more energy efficient, while enhancing comfort and quality of life.

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The Northboro operation has been a major center for materials research since 1985.  It joined Saint-Gobain in 1990 as part of the acquisition of Worcester-based Norton Company.  In 2003, the site became Saint-Gobain's main research location for high-performance plastics and coated abrasives, and since then has grown and expanded its activities to include research Saint-Gobain's crystals and reinforcement businesses throughout the world.  The 186,000-square-foot R&D Center is based in three buildings on a 26-acre site near I-290 in Northboro.  The facility has approximately 330 employees from 27 different countries.

SOURCE Saint-Gobain

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